As senior director for alumni relations, Brooke Heck manages marketing, development and events for more than 70 alumni chapters and affiliate groups. She also plans alumni outreach events around the country and serves as the association's contact for international alumni.

Heck joined the Nebraska Alumni Association staff in 2009 as a program director. Previously, she was a marketing manager at First National Bank in Omaha, where she was responsible for customer acquisition and driving revenue growth. Heck also spent five years with advertising agencies in Nebraska and Missouri, working with some of the nation's most recognizable brands including Disney, Sonic Drive-Ins, Toro and GE.

A native of Omaha, Neb., Heck is a two-time graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. While obtaining her master's degree in marketing, she worked for the University of Nebraska athletic department, coordinating marketing and events, and working with sponsors. She married husband Jim Heck in 2010.