Omaha Public Schools Leadership

Charles Wakefield, PHR is a Chief Human Resources Officer at Omaha Public Schools and Director of Recruitment, Staffing and Talent Management at Omaha Public Schools and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. He has worked as Principal at Omaha Public Schools. Charles studied at Newman University between 2000 and 2002, Newman University between 1994 and 1996, and Wichita State University between 1988 and 1992.

Experienced Chief Financial Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Event Planning, Staff Development, Leadership Development, and Program Development. Strong finance professional with a Master's degree focused in International Economics from Creighton University.

Megan Neiles-Brasch is the very first in-house legal counsel to the Omaha Public Schools where she has practiced since 2013. Megan is a high-paced lawyer who focuses on school law and labor negotiations. Megan is experienced in offering legal advice on areas of school law such as open meetings, board authority, labor negotiations, and constitutional law. Megan also is the Chief Negotiator for the District's ten bargaining units and one meet and confer group.

Megan is a native of Brookings, South Dakota and the daughter of two retired educators. She graduated from the University of Nebraska in the fall of 1997. She attended University of Nebraska School of Law, earning CALI awards in Gender Issues and International Gender Issues. Megan was Executive Vice-President for the Student Bar Association while attending the law school.

Megan is presently a member of the Nebraska bar. Megan enjoys living a healthy lifestyle as a spin instructor, bicycle enthusiast, and runner.

Molly Watson is a Deputy Chief at Omaha Public Schools and is based in Chicago, Illinois. She has worked as Assistant Principal at Garden Lakes Elementary School, 8th grade teacher at Pendergast Elementary School, and Career Ladder Evaluator/Teacher at Pendergast Elementary School. Molly studied at Creighton University and University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Rob Dickson presently serves as the CIO for Wichita Public Schools, directing all technology infrastructure work for the district. In his previous role, as Executive Director for Omaha Public Schools, introduced innovative initiatives to increase capacities in professional development; among these initiatives is a partnership with Microsoft that has resulted in 200 Microsoft Innovative Educators as well as Instructional Technology Leadership cohorts led by his team. Dickson’s practical understanding of how technology should support student learning, his willingness to listen to and emphasize with teachers in the classroom and ability to communicate vision to key players in the district has brought success to the districts he has served. Dickson also works to consult numerous Districts with their strategic technology vision and implementation. Noteworthy accomplishments include his previous District ranking among the “Top Ten” Digital Districts in the nation four years consecutively, leading the first VBlock cloud data center installation in K-12 education and starting the first virtual school in Nebraska history. Dickson was named 2014’s “20 to Watch” from NSBA for innovation and technology integration work, was recently recognized as one of the 2016 Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education, as well as 2017 Administrator PLN Award for Exemplary Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education.

Innovative leader with established experience managing diverse corporate functions across finance, information technology, human resources, facilities, procurement, sales, and general accounting. My ability to build consensus among operational teams, executive management, and other stakeholders to promote transparency and influence positive change has been repeatedly proven. I believe in expanding businesses through a combination of organic growth and mergers and acquisitions that allow companies to harness additional strategic opportunities.

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