Born 1965

Preeta D. Bansal has served as a member of Nelnet’s Board of Directors since November 2018.

Ms. Bansal has extensive experience in law, banking, financial services, regulation, government, and U.S. diplomacy. Her experience has included serving as general counsel and senior policy advisor for the president of the United States in the federal Office of Management and Budget, which oversees and coordinates all the budgetary, regulatory, and management activities and initiatives of the departments and agencies of the federal government on behalf of the president; as global general counsel for litigation and regulatory affairs for HSBC Holdings in London; as partner and practice chair of the international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York City; as Solicitor General of the State of New York, where she helped lead 600 attorneys in the New York Attorney General’s Office; and as Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal government human rights commission focused on promoting U.S. foreign policy interests in religious freedom and human rights around the globe.

Ms. Bansal is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College, and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where she was supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review. She served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. She received the National Organization of Women’s “Woman of Power and Influence Award” in 2006 and was named one of the “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal in 2008.

Ms. Bansal has been a lecturer, senior advisor, and visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, she is on the Advisory Board of the Johnny Carson Center for the Emerging Media Arts as well as the Raikes School at University of Nebraska, on the board of the Lincoln Community Foundation and the Community Health Endowment Chair of Civic Nebraska, and on the Advisory Committee of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. She has lectured on ethics and policy with respect to emerging technologies at MIT and at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. From 2015–2016, she served by appointment of the president of the United States as a member and the committee chair of the President’s Advisory Committee on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, focusing on poverty and inequality in America.

Ms. Bansal serves as Chair of the Compliance Committee, and is a member the People Development and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.

Chair of the Compliance Committee

Member of the People Development and Compensation Committee

Member of the Audit Committee

Born 1964

Kathleen A. Farrell has served as a member of Nelnet’s Board of Directors since October 2007. Possessing admirable expertise in corporate finance, executive turnover, and executive compensation, Dr. Farrell is a professor of Finance and Dean of the College of Business Administration at University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Dr. Farrell also serves on the Board of Directors of Assurity, Inc., and Bryan Health.

Dr. Farrell received her Ph.D in finance from the University of Georgia, and a BBA in finance and accounting from Kent State University. Dr. Farrell joined the finance faculty at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in the fall of 1993. Dr. Farrell's publications have appeared in several academic journals, and she has received numerous teaching awards. Dr. Farrell draws on her experience from KPMG Peat Marwick as a supervising senior, where she was involved with audit engagements.

Dr. Farrell serves on the Risk and Finance and Executive committees in addition to her leadership role as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Member of the Risk and Finance Committee

Member of the Executive Committee

Born 1953

Thomas E. Henning has served as a member of Nelnet’s Board of Directors since August 2003. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Assurity Group Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Assurity Life Insurance Company, for nearly 27 years, followed by a year of service as non-executive chair of Assurity Group until his retirement in December 2022.

Mr. Henning is a 1975 graduate of University of Nebraska – Lincoln as well as Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. He also has completed the Wharton School's Effective Management Program and holds the CLU and CFA designations.

Previously, Mr. Henning served concurrently as President and Chief Operating Officer of National Bank of Commerce of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Executive Vice President of First Commerce Bancshares between 1985 and 1990. Mr. Henning serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Nebraska Innovation Campus, First Interstate Bancorp, the advisory board of Lincoln Industries, and on the Nebraska Investment Council.

Mr. Henning serves as Chair of the Audit committee, as well as a member of the Executive and Risk and Finance committees.

Chair of the Audit Committee

Member of the Executive Committee

Member of the Risk and Finance Committee

Kimberly K. Rath has served as a member of Nelnet's Board of Directors since October 2007. Ms. Rath is Co-Founder and Co-Chairperson of Talent Plus, Inc., a global human resources consulting firm with offices in Lincoln, NE, and Singapore.

She is a recognized leader in executive development and coaching and human resources focused on talent-based solutions. Ms. Rath has an MBA from Pepperdine University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

In addition to her board work with Nelnet, Ms. Rath currently serves on the Board of Directors for ProviderTrust Inc., on the 5,000 list of one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. and the fastest-growing software company in Tennessee. Passionate about giving back to the community, Ms. Rath sits on two not-for-profit boards, Tabitha, Inc. and Artists for Trauma. She is a trustee for the University of Nebraska and Lincoln Community Foundations. Ms. Rath has served on The Beryl Institute Resource Advisory Council and the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Advisory Board and has spoken at a wide variety of conferences globally. She is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) as well as the Chief Executives Organization (CEO). She has been the recipient of the Business Excellence Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the national Delta Gamma Shield Award. Ms. Rath, who is a best-selling author, and her company, Talent Plus, have been highlighted in nearly a dozen books including Prescription for Excellence, The New Gold Standard, Close Like the Pros, and Managing to Make a Difference: How to Engage, Retain, and Develop Talent for Maximum Performance and a recently released book, Business Success Secrets.

Ms. Rath is the chair of the People Development and Compensation committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance committee.

Chair of the People Development and Compensation Committee

Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee