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A lifelong nerd, 42’s chess and oboe-playing, sci-fi junkie CEO has always lived in the future. Christopher attended Phillips Exeter Academy and studiedManagement at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Outside his early entrepreneurial efforts, Christopher worked as an intern at multiple boutique Philadelphia ad agencies and then for Club Med as an animation G.O. in their Cancun village during his college years. After Club Med, he worked at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth in Philadelphia during his junior and senior years at Wharton. After college, Christopher started a virtual tour portal called ROUNDUS in late 2005, growing that company until it was acquired in 2008. After taking on new partners, Christopher ran our previous agency and parent company, Roundscapes, prior to founding 42.

Christopher has won a number of entrepreneurship and advertising awards and is a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International. With a significant investment secured and long-term relationships with two exciting partners in 2012, he currently spends most of his time overseeing 42’s major projects and relationships, as well as development of our 42 Labs projects to be released in late 2012.  Christopher is also occasionally a photographer, traveler, gamer, speaker, media consumer, audiobook listener, and kitchen alchemist.

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Dick and his wife Kathy have two children, Andrew and Caroline. Dick earned a BA in Political Science, with Minors in English, History, Botany andBusiness from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in January 1969. He served in the United States Army as a quality control analyst for a combat engineering battalion in Vietnam and grounds department at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

In addition to being President of Campbell’s Nurseries and Garden Centers from April 1979- January 2012, he also is President of Northwoods, LLC (a family land investment) and Managing Partner, Village Gardens Development Co, LLC.

Dick also believes in serving the community. He has served as Chairman of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, active in his church, Southern Heights Presbyterian, and has served as a director and president of many national landscaping organizations. He is also active in the 2015 Vision Group, serving as the Chair of the Mayor’s Arena Task Force, and is a past Board member of many local civic endeavors:  American Red Cross, Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Youth Service System and Better Business Bureau.

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Todd Fitzgerald is the Board President of Teach a Kid to Fish and Liability Claims Adjuster for State Farm Insurance.  Teach a kid to Fish is a local grass roots non-profit focused on empowering families to live a healthy lifestyle working to eliminate the childhood obesity epidemic.

Active in the community, Todd serves as Co-Chair of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Advisory Board of Directors, Martin Luther King Jr Youth March and Rally Community Stakeholder, Project All Academy for Leadership, Beattie Elementary PTO and is the Events Director for the Cornhusker State Games ENERGY 5K & ENERGY Walk.

An Omaha native, he is 1996 Graduate of Hastings College with a BA in English and Communications and was a member of the men’s basketball team. Todd is the proud father of Rylan (7) and Christan (2) and is an avid runner and aspiring philanthropist and student of SUCCESS.

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Sign Pro opened June, 1993.  Prior to opening Sign Pro, Connie worked for 5 years at Junior Achievement of Lincoln as Program Director and Development Director.  Currently, she serves on The Lincoln Food Bank and Teammates Board of Directors and Executive Commitees.  Connie is a past Board Chair of the Lincoln Independent Business Association and currently serves on the Advisory Committee.  Each year she chairs several fundraising events for various charities.  Among these charities are: March of Dimes, City Impact, The Friendship Home, Clinton Elementary Art Department, Mad Dads, Teammates, Lincoln Food Bank and others.  Connie is a Teammates Mentor and served on the coordinating committee for Lincoln's introduction of Dana Perino's 'Minute Mentoring'.  Connie has served on several state and local political campaign commitees.  She is married to David Hilligoss, KFOR Morning Show co-host and they have 2 sons and one daughter-in-law.

Website: http://www.signprolincoln.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/connie-hilligoss/14/347/23

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A successful entrepreneur, Sherri Tafoya is the owner of Custom Blinds & Design, Hunter Douglas Galleries® in Lincoln and Omaha.  Her reputation as a businesswoman with integrity is coupled with a commitment to provide positively outrageous service to her clients.  These attributes, along with her high quality products, help make area homes more beautiful.

Prior to becoming a business owner, Tafoya was a talented sales professional, with stints in real estate and advertising.  “I wanted to get off the treadmill of sales quotas and do something where I could use my interior design talents,” says Tafoya.  “After much prayer, I decided having my own business was the way to go.”

In 2000, Tafoya incorporated her company and the window designs world in Lincoln and Omaha changed for the better.  Tafoya subsequently opened Nebraska’s first Hunter Douglas Gallery® in Lincoln in 2005 and the Omaha Gallery® in 2008.  She’s served on the Hunter Douglas Advisory Council and is the recipient of many awards from the industry giant.

Active in her local business community, Tafoya belongs to many Omaha and Lincoln civic organizations, including Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.  “We’ve made so many friends over the years…we are truly blessed,” she says.

Website: http://www.customblindsdesign.com/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sherri-tafoya-custom-blinds-design/a/4b9/a74

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Calvin Pappas is a 20 year old venturing entrepreneur from Lincoln Nebraska, currently running a startup called SelectOut which aims to improve and simplify privacy online for individuals and companies.  Having attended the Entrepreneurship Focus Program in Lincoln during High School followed by Computer Engineering at UNL, Calvin went to San Francisco for a summer internship at a tech startup and returned looking to start a business of his own.

Website: http://selectout.org/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinpappas

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Gene Brake is the Chief Executive Officer and President of HomeServices of Nebraska, which is the holding company for the real estate brokerages, HOME Real Estate and Woods Bros Realty.  They have a combined sales associate count of over 400 sales associates, over 100 salaried employees and had over $800 million of gross sales volume in 2011.  HomeServices of Nebraska is also the holding company for Nebraska Land Title and Abstract, Larabee School of Real Estate, Home Owners Plus, and joint ventures with HomeServices Lending and HomeServices Insurance of Nebraska. Gene has been involved with the real estate brokerage business for over thirty-six years.

Gene has been extensively involved with the local, state, and national real estate associations. He was recognized as the Lincoln Board of Realtors Broker of the Year in 1995. His professional activities have included serving on the Board of Directors for Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and Director for Nebraska Association of Realtors.

His designations include: Graduate Real Estate Institute (GRI), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Certified Residential Broker (CRB), & Certified Relocation Professional (CRP).

Along with his dedication to real estate, he is very active in the Lincoln community.  Gene has served as the chair of The Chamber of Commerce and American Heart Association Heart Ball. He is currently serving as Chair of the BryanLGH Hospital Systems Board of Trustees.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gene-brake/a/496/a00

Website: http://www.homerealestate.com/

Website: http://www.woodsbros.com/

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Captain Russell Bartholow joined the Nebraska Army National Guard in 2007.  Post 9/11, Russell felt he should, and could, do more for his country as well as the world.  The National Guard was a logical fit.  Because of his “advanced” age, Russell had to seek special permision to enter the Guard and attend Officer Candidate School.  Upon being commissioned, Captain Batholow aggressively sought a until that was deploying to Afghanistan.

Based out of Camp Mike Spann in Mezar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, CTP Bartholow spent 2 years deployed, from the beginning of 2008 to 2010.  He served on a specialized unit to trian the Afghan Army, then he led a five-person Effects Team in Northern Afghanistan.  The Team was responsible for rebuilding Afghanistan’s infrastructure-schools, roads, clinics, and wells; and conducting civil-military operations such as humanitarian missions, psychological operations, and weapons buy back program.

Captain Batholow was awarded the Bronze Star for his combat efforts while serving in Afghanistan and his prositive inpact on the Afghan people.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Russell graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He currently serves as the State’s Company Commander of Recruiting and Retention for the Nebraska Army National Guard.

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