Recently, President John Gessert presented Tammy Ward with her Paul Harris Fellow certificate and pin. Tammy Ward was the Chair of the Lincoln City Council from May 2022-23 and served as the NW District representative from May 2019-2023. Tammy is the former Vice Chair of the Lincoln Electric System (LES) Board of Directors, serves on the University of Nebraska President’s Advisory Council and is a past Board member for Lincoln’s Downtown Rotary Club #14 and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Board of Directors. She has recently been appointed to serve on the Educare Lincoln and Mental Health Association of Nebraska Boards of Directors. Tammy also served as the past Executive Director of the Seniors Foundation of Lincoln and Lancaster County. While at the Seniors Foundation, she helped lead the development team that successfully persuaded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to select the Lincoln VA campus as the site for the new Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) after nearly a seven-year search. Tammy was a former Congressional aide to U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, where she was the District Manager in the Lincoln office. She also served in the Lincoln Mayor’s Office, the Nebraska Governor’s Office, the Nebraska Legislature and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Director’s office. Tammy is a native of Geneva, Nebraska, and remains involved in the family cattle operations.Congratulations, Tammy!
