Stan Odenthal

Stan Odenthal has extensive experience in bringing together and skillfully facilitating collaborative projects amongst multiple stakeholders. He has held multiple executive-level positions in state government before transitioning into consulting and nonprofit leadership. Stan holds a J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law, an M.A. in Political Science with a focus on Public Policy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a B.A. in History and Political Science from Weber State University.

Stan is currently the Director of Business Relations at Heartland Workforce Solutions, the local workforce development area for the three counties in and around Omaha, Nebraska. He previously held the post of Director of the Office of Employment and Training with the Nebraska Department of Labor overseeing workforce development programs statewide. Before that, he was appointed the Executive Director of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission with oversight of Nebraska’s investigations into discrimination claims in the context of employment, housing, and public accommodations. Stan’s WIOA policy experience is extensive, having started his career with the Nebraska Department of Labor as its Statewide Policy Program Coordinator before taking on the role of Administrator of Workforce Services. In this role was the functional administrator for the Greater Nebraska Local Workforce Development Area and its 88-county area.