Jim Pillen, DVM
3214 25th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
402-564-0407 ext: 222
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District 3

Elected to the Board of Regents in 2012

Personal and Professional

• Born in Columbus, Nebraska on December 31, 1955
• Married to Suzanne Shreve, four children
• Pillen Family Farms, Inc. – Founder and Owner
• Danbred North America – Managing Partner
  

Community Activities

• Columbus Community Hospital Board of Directors – Current Chair
• Scotus Central Catholic High School Endowment Board – Current Chair
• TeamMates Mentoring Program and State Foundation – Current Board Member
• St. Isidore Catholic Church – Current Lector, Past Finance Committee, Past Building Committee
• St. Augustine Mission Board of Directors – Past Director
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration Advisory Board – Past Board Member
• Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce – Past President
• Columbus Family YMCA – Past President, Fundraising Chair
• Columbus Community Hospital Foundation – Past Chair
• Platte County American Heart Association Heart Walk – Past Chair

Professional Memberships and Service

• Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association
• American Association of Swine Practitioners
• National Pork Producers Council
• Pork Action Group
• Christians Encounter Christ (CEC) Movement
• Youth for Christ
• Dominican Republic Mission projects
• SCF Drive – Major Gifts Division
• Shamrock Club

Awards/Honors

• 2009 Columbus Days King Ferdinand
• 2008 Chamber of Commerce Archway Award recipient
• 2008 Distinguished Entrepreneur from the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at UNL’s College of Business Administration
• 2007 Hall of Fame Award, Voluntary Pork Checkoff
• 2004 UNL Football Hall of Fame Inductee, Academic All American, 2-Time First Team All Big 8
• 2003 Business Excellence Achievement Award from UNL’s College of Business Administration