DR. JEFF DELANEY Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certified
Dr. Jeffrey Delaney, MD is a Pediatrics Specialist in Omaha, NE and has over 28 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from Creighton University in 1994. Dr. Delaney attended Pediatric residency at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma Washington, Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Yale University, and Congenital Interventional fellowship at Duke University. Dr. Delaney is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska. As of January 2022, Dr. Delaney is the Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and the Theodore F. Hubbard Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology. He is the Medical Director of the congenital cardiac catheterization program at Children's since 2008. In Rotary, Dr. Delaney is known as the pediatric cardiologist of Operation Hippocrates since 2009, where he developed the pediatric catheterization program in Belize.
Recently, Omaha Downtown Rotary voted Heather Legge as President-Designate and will serve a President in 2024-2025. Heather has been a Rotarian for 11 years and she has been largely responsible in ensuring that our club meets our annual goal to the Rotary International Foundation. Heather is currently serving as Club Chair of The Rotary Foundation. She is a member of the Paul Harris Society and she is Paul Harris Fellow +7.
Heather Legge is a certified executive coach, founder of Envision Success Inc, and author of Lead With Moxie. Through coaching and training she provides expert guidance in leadership communication skills, productivity habits, and presentation design and delivery.
Since starting her coaching and training firm in 2006, Heather has worked with hundreds of leaders in various organizations (including First National Bank, Salvation Army, Mass Mutual, Cresa, Wells Fargo, CSG, State Farm, Keller Williams, Fidelity, Farmers Insurance, YMCA, etc. plus many small business owners).
Previously Heather earned her MBA and spent over 15 years in multiple industries. She is passionate about making a positive impact, and is enjoys serving in leadership in various organizations (Omaha Rotary Downtown, Omaha Network for women leaders, Leadership Omaha, Business Network International, Women’s Council of REALTORs, Omaha Chamber, Abide, etc.).
She lives in Omaha with her husband Doug. She is also an occasional runner, red wine lover, coffee addict, and world traveler.
Recently, Steve & Pat McCollister with grandkids, Toby Mathouser & her daughter, Yolanda Hoffman and her family participated in the Stephens Center's trunk or treat. Thank you to all who donated money for the candy fund and to Steve for coordinating Rotary's participation.
Connecting with fellow Rotarians is made easy with club service. Plus you get attendance credit. It's a great deal! and if you are a new Rotarian, it counts toward your Red Badge requirements. You may sign up as Greeter, Virtual Greeter, Check-in/Registration, Navigator, and Invocator. Click here to sign up.
Recent greeters Jim McKernan of WOWT and Gary Eller of Presbyterian Church
Rotarians are making a difference at Stephen Center. CLICK HERE to sign up.
Stephen Center partners with the community, families and individuals to overcome homelessness, addiction and poverty. Stephen Center has served the homeless and low-income in Omaha since 1984 through their three programs: Emergency Shelter, HERO Program and Transitional Living Program.
The Omaha Downtown Rotary partners with Stephens Center in serving hot meals to its residents.
Hardworking Rotarians at Stephen Center L to R: Franco Gentile, Jim Stewart, James Mackiewicz, Heidi McGinness, and Vince Miscia
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.
Our goal
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.
As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.
Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.
Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within ten years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
Here's a sneak peek of a weekly meeting at Omaha Downtown Rotary. It starts with a live concert with Jim Scott-Miller on the piano with certified singers, the Omaha Downtown Rotarians! Watch this video. You can feel the energy!