Brian Kobs – Class of 1992

Brian graduated from Burke High School in 1992, and is currently Owner and President of Abraham Catering Service, Inc., as well the owner of a number of other businesses and real estate in the Omaha area. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, with a minor in Psychology from Hastings College.

While he was a student at Burke, Brian was a four-year varsity letter member of the Boys’ Baseball Team and three-year varsity letter member of the Boys’ Basketball Team. He was Prom Prince his Junior Year and Homecoming King his senior year. His most important memories of Burke are of all his teammates and coaches (Coach Graner, Coach Sharp, Coach Wetzel, and Coach Holst).

While attending Hastings College, Brian was a four-year starter on the Mens’ Basketball Team, was named All-Conference twice, All-American Scholar Athlete twice, the Frank Prince Award Winner for athlete of the year, and is the All-Time Leading Scorer in Hastings College history. He was the male Freshman Student of the Year and graduated as the Salutatorian in his class.

Upon graduation from Hastings College, Brian began his career at the Public Accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand, LLC. Following his time at Coopers & Lybrand, he went into business with his wife Jennifer (Burke Alum) and father-in-law Hap Abraham at Abraham Catering Service. Brian and Jennifer have grown Abraham Catering into the largest catering/food service company in Nebraska, employing 50 full-time employees and 250 part-time employees, catering an average of 15 events per day. Brian and Jennifer have gone on to start and own the following businesses: 1316 Jones Beverage Company, Acasseroletogo.com, 1316 Jones LLC, Paxton Real Estate LLC, 510 Old Market LLC, and 5520 Ralston LLC.

Brian married fellow Burke Alum Jennifer Abraham. Brian and Jennifer are most proud of their two children Sydney and Max. Sydney is a second-year law student at Creighton University and Max is a senior at Valparaiso University majoring in Business Management and playing football.