The Nebraska LEAD Fellows visited UNMC on Feb. 28-29.
Members of the group toured the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center on Feb. 28. On Feb. 29, they met with Marley Doyle, M.D., director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, and Ellen Duysen, coordinator of the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health.
The Nebraska LEAD Program began 37 years ago to develop agricultural leaders from Nebraska’s future generations. The constant changes that occur in agricultural policy, marketing, economics and technology point to the need for strong leaders to advocate for the heart of Nebraska’s economy — agriculture.
Now in its third decade of forming pioneering agricultural leaders, the Nebraska LEAD Program has evolved into one of the nation’s premier agricultural leadership development programs.
The program is recognized both statewide and nationally as an innovative organization that has improved Nebraska in many ways. For example, many members of commodity boards, extension boards, local school boards, or local church councils, count themselves among the programs more than 1,000 alumni.