Dave Keiter - Owner / CEO

 

Diane Keiter - Owner / CFO

 

 

Gary Lynch - Sales / Quality Control

 

 

Bob Slaymaker - Sales

 

 

Mike Huhman - Grand Island Operations Mgr

 

Rick Slaymaker - Kearney Operations Mgr

 

Mark Omtvedt - General Operations Mgr

 

 

Dianne Keiter - Marketing

 

Beci Van Fossen - HR

 

Kathy Lange - Office

 

Paul Longemore - Accounting

Dave Keiter

Team Member Since:  1981

Education:  UNK 1980 Bachelor of Arts in Education; 2006 Master Water Restorer designate IICRC

What do you like most about your job?  Happy Clients

Where are you from?  Hartington, NE

Where are you currently living?  Kearney

What are your strengths?  Seeing the big picture, helping people reach their full potential, empowering staff with knowledge and tools for doing a fantastic job!

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Music, golf, reading, taking care of my lawn and trees, personal coaching

 

 

 

Diane Keiter

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Gary Lynch

Team Member Since:  May 2005

Education:  BA in Education plus 9 Hrs toward Administration

What do you like most about your job?  Working with people in the office or in the field with customers

Where are you from?  Born in Rushville, NE; raised in Hastings, NE

Where are you currently living?  Kearney, NE

What are your strengths?  I'm a "people person" which helps with communication that leads to sales and lasting friendships with clients.

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Hunting, fishing, golf

 

 

 

 

Bob Slaymaker

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What do you like most about your job?  Variety

Where are you from?  Bassett, NE

Where are you currently living?  Kearney, NE

What are your strengths?  dependable, loyal, trusting

What hobbies do you enjoy?  golf, reading, spending time with wife & kids

 

 

 

 

Mike Huhman

Team Member Since:  2006

Education:  IICRC certified

What do you like most about your job?  Every day is a new adventure and there are very few boring days

Where are you from?  Sargent, NE

Where are you currently living?  Hastings, NE

What are your strengths?  Managing people and projects

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Fishing, hunting, camping, golf, and anything outdoors

 

 

Rick Slaymaker

Team Member Since:  2005

Education:  High School, 2 yrs college, IICRC certified

What do you like most about your job?  The variety of all jobs and the people I work with.

Where are you from?  Bassett, NE

Where are you currently living?  Kearney, NE

What are your strengths?  Organization, cleaning, and knowledge of jobs.  I also feel I have good communication skills.

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Reading, Facebook, Playstation, and most of all, being with my kids.

 

 

Mark Omtvedt

Team Member Since:  2008

Education:  Business Finance from UNL

What do you like most about your job?  Yellow Van has a staff of about 55 hard-working, dedicated employees that know how to take care of our customers.  Getting to work with each of these folks on a daily basis is what I like best about my job as General Manager.

Where are you from?  I lived in Lincoln, NE from junior high until my career as a stock broker brought me to Kearney in 1985

Where are you currently living?  My wife, Tamara, and I and our two children live North of Kearney

What are your strengths?  Keeping staff motivated and upbeat. 

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Pheasant hunting, golf, sporting clay shooting, and coaching & mentoring young people

 

Dianne Keiter

Team Member Since:  2002

Education:  Masters in Information Technology from UMC in 2009, Communications degree from UNK in 2002

What do you like most about your job?  The variety of things I can do - no day is the same.

Where are you from?  Grew up on a farm near Hartington, NE

Where are you currently living?  Kearney, NE

What are your strengths?  loyalty, dedication, enjoy a challenge, attention to detail

What hobbies do you enjoy?  reading, music, technology

 

 

Beci Van Fossen

Team Member Since:  2008

Education:  Certified safety director, former certified professional coder and medical secretary.

What do you like most about your job?  The people I work with are a lot of fun.

Where are you from?  Des Moines, IA

Where are you currently living?  Axtell, NE

What are your strengths?  I can be friendly when I want to be.  I am a compassionate person.  I am loyal.

What hobbies do you enjoy?  Grandchild :-)

 

 

Kathy Lange

Team Member Since:  2007 

Education:  Graduated from Kearney High and 1 yr at Kearney State

What do you like most about your job?  The people are great & I like that I have a variety of duties

Where are you from?  Kearney

Where are you currently living?  between Kearney & Gibbon

What are your strengths?  Respectful, courteous, optimistic, loyal

What hobbies do you enjoy?  I love spending time with my family, I love to dance, & I actually like yard work!

 

 

Paul Longmore

Team Member Since:  March 2007

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What do you like most about your job?  It allows me to do what I enjoy with people I enjoy.

Where are you from?  Central Nebraska

Where are you currently living?  Kearney, NE

What are your strengths?  I am very detail oriented and like working with numbers.

What hobbies do you enjoy?  I like to hunt, fish, and read.