
Luncheon Presentation by Special Guest Tony TrappĪfter 15 years as an educator in the HVAC program, Tony Trapp was named the Work-Based Learning/ApprenticeshipĬoordinator for Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, OH, a position he has held for the past 11 years. Department of Labor to a two-year term as Apprenticeship Ambassador. In 2023, Rebecca Lake Consulting LLC was appointed by the U.S. Rebecca has held community college positions of faculty, assistant dean, career and technology dean, and academic vice-president.
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She spent the first half of her professional life involved in health planning, hospital and health care administration and nursing while the second half in community college education and administration. Previously, Rebecca designed, created and taught in the Community College Leadership doctoral program at National Louis University serving as program director for 10 years. Throughout her career, she has successfully written and managed many large community college grants. She has hosted apprentice conferences and published articles on various facets surrounding apprenticeships. Rebecca is particularly well-known for starting the 2015 national movement for community colleges to be a Registered Apprenticeship sponsor while at Harper College. She is an ApprenticeshipUSA Leader and an invited speaker at workforce and apprenticeship conferences across the county. is retired and has now started her own company, Rebecca Lake Consulting. Jim and wife, Suzanne, have four children, Sarah, Brock, Polly, and Izic, and seven grandchildren, William, Halle, Eloise, Henry, Harrison, Ava, and Thomas. Pillen Family Farms and DNA Genetics are now a multigenerational family-run business, composed of over 1,100 team members. The family business operates by some basic core beliefs-do what is right, do the best you can, and treat others the way you want to be treated. In 2003, he added DNA Genetics. In 2010, his two oldest children, Sarah and Brock, joined the business.

In 1993, Jim started Pillen Family Farms. Governor Pillen and his father, Dale, partnered together, raising 60 sows and 1,200 market hogs on a dirt lot on their home farm.

In 1983, he returned to Nebraska and opened a small animal practice and swine consulting practice. Governor Pillen then earned a doctor of veterinary medicine from Kansas State. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science from UNL, and married Suzanne Shreve. Governor Pillen grew up on a farm in Platte County, Nebraska and raised pigs with his father, Dale. He enters office with the goal of protecting, training and keeping our kids in Nebraska, cutting taxes, growing agriculture, and defending our commonsense, conservative values. Jim Pillen was sworn in as Nebraska’s 41st Governor on Jan.
