Midlands Community Foundation Names Three New Board Members

The Midlands Community Foundation (midlandscommunity.org) Board of Directors has named three new members to its Board. They are Brad Eckhoff, representing Papillion and Sarpy County; Kara Habrock, representing Louisville and Cass County; and Kathy Wendlandt, representing Gretna.

Brad Eckhoff holds a Bachelor degree from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. After graduating college, he has worked for Pinnacle Bank and since 2010 has served as the Bank’s Market President. Eckhoff currently serves on the boards of Heartland Family Service and the Sarpy County Economic Development and is President of the Ralston Schools Foundation.

Kara Habrock earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1990. She started her professional career in marketing and business development at Inacom Corp. in Omaha. In 1998, Habrock joined her family’s construction business and since 2004, has been an owner and Vice President & General Manager of L.G. Roloff Construction Co., Inc., an underground utility construction and road construction firm. Since 2014, she also has been a partner in Roloff Building Group, a commercial construction firm. Both of the construction firms are located in Sarpy County and perform projects in the greater Omaha and Council Bluffs metropolitan areas. Currently, Habrock serves as Vice-President of the Louisville School Board, National Chairwoman-Elect and National & State Government Affairs Chair for the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) and is on the Board of Directors of the Cass County Economic Development Council. Past volunteer experience includes terms on the boards of The Lofte Community Theatre, the Louisville Public Schools Foundation and Heartland Family Service.

Kathy Wendlandt received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She spent 10 years teaching physical education prior to purchasing Blake’s Pharmacy in Louisville in 2001. In addition to Blake’s, throughout the next 15 years, she and her husband, Mitch, owned and operated Gretna Drug, Elkhorn Drug and Community Pharmacy Services. Wendlandt currently assists in the management of Frederick Brothers Rental properties in Village Square and she and Mitch are investors in Avenue 204 Apartments and The Market. Wendlandt is on the Board of Directors for the Gretna Days Foundation and founded the Bright Future Foundation, which supports children and families in need within the Gretna Public School District.

For more information about the Midlands Community Foundation, call (402) 991-8027 or visit midlandscommunity.org.