Member Type: Board of Advisors

Carlos Acosta was born in Omaha Ne, and has lived in LaVista for the last 39 years. I actually grew up and bought a house 1 house away from my parents on the same street. I graduated from Papillion LaVista Monarchs in 1997. I attended Metro community college. I have two awesome children Isabella who is 18 and Gabriel who is 16. When I’m not trying to keep up with 2 teenagers I am very hard at work building a brand for HomeWise Roofing and Exteriors.

I have worked for HomeWise Roofing for 5 years. I started off as a Project Manager then after 2 years or so I moved to Networking and Business Development.

I am a board member with the Millard Business Association, and ambassador, President of a tips group, and also on several committees. I am also a member of the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce and Ralston Chamber of Commerce, and hold ambassador seats with both chambers. I am the President of a Ralston Chamber tips group as well. I am very active in lots of chambers and several independent tips groups. I love to network and help build businesses up and grow relationships.

In my free time, I enjoy football, hanging with friends, and most importantly my family. We have dinners and watch games together and yell at the tv.

My name is Julie Kannas. I was born and raised in Omaha. I am a Millard North graduate. I am the mother of 3 boys and have 3 bonus/step kids. All but 1 of the kids are college age or older. I am an Enterprise Account Executive for Paylocity. I have been with Paylocity since 2014 and have been in the Payroll/HR technology space since 2002. I spend my days talking to HR Directors and C-Suite individuals of companies 500 employees and higher in Nebraska and half of Iowa.

My past volunteer positions have included: I was a member of the Millard Public School Board, the Millard Public Schools Alumni Board, I sat on the Millard Public School budget and action committee several times. I was the liaison between the Millard public school board and the alumni association board. I was part of the executive committee for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s light the night fundraiser for 3 years. I sat on the Executive Board for Dignity Home Care. I currently sit on the board nomination committee for 1000 Togolese. I am excited to help out in any way I can.

Ryan Haney is a portfolio manager and First Vice President at UBS Financial Services. Ryan has been in the financial services industry for 20 years. He was a principle in the Haney Financial Group with his father Bruce Haney. Ryan is a graduate of Creighton University with a BSBA . Ryan has served on the board of BRAN (Bike Ride Across Nebraska), Northwest Rotary of Omaha, Development board of St. Pius the Tenth School, and the Skinner Baking Company.

Ryan is the father of two young boys and one young wife.