Nora Everett
Board Chair
Community Volunteer
Principal, Retired
"United Way of Central Iowa has attracted a broad cross section of outstanding leaders in our community to serve on its board, cabinets and committees. Our volunteer leaders all share a strong desire to make a difference in the lives of Central Iowans in the areas of education, income and health. It truly is a privilege to be involved with United Way and to serve people in our community."
Executive Committee
Karen
Allen
Board Assistant Secretary
United Way of Central Iowa
Elisabeth Buck
Board Secretary
President,
United Way of Central Iowa
Dr. Angela
Franklin
Vice Chair,
Health
President & CEO,
Des Moines University
Lynn
Graves
Vice Chair, Education
Community Volunteer
Tessie
Johnson
Board Treasurer
Vice Chair, Finance/Audit
Office Managing Partner,
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers
Chris
Jones
Vice Chair,
Strategic Communications
SVP and Chief Marketing Officer,
Casey's General Store
Tim
McCulloh
Vice Chair,
Volunteer Engagement
Account Executive/
Shareholder,
Holmes Murphy
Gerry
Neugent
Vice Chair,
Give
President & CEO,
Knapp Properties, Inc.
Michael
Abbott
Vice Chair,
Income
Partner,
Faegre Baker Daniels
Georgia
Van Gundy
Vice Chair,
Advocate
Executive Director,
Iowa Business Council
Sean
Vicente
Board Chair-Elect
Managing Partner,
KPMG LLP
Charlie
Wishman
At Large - Labor
Secretary Treasurer,
Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Board of Directors
Rob Barron
Special Assistant for Government and Community Relations to President Kent Henning
Grand View University
Franklin Codel
Community Volunteer
Don Coffin
CEO
Bankers Trust
Brenda Cushing
Community Volunteer
Peter Diliberti
Head of Wells Fargo Home Lending
Capital Markets, Wells Fargo
Jem Gong-Browne
Director of Corporate Strategy
Principal
Matt Haney
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel
Deere & Company
John Deere Financial
Christine Holmes
Partner
Ernst & Young
Ed Kenny
Chairman & CEO
LCS
Grant Kvalheim
CEO & President
Athene USA
Steve Lacy
Executive Chairman
Meredith Corporation
Janice Lane-Schroeder
Chief Executive Officer
Children & Families of Iowa
Heidi Mason
Community Volunteer
Todd Millang
Senior Vice President
CBRE/Hubbell Commercial
Joel Nelson
President & CEO
LCS
Dan Pitcher
Chief Operating Officer - Property Casualty Companies
FBL Financial Group, Inc.
Drew Porter
Global Portfolio Leader
Corteva Agriscience, DowDuPont
Bob Ritz
CEO
Mercy Health Network
Renee Schaaf
President, Retirement and Income Solutions
Principal
Jeremy Staun
Regional Vice President, Midwest Region
Nationwide
Brent VanderWaal
President and COO
ITA Group
Bob Weiss
Regional President, Central/NW Iowa
U.S. Bank
Ex Officio
Toby O'Berry
Director
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers
Community Impact Cabinets
The primary purpose of the Community Impact Cabinets is to actively drive the resources and influence of United Way of Central Iowa to achieve the Goals for 2020 in the areas of Education, Income and Health. Each cabinet is comprised of community leaders and content matter experts who demonstrate a strong commitment to United Way of Central Iowa and who are willing to play a part in decision making about designing and implementing effective strategies to achieve progress in the specific result area.
Lynn Graves - Chair
Community Volunteer
Connie Boesen
Des Moines Public School Board
Linda Carter-Lewis
Community Volunteer
Pattie Dennis
Senior Business Consultant
Principal Financial Group
Sally Dix
BRAVO Greater Des Moines
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D
CEO, AmericaOne Diversity and Inclusion Solutions, LLC
Alex Hanna
Des Moines Public Schools, Retired
Debbie Hubbell
Community Volunteer
Keith Karpinske
Senior Vice President
Consumer Operations
Wells Fargo
Scott McEachron
Director of Investments
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Becky Miles-Polka
Within Reach Consulting
Stephanie Oppel
Associate Director, Applied Research and National Projects
The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University
Donna Paulsen
Senior District Court Judge
Brenda Phongsavanh, ACS
Registered Representative
Princor Learning & Development Specialist IV
Ind EE Development
Principal Financial Group
Luke W. Reimers
Vice President Specialty Operations
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Nell Slusark
Heartland AEA (Retired)
Sheila Thurston
Litigation Specialist, GuideOne Insurance
Waleed Wadi
Risk Management Director
Kum & Go
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Kate Bennett
Community Impact Officer – Education
Marian Rueter Godwin
Research Associate
Cheryl Werner
Education Coordinator
Jennifer Klinkhammer
Community Investments Manager
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Michael Abbott - Chair
Partner
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Angie Arthur
Central Iowa Workforce Investment Board
Robert Brownell
Supervisor
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Mark Cooper
President
S. Central Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Holly Dierks
Community Volunteer
Peter Diliberti
Head of Wells Fargo Home Lending
Capital Markets, Wells Fargo
Jennifer Dowil
International Product Stewardship Manager
DuPont Pioneer
Phil Hall
Sr. Vice President Human Resources
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Tom Hayes
LIUNA Local 177
Ross Junge
Co-Founder & Partner
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Natali Justiniano-Pahl
Community Volunteer
Chuck Leibold
Senior Managing Director
BTC Wealth Management Group
Sean Pelletier - Chair
Executive Director
EMC Insurance Foundation
Assistant Vice President – Government Affairs
EMC Insurance Companies
Joel Van Vark
John Deere Financial
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Stephanie Chin
Community Impact Officer – Income
Corinne Lambert
Community Impact Manager
Jennifer Klinkhammer
Community Investments Manager
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Dr. Angela Franklin - Chair
President
Des Moines University
Francis Boggus
Consultant
Francis O. Boggus & Associates, LLC
Dr. Jodi Calahan
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Des Moines University
Dr. Kevin Carroll
Vice President of Behavioral Health
UnityPoint Health
Dr. Richard Deming
Medical Director
Mercy Cancer Center Radiation Oncology
Tanya Fish
Strategy Advisor
ITA Group, Inc.
Jennifer Furler
Director, Strategy and Program Services
Blue Zones Project
Shelley Horak
SIM Project Manager
Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
Suzanne Heckenlaible
Vice President, Public Affairs
Delta Dental of Iowa
Tira Mays
Government Program Coordinator
Broadlawns Medical Center
Chris McCarthy
Project Manager, Center for Healthy Communities
UnityPoint Health Des Moines
Matt McGarvey
Executive Director
Telligen Community Initiative
Randy Odzer
CFO, US Insurance Solutions Division
Principal
Joelle Stolte
Program Chair, Public Health
Mercy College of Health Science
Denise Swartz
Program Officer
Mid Iowa Health Foundation
Jennifer Vermeer
President/Chief Executive Officer
University of Iowa Health Alliance
Troy Vincent
Founder/CEO
Navigate
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Erin Drinnin
Community Impact Officer – Health
Terie Taylor-Wolf
Senior Research Associate
Jennifer Klinkhammer
Community Investments Manager
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Michael Abbott - Chair
Partner
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Conor Boffeli
Associate Advisor
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Francis Boggus
Consultant
Francis O. Boggus & Associates, LLC
Jennifer Dowil
International Product Stewardship Manager
Corteva
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph. D.
Founding CEO
AmericaOne Diversity and Inclusion Solutions, LLC
Nick Hodne
Compliance Advisor
Principal
Callie Kramer
Citizenship Project Manager
John Deere
Madelyn Mauk
Account Executive
Holmes Murphy & Associates
Janell Pittman
Chief Marketing and Digital Strategy Officer
Mercy Health Network
Joe Sheridan
Director - Corporate Partnerships
Iowa Wild
Campaign Leadership
Chair
Gerry Neugent
President & CEO, Knapp Properties, Inc.
Vice-Chair
Jim Brannen
President & CEO, Farm Bureau Financial Services
Bankers Trust
Mike Abbott
Faegre Baker Daniels
Aubrey Alvarez
Eat Greater Des Moines
Kelsey Arganbright
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Robert Barron
Grand View University
Deanna Bennigsdorf
Community Volunteer
Diane Bridgewater
LCS
Ben Bruns
The Weitz Company
Trent Burley
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Steve Chapman
Ruan, Retired
Brian Clark
Ryan Companies
Mary Jane Cobb
Iowa State Education Association
Franklin Codel
Community Volunteer
Patrick Dix
Shazam Network
Nora Everett
Principal, Retired
Susan Fitzsimmons
Christensen Development
Kathy Goetz
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
Tim Heaston
ITA Group
Jim Israel
John Deere Financial, Retired
Adnan Junuzovic
Wells Fargo
Carrie King
Wells Fargo
Grant Kvalheim
Athene USA
Steve Lacy
Meredith Corporation, Retired
Brian Laurenzo
Brick Gentry
Brad Liggett
Nationwide Agribusiness
Chris Littlefield
Community Volunteer
Eric Lothe
Unity Point
Tom Mahoney
ITA Group
Jenny McCoy
Meredith Corporation
Mike McCoy
NCMIC Group
Matt McDermott
Belin McCormick
Todd Millang
Hubbell CBRE
Suku Radia
Bankers Trust, Retired
Brad Rhines
Prairie Meadows
Brenna Robinson
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Jeff Rommel
Nationwide
Jeff Russell
Delta Dental
Paul Schickler
DuPont Pioneer, Retired
Matt Sokolowski
Willis Automotive
Teri Sporer
Holmes Murphy
Leann Valentine
Principal
Sean Vincente
KPMG
David Weber
Harrison Truck Centers
Brian Wirt
Meredith Corporation
Steve Zumbach
Belin McCormick
UNITED WAY STAFF
Julie Matternas
Corporate Engagement Officer
Georgia Van Gundy - Chair
Executive Director
Iowa Business Council
Kevin Condon
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Marvin DeJear
Executive Director
Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families
Rob Denson
President
Des Moines Area Community College
Lance Henning
Executive Director
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
Ashley Holter
Publisher, Business Publications Corp.
Stacey Johnson
Director, John Deere Financial Public Affairs
John Deere
Matt McKinney
Attorney
BrownWinick Law Firm
Joe Murphy
Senior Vice President
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Lana Shope
Chief Executive Officer
Iowa Community Action Association
Anne Starr
Chief Executive Officer
Orchard Place
Charlie Wishman
Secretary-Treasurer, Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Dave Stone
Advocacy Officer
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Tim McCulloh - Chair
Account Executive/Shareholder
Holmes Murphy
Emily Abbas
Vice President, Chief of Staff
Bankers Trust Company
Katie Albrecht-Snell
Manager of Corporate Citizenship
Nationwide
Deb Chiodo
Loyal Contributor 55+
Project Coordinator
ASK Resource Center
Jeff Ferguson
Social Studies Chair and Teacher; HDMC Moderator; Student Activities Director
Dowling Catholic High School
Angela Gallagher
Manager, Division & Region Performance, Communications & Citizenship
John Deere Financial
Lynn Graves
Community Volunteer
Meriah Gillard
BSA Specialist
Bankers Trust
Mary Gordon
Community Volunteer
Renee Hardman
President/Owner
Harman Consulting, LLC
Laura Howe
Volunteer Council Wells Fargo
Regional Banking District Manager
Wells Fargo Bank
Debbie Hubbell
Community Volunteer
Karen Ligas
Executive Director
Everybody WINS! Iowa
Megan Ruble
Executive Account Manager - Large Group Sales, Healthcare Innovation & Business Development
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Jill Stevenson
Community Volunteer
Jeff Thompson
Funded Partner Representative
Volunteer Manager
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
UNITED WAY STAFF
Shirley Burgess
Volunteer Engagement Officer
Rachelle Talbott
Administrative Specialist
Chris Jones - Chair
SVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Caseys General Store
Scott Allen
Senior Executive of Digital Experience & Marketing
Monkeyfoot Interactive
Michael Bird
President & Co-Founder
Spindustry
Patrick Dix
Vice President of Public Relations
SHAZAM Network-ITS, Inc.
Haley Dudrow
Executive Assistant
The Weitz Company
Corey Moen
Senior Digital Designer
ITA Group, Inc.
Phil Roeder
Director of Communications & Public Affairs
Des Moines Public Schools
Tiffany Tauscheck
Chief Strategy Officer
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Maria Volante
Senior Vice President
Dardis Communications, Inc.
UNITED WAY STAFF
Andy TeBockhorst
Chief Strategic Communications Officer
Sarah Welch
Strategic Communications Officer
