Acknowledgements
thanking our community partners
A Community Effort
Lincoln Vital Signs is a collaborative project made possible by the efforts of
numerous organizations and leadership.
Community support
This study relies heavily on the vision and expertise of many individuals and organizations. We gratefully acknowledge the support and expertise of the Funders and Advisory Council members.
Sponsors
The following organizations contributed leadership and financial support:
- Buffett Early Childhood Fund, Eric Buchanan
- City of Lincoln, Jennifer Brinkman & Adelle Burk
- Community Health Endowment, Lori Seibel
- Cooper Foundation, Victoria Grasso
- Duncan Family Trust, Connie Duncan
- Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools, Wendy Van
- Harbor of Dreams, Ashley Rinaker
- Lancaster County, Sara Hoyle
- Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development, Pat Haverty
- Lincoln Community Foundation, Barbara Bartle & Michelle Paulk
- Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Betty Medinger
- The Peter Kiewit Foundation, Jeff Kutash
- United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County, Linda Robinson Rutz
- University of Nebraska Foundation, Jaci Klein
- Woods Charitable Fund, Tom Woods
thank you
This report would not have been possible without the generous contributions of data and expertise from additional individuals and organizations. The authors maintain full responsibility for any errors in data or representation.
Special Thanks
The following individuals assisted in the collection, analysis, or presentation of this report:
Ryan Caldwell, Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jason Casey, Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jeff Chambers, Center on Children, Families, and the Law
Lauri Cimino, Nebraska Department of Education – Step Up to Quality
Chief Micheal Despain, Lincoln Fire and Rescue
Katie Flood, Lincoln Police Department
Pat Haverty, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development
Raju Kakarlapudi, Lincoln-Lancaster Health Department
Jake and Haley Kramer, Artillery Media
Clair Lindquist, Lincoln Police Department
Erin Rourke, Region V Systems
Bryan Seck, Prosper Lincoln/Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development
Michelle Suarez, Prosper Lincoln/Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
Elizabeth Svoboda, Buffet Early Childhood Institute
Sergeant John Walsh, Lincoln Police Department
Teresa Wanser-Ernst, Lincoln Public Schools
Greg Welch, Buffet Early Childhood Institute
Marcia White, Community Health Endowment
A NEw Approach to interacting with Data
For the Lincoln Vital Signs 2019 report, we worked closely with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Their mission is to facilitate and support research and analytics needs utilizing software for creating interactive data visualization.
