The Greater Omaha Chamber’s prestigious annual membership meeting is where the previous Chamber’s Board Chair recaps the accomplishments of the prior year, the Chamber’s President and CEO unveils the annual report and priorities and direction for the current calendar year, and the new Board Chair is installed.

The Chamber also honors award winners who have contributed to Omaha’s community betterment. The awards are presented during the meeting. The Omaha Chamber is honored to recognize:

• Chair’s Award of Excellence
• Dedicated Service Award
• Headliner of the Year
• Volunteer of the Year

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By Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, all attendees must be registered using their own primary email address.

Reservations are due by Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM. No refunds for cancellations will be granted after this date. 

4 – 5:30 PM     
Annual Meeting Program

5:30 PM    
Networking Reception

Mick Cornett
Businessman and Former Mayor of Oklahoma City

Mick Cornett is a businessman and former 4-Term Mayor of Oklahoma City. In 2018, he was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of the The 50 Greatest Leaders in the World. 

In 2024 he was named by the Urban Land Institute as the Canizaro/Klingbeil Chair for Urban Development.

Cornett spent 20 years as a television sportscaster/news anchor/sports play-by-play broadcaster. Following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 he diverted his attention to public service and served as a full-time college professor before winning a seat on the Oklahoma City Council in 2001.

In 2004 he won the city-wide election for Mayor and thus began a series of record-setting political victories. His re-election percentage of 87% in 2006 is the highest in city history. During his tenure, Oklahoma City experienced an economic renaissance that is still in progress. He based his philosophies on ‘creating a city where highly educated young people will choose to live.’

In January of 2012 he was Michele Obama’s personal guest at the State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.

Cornett is best known for helping to bring an NBA franchise to Oklahoma City and for addressing the community’s shortcomings in areas of health and wellness. His leadership to pass the transformational MAPS 3 initiative has spurred an enormous amount of private investment into the city. Over 80,000 new jobs were created in the city while he was Mayor.

Newsweek called him one of The 5 Most Innovative Mayors in America. The European based World Mayor Organization named him the second-best Mayor in the World. And Governing Magazine proclaimed him a Public Official of the Year. He was the President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2016-17.

In 2018, he chose not to run for a fifth term as Mayor.

He has a Journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from New York University.