Bennie Shobe Jr. Honored With 2016 Leadership Lincoln Distinguished Service Award

From the very beginning of Leadership Lincoln (www.leadershiplincoln.org), those in the organization knew that its graduates would plug in and help make things happen for Lincoln. As you begin to explore who’s involved in Lincoln, you’ll discover there are some fantastic Leadership Lincoln Alumni deeply committed to our city. Each year one person is selected from the nearly 3,000 alumni and recognized with the Leadership Lincoln Distinguished Service Award. It’s Leadership Lincoln’s way of recognizing an alumnus who has displayed exceptional involvement, service and leadership to the Lincoln community.

The 25th Leadership Lincoln Distinguished Service Award for 2016 was given to Bennie Shobe, Jr, graduate of The Academy for Local Leadership (Project ALL) Class IV. Bennie moved to Lincoln from Bowling Green, Kentucky in the late 90’s to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska in Medical Sociology Statistics. He works for the State of Nebraska as a Program Analyst of Unemployment Tax. He’s taught at Doane University and currently teaches at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Past Leadership Lincoln Distinguished Service Award Winners include Deane and Gerry Finnegan, Trudy Hines, Rich Clausen, Mary Bruning and Linda Robinson Rutz.