Board of Directors & Cabinets

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

Michael
Abbott

Vice Chair,
Income

Partner,
Faegre Baker Daniels

Kristin
Belding

Board Assistant Secretary

United Way of Central Iowa

Elisabeth Buck

Board Secretary

President,
United Way of Central Iowa

Lynn Graves

Vice Chair, Education

Community Volunteer

Suzanne

Heckenlaible

Vice Chair, Health

Vice President, Public Affairs,
Delta Dental

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

Joe
Murphy

Vice Chair,
Advocate

Executive Director,
Iowa Business Council 

Gerry Neugent

Vice Chair,
Give

President & CEO,
Knapp Properties, Inc. 

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

Grant Kvalheim
CEO & President
Athene USA

Steve Lacy
Executive Chairman
Meredith Corporation

Heidi Mason
Community Volunteer

Todd Millang
Senior Vice President
CBRE/Hubbell Commercial 

Joel Nelson
President & CEO
LCS

Dan Pitcher
Chief Executive Officer and Class A Director
FBL Financial Group, Inc.

Drew Porter
Global Portfolio Leader
Corteva Agriscience, DowDuPont

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

Janice Lane-Schroeder
Chief Executive Officer
Children & Families of Iowa

Toby O'Berry
Director
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers

Education Cabinet 

Lynn Graves - Chair
Community Volunteer

Connie Boesen
Des Moines Public School Board

Pattie Dennis
Senior Business Consultant
Principal Financial Group

Sally Dix
Executive Director
BRAVO Greater Des Moines 

Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D
CEO, AmericaOne Diversity and Inclusion Solutions, LLC

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
Director, Work Based Learning
Des Moines Area Community College

Donna Paulsen
Senior District Court Judge

Brenda Phongsavanh, ACS
Principal Financial Group

Luke W. Reimers
Vice President Specialty Operations
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Sheila Thurston
Litigation Specialist
GuideOne Insurance

Waleed Wadi
Risk Management Director
Kum & Go

Deidre Williams
Vice President - Organizational Effectiveness
EMC Insurance Companies

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

Income Cabinet 

Michael Abbott - Chair
Partner
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

Angie Arthur
Executive Director
Polk County Continuum of Care 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
Executive VP, Capital Markets 
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Jennifer Dowil
International Product Stewardship Manager
Corteva Agriscience 

Phil Hall
Sr. Vice President Human Resources
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Tom Hayes 
Secretary-Treasurer
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
Vice President Compliance & Government Relations
EMC Insurance Companies

Janell Pittman
Chief Marketing and Digital Strategy Officer
Mercy One

Joel Van Vark 
Vice President 
John Deere Financial 

Amanda Wilson
Managing Director, Head of US Institutional Sales and Relationship Management
Principal Global Investors 

UNITED WAY STAFF

Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer

Michelle Rich
Community Impact Officer 

Corinne Lambert
Research Associate

Jennifer Klinkhammer
Community Investments Manager

Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist

Health Cabinet 

Suzanne Heckenlaible - Chair
Vice President, Public Affairs
Delta Dental

Francis Boggus
Consultant
Francis O. Boggus & Associates, LLC

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
Vice President
Blue Zones Project 

Shelley Horak
Project Manager 
Department of Human Services 

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

Dr. Joelle Stolte
Program Chair, Public Health
Mercy College of Health Science

Denise Swartz
Program Officer
Mid Iowa Health Foundation

Jennifer Vermeer
Assistant Vice President for Health Policy 
University of Iowa Health Care

Troy Vincent
Founder/CEO
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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

Jessica Nelsen
Community Impact Coordinator

Essential Needs Cabinet 

Janell Pittman - Chair
Chief Marketing and Digital Strategy Officer
MercyOne

Kelsey Arganbright
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Farm Bureau Financial Services 

Conor Boffeli, CFP, ChFC
Financial Advisor
Bral | Niedert Private Wealth Investors

Francis Boggus
Consultant
Francis O. Boggus & Associates, LLC

Jennifer Dowil
International Product Stewardship Manager
Corteva Agriscience

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 Financial 

Madelyn Mauk
Account Executive
Holmes Murphy & Associates

UNITED WAY STAFF

Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer

Michelle Rich
Community Impact Officer – Income

Lindsay Cannaday
Director, LINC and Lead United

Corinne Lambert 
Research Associate

Elsie Rotich
Community Impact Manager 

Jennifer Klinkhammer
Community Investments Manager 

Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist 

Finance/Audit Cabinet 

Tessie Johnson - Chair
Office Managing Partner,
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers

Jem Gong-Browne
Director of Corporate Strategy
Principal Financial Group

Franklin Codel
Community Volunteer

Brenda Cushing
Community Volunteer

Community Volunteer

Bob Weiss
Regional President - Central Iowa
U.S. Bank

2020 Campaign Cabinet 

Susan Fitzsimmons
Christensen Development

Ryan Frederiksen
Ruan

Sharon Gaddy-Hanna
Bankers Trust

Phil Harrop
MercyOne West Des Moines 

Tim Heaston
ITA Group

Chick Herbert
NCMIC

Jim Israel
John Deere Financial, Retired

Scott Jean
EMC

Tessie Johnson
PricewaterhouseCoopers 

Erin Kuhl
Kum & Go

Steve Lacy
Meredith Corporation, Retired

Jesse Linebaugh
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Chris Littlefield
Principal

Eric Lothe
Unity Point

Tom Mahoney
ITA Group

Jenny McCoy
Meredith Corporation

Todd Millang
Hubbell CBRE

Gerry Neugent
Knapp Properties, Inc. 

Brad Rhines
Prairie Meadows

Jeff Rommel
Nationwide

Alyx Sacks
KCCI 8

Paul Schickler
DuPont Pioneer, Retired

Matt Sokolowski
Willis Automotive

Teri Sporer
Holmes Murphy

Kathleen Till Stange
FBL Financial Group, Inc. 

Leann Valentine
Principal

Sean Vincente
KPMG

David Weber
Harrison Truck Centers

Rich Willis 
Willis Auto Group

UNITED WAY STAFF

Kristin Huinker 
Corporate Engagement Officer

Public Policy Cabinet 

Joe Murphy - 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

Stacey Johnson
Director, John Deere Financial Public Affairs
John Deere

Matt McKinney
Attorney
BrownWinick Law Firm

Lana Shope
Chief Executive Officer
Iowa Community Action Association

Anne Starr
Chief Executive Officer
Orchard Place

Georgia Van Gundy 
Sr. Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Hy-Vee, Inc.

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

Volunteer Engagement Cabinet 

Tim McCulloh - Chair
Account Executive/Shareholder
Holmes Murphy

Katie Albrecht-Snell
Manager of Corporate Citizenship
Nationwide

Deb Chiodo
Loyal Contributor 55+
Project Coordinator
ASK Resource Center

Angela Gallagher
Manager, Division & Region Performance, Communications & Citizenship
John Deere Financial

Meriah Gillard
BSA Specialist
Bankers Trust

Mary Gordon
Community Volunteer

Lynn Graves
Community Volunteer

Renee Hardman
CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa 

Laura Howe
Volunteer Council Wells Fargo
Regional Banking District Manager
Wells Fargo Bank

Karen Ligas
Executive Director
Everybody WINS! Iowa

Patty Link
Faith-based Representative 

Megan Ruble
Team Leader - Large Group Account Management
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

Melanie Campbell
Chief Donor Engagement Officer

Ramona Gaukel
Volunteer Engagement Officer

Alicia Hernandez-Jones 
Volunteer Engagement Specialist

Lynne Melssen
RSVP 55+ Initiative Director

Strategic Communications Cabinet