Teri Hamburger, executive director of the American Advertising Federation Omaha (AAFOmaha.org), has received that organization’s top honor, the Silver Medal. The award was presented during the 2015 Nebraska ADDY® Awards Show on February 21 at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln.
The Silver Medal is given to an AAF Omaha member who has achieved success in his or her career, has shown a consistently high degree of creative and original thinking in work endeavors, has strived to increase the stature and raise the standards of the advertising profession and has been active in civic groups, including AAF Omaha itself.
Hamburger has been the executive director of AAF Omaha since 1996 and has worked with 18 different club presidents and literally hundreds of board members. She is an active member of St. Margaret Mary Church, past president of the parish’s day school Home & School Association and a volunteer at Film Streams. This fall, Hamburger organized a coat drive for Heartland Hope Mission. In the past, she has served on the board of directors of the Omaha Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the Omaha Restaurant Association, as well as chairwoman of Share Our Strength/Omaha Chapter. In 1992 Hamburger was named a YWCA Woman of Distinction. For more information about American Advertising Federation Omaha visit AAFOMaha.org.