10 Feb 2017
Rick Kubat of Omaha has been accepted into the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, a one-year program that provides leadership training and educates participants about the vital role of rivers, streams and aquifers play in the economic sustainability of the state.
Kubat, government relations attorney with the Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha earned a B. A. in political science at Miami University (Oxford, Ohio-1998). He is a 2002 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law.
A project of the Water Futures Partnership-Nebraska, Academy sessions feature classroom as well as field trip experiences presented by acknowledged experts in leadership and natural resource topics held at locations across the state.
The Water Leaders Academy is partially funded through a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust and more than 25 other organizations and individuals.
More information can be found at www.waterleadersacademy.org.