Sen. Jana Hughes
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402) 471-2756
Email: jhughes@leg.ne.gov
- Agriculture
- General Affairs
- Natural Resources
- Building Maintenance
- LR135 Select Interim Committee
Biography
Elected to Nebraska Legislature: 2022
Born Jana Luebbe, Aug. 7, 1971, in Friend.
Education: Graduate of Seward High School, 1989; Texas A&M University (B.S. in industrial engineering, magna cum laude), 1993.
Family: Married John Hughes, July 5, 1996; three children: Lena, Anna and Hank.
Occupation: Substitute teacher and exercise instructor
Former: Engineering consultant
Member: vice president, Seward Public School Board; Holy Savior Lutheran Church; Seward Jr. Women’s Club (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer); board, Seward Heartfelt Inc.; Seward County Republicans; Seward Changing the Game Committee; Meals on Wheels.
Former member: St. John Lutheran School Parent Teacher League (president, treasurer, secretary); Seward County 4-H Council; club leader, Seward 4-H; youth group leader, Holy Savior Lutheran Church; COVID-19 relief chair, Legacy Fund of Seward County.
Honors and awards: CoVan award, Texas A&M University; outstanding senior industrial engineering student.