OFA Awards
Well-respected and recognized in the advertising industry, these prestigious accolades salute our industry’s best and brightest. Our awards programs offer the best of both worlds - a chance to be inspired as we present the Omaha advertising industry’s legendary heroes and rising stars.
2008 Awards
Deadline for nominations was Friday, December 14, 2007.
Ad Pro, Ad Rookie and Silver Medal Awards
The Omaha Federation of Advertising selects and promotes the best of advertising and its practitioners through several awards and awards programs, such as the Nebraska Advertising Awards (ADDYs), Silver Medal Award, Ad Pro of the Year and Ad Rookie of the Year. Well-respected and recognized in the advertising industry, these prestigious accolades salute our industry’s best and brightest.
Our awards programs offer the best of both worlds - a chance to be inspired as we present the Omaha advertising industry’s legendary heroes and rising stars. Nominations are now being accepted, so be sure to complete the nomination form to nominate yourself or someone else.
If you have previously nominated an individual and they did not win, please feel free to resubmit their nominations. Numerous past votes have been very close contests and there are many deserving candidates that should be reconsidered for recognition.
I. Ad Pro
Criteria: An OFA member who has a distinguished track record of service in advertising including professional and community service with particular attention to OFA service.
II. Ad Rookie
Criteria: An OFA member with five or fewer years in the business who demonstrates outstanding work. This individual may also have served in the professional and community ranks as well as OFA service.
III. Silver Medal
Criteria:
1. Company Contributions - An OFA member who achieved success in one of the following areas of work: advertising agency, advertiser, media or advertising service company.
2. Creative Ability - An OFA member who has shown a consistent high degree of creative, original thinking in work endeavors.
3. Contributions to the General Advancement of Advertising - An OFA member who has worked to increase the stature and raise the standard of the advertising profession.
4. Contributions to the Community - An OFA member who has been active in civic, religious or other groups dedicated to some phase of human or social welfare. Applications for all three award categories can be found on the OFA website.
Below is a partial list of past winners. If you have information on those that we have missed in this listing, please contact Teri Hamburger at the OFA office with your contribution.
Past Winners
Silver Medal Award Winners
1960 Earl Allen; 1961 Morris Jacobs; 1962 Bob Manly; 1963 Chan Barnhart; 1964 Les Branch; 1965 Owen Saddler; 1966 Ned Reynolds; 1967 Clete Haney; 1968 Gene Thomas; 1969 Frank Fogarty; 1970 Arden Swisher; 1971 Harold Soderlund; 1972 Bob Savage; 1973 Bill Quinlan; 1974 Helen Moeller; 1975 Rich Galley; 1976 Lloyd Berg; 1977 Ed Schafer; 1978 Chuck Peebler; 1979 George Wruck; 1980 John Henry; 1981 Larry McNichols; 1982 Don Carlos; 1983 Bob Seitzer; 1984 Lyell Bremser; 1985 Joe Baker; 1986 Tom Dudycha; 1987 Mike Byrne; 1988 Bob McNutt; 1989 Lyle Nelson; 1990 Jack Payne; 1991 Ruth Williams; 1992 Jack Barnhart; 1993 Linda Lovgren; 1994 Bill Donaldson; 1995 Don Browers; 1996 Walt Kavanaugh; 1997 Rosalee Roberts; 1998 Tim Sickinger; 1999 Claudia Martin; 2000 Dennis Mailliard; 2001 Ron Kaplan; 2002 Roger Moody; 2003 Ellen Moran; 2004 Scott Anderson; 2005 Jeff Kahler; 2006 Bill Ramsey; 2007 Phillip Webb
AD Pro Winners
1995 Scott Anderson; 1997 Linda Lovgren; 1998 Gary Domet; 1999 Tracy Zaiss; 2000 David Sanders; 2001 John Sullivan; 2002 Fred Clark; 2003 Joe Sacco; 2004 Barbara Ruser; 2005 Angelica Siciunas; 2006 Kim Stowe; 2007 Mike Compton
Ad Rookie Winners
1994 Heide Grunkemeyer; 1995 Sarah Sheflow; 1997 Rachael Stageman; 1998 Kyle Steenson; 2000 Dale Spencer; 2001 Jennifer Kros-Dorfmeyer; 2002 Stacie Koenig; 2003 Amanda Peterson; 2004 Lori Krenc; 2005 Matt Noa; 2006 Jill Johnstone; 2007 Shannon Wall
