Patrick Bourne
- BSBA 1994
- Market Leader for Medica
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Inducted 2024
Pat currently serves as Nebraska’s market leader for Medica. Medica is a not-for-profit health insurance company providing benefits in 12 midwestern states, covering 1.5 million insureds with group, individual and Medicare policies. Pat is responsible for growing the Nebraska and Iowa markets.
With over 25 years in the health insurance industry, Pat previously held leadership roles as the Local Practice Leader for Aon and a Senior Vice President responsible for Sales and Service at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska.
Pat is a former Nebraska State Senator from the 8th Legislative District in Omaha, serving for 8 years. Pat served on the appropriations, education, and revenue committees. He concluded his tenure as the Chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Pat is most proud of his work on organ donation, domestic violence and sexual assault, and helping his constituents access state government. Following his service in the Nebraska Legislature, Pat received the lifetime achievement award from the democratic party.
A lifelong Nebraskan, Pat has an associates degree in Auto Body Technology from Southeast Community College, and painted cars for several years before going back to school to get a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and a law degree from Creighton University.
Pat is on the Concord Center board and Chairs the Omaha School Employees Retirement Systems board. He is an adjunct professor at UNO where he has taught strategic selling as well as law and ethics in the Executive MBA program.
Pat and Renee Fry have been married for 23 years. They have a daughter, Samantha, who recently graduated from Marian High School and is going to college in the fall, and a son, Jack, a project manager for Miller Electric who is married to Emily and the father of Beau.
Additional Information
Inducted 2024
Pat currently serves as Nebraska’s market leader for Medica. Medica is a not-for-profit health insurance company providing benefits in 12 midwestern states, covering 1.5 million insureds with group, individual and Medicare policies. Pat is responsible for growing the Nebraska and Iowa markets.
With over 25 years in the health insurance industry, Pat previously held leadership roles as the Local Practice Leader for Aon and a Senior Vice President responsible for Sales and Service at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska.
Pat is a former Nebraska State Senator from the 8th Legislative District in Omaha, serving for 8 years. Pat served on the appropriations, education, and revenue committees. He concluded his tenure as the Chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Pat is most proud of his work on organ donation, domestic violence and sexual assault, and helping his constituents access state government. Following his service in the Nebraska Legislature, Pat received the lifetime achievement award from the democratic party.
A lifelong Nebraskan, Pat has an associates degree in Auto Body Technology from Southeast Community College, and painted cars for several years before going back to school to get a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Nebraska Omaha, and a law degree from Creighton University.
Pat is on the Concord Center board and Chairs the Omaha School Employees Retirement Systems board. He is an adjunct professor at UNO where he has taught strategic selling as well as law and ethics in the Executive MBA program.
Pat and Renee Fry have been married for 23 years. They have a daughter, Samantha, who recently graduated from Marian High School and is going to college in the fall, and a son, Jack, a project manager for Miller Electric who is married to Emily and the father of Beau.