Megan Hunt

Megan Hunt is an entrepreneur, activist, and mother running for the Nebraska Legislature in Omaha's District 8. Megan is best known as an outspoken, bold, and tenacious business owner and community leader who has built a reputation for blending the personal, the political, and the professional. She is the founder of Safe Space Nebraska, a 501(c)3 working to fight the epidemic of harassment and assault in nightlife culture, and is currently focused on growing Hello Holiday, an e-commerce startup to support independent fashion designers. Megan is a civic activist and nonprofit volunteer, a sought-after speaker, a single mother to seven-year-old Alice, and a longtime blogger and writer, tackling issues from equality and justice to local politics and her personal passion project, reducing brain drain in the Midwest.

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