Mark D. Theisen - Vice Chair of the Board, National Fraternal Congress of America

Mark D. Theisen is Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer for Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society.

Theisen was elected to the Board of Directors of Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society on July 27, 2001, after serving as Vice President and General Counsel since August 1, 1995. He was named Executive Vice President, Finance and Treasurer in April of 2004 and became Executive Vice President, Fraternal in April of 2008. He also serves as the President of WFS Holdings and Chairman of the Board of Woodmen Financial Services.

A native of Osmond, Nebraska, Theisen graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1973, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University in 1976. He received his EMBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2003.

A past president of Woodmen of the World/Omaha Lodge 1, he received the Fraternal Spirit award from Lodge 1 in 2002. He is currently the Chairman of the Trustees of the Nebraska Jurisdiction. Theisen is the past President of the Nebraska Fraternal Congress and is the President of the Insurance Federation of Nebraska.

Active in the Boy Scouts of America, he is a member of the Board of Trustees, Mid-America Council and was inducted into the Soaring Eagle Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in 2001. Theisen is also on the Advisory Boards of the Creighton University Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Business Administration.

Prior to his service with Woodmen, Theisen was a partner in the Baird Holm Law Firm. He is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association and was selected as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  In addition, Theisen is a member of the Omaha (Downtown) Rotary Club.

Theisen has a son, Joey, and a daughter, Angel.



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