Our Team
Let’s Landscape Together
When you work with us, you can trust that we really care – we’re real people, committed to what we do, and we’re here to help make your vision come to life.
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Jamie Bastian
Recruiting + Field Manager, Landscape ConstructionSee BioJamie plays a critical role in supporting our Landscape division through project planning, execution, and building a dedicated team. Logistical details and real-time problem-solving are some of his greatest contributions, but Jamie’s real passion is in the people who work here – helping each crewmember gain greater confidence in their work and a stronger understanding of why we believe in what we do. That means he’s committed to making sure they have the training, mentoring, and proper equipment to do the job well. Jamie has associate degrees from Mount Marty College in Business Administration and Horticulture. This is his fifth year with the Mulhall’s team – including his experience as an on-site operator and foreman.
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Machala Bedlan
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Bob Brakenhoff
Branch Manager, Landscape ManagementSee BioBob is a remarkably versatile landscape professional. In addition to being a seasoned residential landscape designer, he is a thoroughly capable commercial project manager and an accomplished landscape maintenance manager. His loyal client base loves his friendliness, his competence, his responsiveness, and his insistence on high-quality work. Bob joined our team at Mulhall’s 19 years ago following his graduation from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a degree in Landscape Design.
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Oscar Cortez
Shop ManagerSee BioWith a mind for solving problems, Oscar plays a key role in keeping all our equipment running smoothly and readily available for our Landscape team’s use. Oscar has always enjoyed fixing things and has a particular talent for welding among other crafts as well. Joining our team in 2008, he began working as part of our Farms team and later Landscape Installation before moving to the shop as a mechanic and now Shop Manager. While equipment management is his passion, Oscar is proud to be part of making Omaha a more beautiful place to live.
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Kat Dannenberg
Account Manager, Biophilic Design + MaintenanceSee BioKat is a problem-solver by nature. Working behind the scenes, she keeps our sales process running smoothly, from initial inquiries to the launch of each new job. No two days are the same, and she prefers it that way. Her love for nature, plants, and landscaping began at an early age, growing up on a farm near Madison, Nebraska and helping her mother with extensive DIY landscape and hardscape projects around their home. In 2022, after working in Real Estate and other industries, Kat decided to get back to what she grew up loving: helping to bring beautiful landscapes to life. And she’s excited to be part of a team that shares her passion for the natural world.
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Chris Hanks
Landscape Design LeadSee BioChris is always looking for new ways to design beautiful, sustainable, and low-maintenance landscapes. In each of Chris’s designs, you’ll find an inspiring focal point of some kind – a grouping of boulders, a display of annuals, a custom perennial bed – to direct the eye and to make the landscape unique. With his experience in landscape construction, Chris is able to break down even the most complex of projects into easy-to-understand pieces. And to then execute with truly professional precision – approaching each new project with an eye for detail running from start to finish. Chris has a degree in Landscape Design from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and has been a part of the industry for 15 years.
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Chris Logeman
Branch Manager, Biophilic Design + MaintenanceSee BioChris plays a key role in leading our Interiorscapes team and enjoys connecting people with the natural world right within their indoor spaces. With a passion for interior plant maintenance and installation, he coordinates our crews and technicians to ensure each project is installed and maintained safely, efficiently, and with the highest quality. Chris has also been involved in designing and installing several living walls throughout our community, including the one located at Mulhall’s Garden + Home. Since joining our team in 2002, Chris has gained years of experience working on site with all types of residential and commercial customers, and he truly loves being a part of bringing each client’s vision to life.
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Mark McBride
Head of ConstructionSee BioMark leads the commercial landscape division at Mulhall’s. He has been involved in horticulture his whole life, learning from his father who maintained the grounds at Boys Town. A member of our team for over 30 years, Mark has been a critical part of our company’s growth. He enjoys a well-deserved reputation in the Omaha business community as a distinguished plantsman and a skilled project manager. He has developed a lengthy list of loyal clients who appreciate his friendly, straightforward manner and his ability to get things done properly, on time, and on budget. Mark has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University.
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Dave McCoy
Enhancement Manager, Landscape ManagementSee BioDave has a finely-cultivated awareness of successful design principles. He understands what plants and groups of plants perform harmoniously here in our Midwestern landscape. Dave recognizes the impact of beautiful plant masses arranged in softly flowing curves and knows how to craft beauty that both functions and is affordable. With Dave’s breadth of experience, he enjoys working on a variety of landscape challenges, from planting design to walls + patios to landscape maintenance. Dave has a degree in Landscape and Nursery Management from Metropolitan Community College and has been a member of our team for 21 years.
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Mike Mladenoff
Branch Manager, Landscape ConstructionSee BioMany of Mike’s projects involve new construction – seeing a project from an empty site to a finished landscape the entire community can enjoy. He leads the effort for the transformation, from achieving necessary grades to marking bed lines, from flagging tree locations to organizing perennial and shrub plantings. And all with a true passion for precision. Mike’s favorite part of the job is that final touch – overseeing the laying down of sod. Mike has a degree in Horticulture from Iowa State University and has been a member of our team for four years.
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Mick Mulhall
CEOSee BioMick grew up working in the family business, driving for landscape crews as soon as he got his license. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Mulhall’s really-long-days-landscaping school of management. Mick’s grandfather, trained as a gardener in Ireland, immigrated in 1953 to landscape, and now, three generations later, the team at Mulhall’s is as committed as they’ve ever been to making Omaha a more beautiful place to live. Today they’re a team of a few hundred people, but the focus remains the same: working together to engage their community and share their passion for the beauty of the natural world. And having fun doing it.
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Juan Ramos
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Mike Reynolds
Account Manager, Landscape ManagementSee BioWith a mix of passion, creativity, and optimism, Mike is an enthusiastic problem-solver. As an Account Manager, he works directly with property managers and homeowners to ensure their landscapes are consistently looking their best through ongoing maintenance and landscape enhancements. His love for horticulture and the natural world is matched only by his enjoyment of working with people to form long-lasting relationships and collaborations. After 20 years in the Hospitality Industry, Mike joined our team in 2015 and has held various leadership positions, including Store Co-Manager of Mulhall’s Garden + Home.
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Randal Richards
Senior Field Manager, Landscape ConstructionSee BioAs a leader in residential hardscaping, Randall loves working with the materials that bring a customer’s vision for their outdoor space to life. Partnering with our team of landscape designers, Randall plays a key role in determining the leveling, grading, base materials, and other critical details to ensure any patio, bar, fireplace, walkway, or wall meets our standards. And as much as he enjoys the work itself, he’s also come to really value training and supervising crewmembers as he helps lead the team in executing our hardscape services. Randall is certified with the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute and has a Segmental Retaining Walls certification through the National Concrete and Masonry Foundation. This is his eighth season with the Mulhall’s team.
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Nick Searl
Senior Field Manager, Landscape ManagementSee BioNick brings a fresh perspective and a passion for turfgrass to our landscape team. Having grown up working in the industry, Nick’s experience is as practical as it is diverse: he’s mowed lawns, softscaped, ran landscape construction crews, and completed internships with both Augusta National and the Milwaukee Brewers. Intent on enhancing landscapes and helping others enjoy their outdoor spaces, Nick helps lead our production team in planning, executing, and monitoring landscape management services. A graduate of Creighton Prep and the University of Nebraska with a degree in Landscape and Turfgrass Management, Nick re-joined the Mulhall’s team in 2019.
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Missy Sledge
Office Manager, Landscape ConstructionSee BioMelissa knows all the ins and outs of what it takes to bring each beautiful landscape to life. Landscape planning, securing contracts, procuring all the plants and materials, and topping it off with super shiny, accurate billing. After starting as a cashier in 2008, Melissa has worked in a variety of roles spanning both the Mulhall’s Garden + Home and Mulhall’s Landscape business units, giving her the experience and know-how to support our team in making each new project a success. While she works behind the scenes, bringing a good dose of cheekiness to keep things real, her impact touches every Landscape Construction job we complete.
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Matt Wenz
Head of Mulhall's LandscapeSee BioMatt has a natural ability to bring people together toward a common purpose. In 2021, after leaving the world of public accounting, Matt joined our team as a Controller and quickly discovered a new-found passion for beautiful landscapes and the work involved to create and maintain them. Now, as Head of Mulhall’s Landscape, he’s able to use his business background, a love for collaboration, and his appreciation for the natural world to amplify the impact of our Landscape team here in Omaha and the surrounding community.
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John Williams
Account Manager, Landscape ManagementSee BioJohn is a seasoned landscaping professional with over a decade of hands-on experience in the Omaha area. As an account manager, John translates his plant expertise to projects with ease – using proven horticulture practices to find solutions both logically and imaginatively. His favorite part of the job is when he can push the boundaries of landscape maintenance into a new and interesting place. All while making clients happy in the process. John has a degree in Geography and Urban Planning from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and joined the Mulhall’s team in 2021.
Our Design Process
Tell us a little about your project, and we’ll put you in touch with the member of our landscape design team that best fits your needs. Our designers manage projects from consultation to installation and will guide you from our first on-site visit – learning about your goals for the space and evaluating the site conditions – to presenting a design solution and managing the installation.
We’re proud of our landscape design team and installation and maintenance crews. We’ve been doing this a long time, and we think they’re the best in the business. Want to know more? Click to schedule a consultation, and a member of our team will reach out to you in the next few days to answer any questions and to set up an appointment.