January 23rd | Breaking Barriers: Confronting Challenges to Unlock Your Business Potential in 2025

Meet the Presenter | Monique Farmer

Monique Farmer is an accredited public relations professional with more than 23 years of experience. She leads Avant Solutions, a PR, Communication and Marketing consultancy based right here in Omaha, Nebraska.

Her career awards include the Department of Army’s second highest award, the Superior Civilian Service Award, PRSA Nebraska’s Professional of the Year and Special Achievement in Public Relations Awards and the Omaha World-Herald’s Inspire Award. She has earned national communication awards, including a PRSA Silver Anvil for regional flood response communications and NSPRA's highest honor, the Gold Medallion for brand strategy.

In March 2024, she published her first book, “Chart Your Path: A 9-Step Method to Getting Unstuck.” Within the first two months, the book earned Amazon Bestseller status, an International Impact Book Award in the Career Development category and finalist status in several other national book awards competitions.

Monique is the creator of Anvil Ready, an online software platform that makes creating communication plans simple. She teaches public relations courses for the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody School of Communication and is a regular contributor to PR Strategies & Tactics, the public relations industry’s national newsletter.

Monique holds two master's degrees (Public Administration and Journalism/Mass Communications).

Her proudest accomplishment is being the mother of three children, John Farmer, III, Aaliyah Farmer and Jordan Farmer; and the wife of Omaha Fire Captain John Farmer, Jr.