40 under 40 – 2017 winners

James D. Kresnik

James D. Kresnik
Omaha, Nebraska.

Residential Real Estate Investor. Family from Kljuc, Croatia.

Lifetime Member of Croatian Fraternal Union (CFU). Treasurer of Croatian Cultural Society of Omaha. Jim proudly comes from a family of serious long term Croatian American activists. Jim’s professional career after graduating from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, put his banking and finance major to good use at Applied Underwriters, the Omaha World Herald Company and First National Bank of Omaha before Jim decided to earn an MBA and make a move into the real-estate investment market. Today he owns and manages a seven-figure RE portfolio and working with college students to retirees. Jim has been such a dedicated and committed Croatian with so many groups and even with the Croatian Catholic Union before it merged with the CFU.

Jim is the organist and leads the choir for the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church founded 100 years ago by his Croatian great-grandfathers.

He remains active with the CFU Lodge #101 and has been the treasurer for the Croatian Cultural Society of Omaha for ten years now. Jim wears so many hats and even cuts the lawn around the Omaha Croatian Hall which was the host site of the NFCAconvention ten years ago.

Jim has been a leader with many Croatian charitable activities and loves to visit his relatives in Croatia and continues to learn the Croatian language.

Jim is the son of long time NFCA Board Member, Jim Kresnik and the nephew of NFCA founding member Joe Cupich. And he is the cousin of the new Cardinal from Chicago (Blaise J. Cupich).

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