Tim McCormack—Independent Sales Contractor

McCormack has been a high school history teacher, an elementary school principal, a successful business owner, a franchise developer, and a master marketer. He has dealt with every aspect of building and running successful businesses—including building 14 different businesses in four different states, writing franchise disclosure documents, trademarking business names and slogans, and writing employee handbooks and operations manuals. These are some of the reasons why McCormack is a great person for people to work with on Omaha Publications ads. He understands business, and said his favorite part about being at Omaha Publications is getting to talk to, and network with, other business owners and managers.

 Kara Schweiss—Contributing Writer

Schweiss began writing for Omaha Publications 24 years ago and is now its longest-serving freelance writer. She is a Nebraska native and a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s journalism program. Her writing, editing, and project management work for publishers, nonprofit organizations, and commercial entities has spanned many facets of the communications sector, including advertising, marketing, broadcasting, web-based, and social media. She prefers to work behind the scenes and enjoys the satisfaction of telling a good story or making complex information clear and comprehensible to readers more than seeing her name in bylines and credits.

Schweiss said she’s proud of her professional body of work but maintains that her two teenage sons are her favorite creations.

 Meghan Townley—Freelance Writer

Townley has been contributing to Omaha Magazine since 2013. She is a full-time literature and composition teacher at Creighton Preparatory High School, and spends her free time with her family, along with writing, reading, and practicing yoga. Her work has been featured in Good Housekeeping, Wedding Essentials, HER, Irish America, Bene Italian Life & Style, UNO Magazine, and the Omaha World-Herald. She has worked at magazines in New York City, including Harper’s Bazaar, Bene Italian Life & Style, BRIDE’S, and Good Housekeeping. Traveling and live music are two of Townley’s passions. When combined, this is the best sort of getaway.

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2022 issue of Omaha Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.