Jamie Berglund
- MSUS (2007)
- Executive Director, Spark
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Alumni Update
Jamie Berglund has two decades of professional and volunteer experience focused on leading transformative community and economic development initiatives.She currently leads Spark, acting as a catalyst for change in disinvested neighborhoods. Her prior roles include executive director with Omaha by Design where she revamped the organization's strategy, programming and community relations; senior director of community development with the Greater Omaha Chamber where she collaborated with partners to create and implement redevelopment plans for Midtown, North and South Omaha, helped establish the Omaha Municipal Land Bank and Spark, and facilitated strategic planning; and work with at-risk youth, the homeless and other marginalized populations through Heartland Family Service, the Nebraska AIDS Project, and the MICAH House in Council Bluffs.
She has a BA in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a MS in Urban Studies from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Her recent volunteer service includes advisory board member for inCOMMON Community Development, commissioner for the Omaha Housing Authority, board member and chair of the Omaha Municipal Land Bank, and board member and president of the Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
Additional Information
Alumni Update
Jamie Berglund has two decades of professional and volunteer experience focused on leading transformative community and economic development initiatives.She currently leads Spark, acting as a catalyst for change in disinvested neighborhoods. Her prior roles include executive director with Omaha by Design where she revamped the organization's strategy, programming and community relations; senior director of community development with the Greater Omaha Chamber where she collaborated with partners to create and implement redevelopment plans for Midtown, North and South Omaha, helped establish the Omaha Municipal Land Bank and Spark, and facilitated strategic planning; and work with at-risk youth, the homeless and other marginalized populations through Heartland Family Service, the Nebraska AIDS Project, and the MICAH House in Council Bluffs.
She has a BA in Sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a MS in Urban Studies from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Her recent volunteer service includes advisory board member for inCOMMON Community Development, commissioner for the Omaha Housing Authority, board member and chair of the Omaha Municipal Land Bank, and board member and president of the Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless.