Angel Starks, Michelle Zych receive Young Alumni awards

The UNO Alumni Association issued Young Alumni Achievement Awards to Angel Starks (pictured, left) and Michelle Zych (right) during the fifth annual UNO Alumni Night of Honor at the Thompson Alumni Center Oct. 23, 2018.

Sponsored by First Data Resources, Alumni Night of Honor celebrates achievements by members of the worldwide UNO alumni network, now numbering more than 110,000 living graduates. Other award recipients also were honored during the evening.

Established in 2014, Young Alumni Achievement Awards recognize outstanding career achievement, active community involvement or exceptional service to the University of Nebraska at Omaha by graduates 40 or younger.

Angel Starks

An Omaha native, Starks is the chief experience officer and team lead of Team Locale with Nebraska Realty. She serves as the 2018 president of the Women’s Council of REALTOR-Omaha Network. She also has served as the 2018 YP Summit Chair for the Greater Omaha [Chamber] Young Professionals and was on the YP Council for three years prior. She spends many hours volunteering with children and youth in the community, including time with Growing Hearts Collaborative/Heart2Heart Services. Starks earned a BGS from UNO in 2016.

Michelle Zych

Zych is executive director of the Women’s Fund of Omaha, a nonprofit that identifies critical issues, funds innovative solutions and leads dynamic change through grants provided to women and girls. Zych also is president-elect of the board of directors of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands; is a member of Omaha Network; was named to the Midland’s Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 list; and is a graduate of Leadership Omaha Class 31 and the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands’ Nonprofit Executive Institute Class 7. She earned an MPA from UNO in 2006.