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 Home Address: 1104 Westridge Lane, St. Paul, NE 68873
Office: Room 1015, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2631
E-mail: vmcdonald@leg.ne.gov
Appointed to Nebraska Legislature: Aug. 10, 2001, to replace Richard N. McDonald, who died; elected 2002, 2004
Committees: General Affairs (chairperson); Agriculture; Judiciary; Executive Board; Reference; Legislative Performance Audit (vice chairperson)
Biography: Born Vickie D. Falmlen, May 26, 1947, in Phillips.
Education: Graduate of Phillips High School; attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Family: Married Feb. 23, 2006; husband, Larry Harnisch; four adult children: Kayleen, Shelly, Melissa and Ryan.
Occupation: Account executive, AON Worksite Solutions. Series 6 Securities licensed; Life Underwriters Training Council fellow.
Former: Investment specialist, INVEST, Commercial Federal Bank, Grand Island; financial services and investment representative, MetLife Financial Services; investment and insurance manager, Grand Island Trust and Financial Services; graduate assistant, Dale Carnegie; career agent, Farm Bureau Insurance; loan processing and appraisal, Columbus Federal Savings Bank; appraisal department, Superior Mortgage, Inc.; owner/operator, liquid fertilizer business; retail sales.
Member: American Cancer Society Heartland State Advocacy Committee; advisory council, Women’s Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures; Nebraska Rural Development Commission; Nebraska Ag Relations Council; advisory board, Nebraska Area Health Education Center; Nebraska Farm Bureau; United Way; Toastmasters; board of directors, YWCA; Woman of Distinction committee chairwoman, YWCA; investment policy development committee chairwoman, YWCA; governmental affairs committee, Grand Island Chamber of Commerce; Grand Island Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Club; board of directors, Grand Island Underwriter; Grand Island Area Council for International Visitors; 4-H club leader, Hamilton County; Girl Scout leader; president, Central Nebraska Feeders Auxiliary; coordinator, Nebraska LEAD Alumni Seminar.
Honors and awards: Patty Steele Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy, American Cancer Society, 2005; 2003 National Conference of State Legislatures Henry Toll Fellow; graduate of 2002 Bowhay Institute of Legislative Leadership; graduate of Hall County Leadership Tomorrow, 1999; graduate of Life Underwriters Training Council, 1997; graduate of Nebraska LEAD Program, 1996; graduate of Dale Carnegie, 1990.
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