Ivan Gilreath - Inducted in 2002
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Ivan Gilreath received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in 1982, and an MBA from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1989.
Gilreath currently is president of the Midwest Trailblazers mentoring and basketball organization, where he serves as head coach and mentor of 37 young men and women as well as numerous Trailblazer alumni. He also serves as a business advisor to UNO business students and is an adjunct professor at Bellevue University.
Previously at Mutual of Omaha, he served as vice president of national PPO programs and also in underwriting and product development capacities.
Gilreath has served on the board of directors for the Urban League of Nebraska, Butler-Gast YMCA, and Owens Education. He was chosen to serve on the Omaha Public Schools Desegregation Task Force, was co-chair of the 1996 and 1997 Urban League of Nebraska Annual Dinners, and was chair of the Butler-Gast YMCA Black Achievers Program.
Gilreath is a 1997 graduate of the ICAN-sponsored FOCUS program. He was awarded the “Living the Dream” award by the City of Omaha in 1999.