District 5650 Foundation Chair Bill Harvey has recognized Immediate Past-President John Sullivan as a Paul Harris Fellow Plus Seven (7). John was sponsored into The Rotary Club of Omaha (Downtown) in 1999 by PP Jim Murphy. He will complete ten years of Rotary board service on June 30, 2022, including two terms on the board and one term on the Omaha Downtown Rotary Foundation board where he also served as president. Utilizing an RFP process, John restructured the Foundation’s investment portfolio with management by D.A. Davidson’s Brian Schneider, who continues in an advisory role today. John’s executive team hired Executive Director Yolanda Hoffman during his term; he was awarded a Presidential Citation by Rotary International (RI) for his club service as president. John created our South Omaha Club Initiative, has recently served as club nominating chair and served on the interview committee for the new District Governor-Elect Designate.RI Foundation donations by our Club achieved their highest level in club history during John’s term, and he encourages all members to consider an annual donation at a level of their choice. RI offers numerous designated funds to direct your contribution and maintains a five-star recommendation by the third-party Charity Navigator.
In March 2022, John celebrated the two-year anniversary of The Sullivan Group, a strategic advisory practice focused on real estate investment, economic development, and early-stage companies. John recently led the sale of the Westroads Pointe office building as managing partner of an equity group and has joined a partnership which is constructing multi-family “apartminiums,” slated to break ground in mid-2022 in Gretna and Elkhorn. John is also an investor and developer of an esports entertainment facility targeted to Omaha’s 18-34-year-old creative class and future STEM leaders. He serves as fiduciary of a 40M condominium building, a trustee of St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church and School, and a supporter of the John Paul II Newman Center at UNO. In Q1 2022, John recruited new leadership for the Midtown Crossing Homeowner’s Association board of directors where he is slated to become president of one of three condominium buildings in April 2022. John enjoys living, working, playing and serving with other Rotarians in the exciting urban core.
