Sean
Vicente
Board Chair
Office Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
"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, Economic Opportunity
Partner,
Faegre Baker Daniels
Chris
Jones
Vice Chair, Strategic Communications
SVP - Customer Experience,
ITA Group
Gerry
Neugent
Vice Chair,
Give
President & CEO,
Knapp Properties, Inc.
Charlie
Wishman
At-Large,
Labor
President, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Lynn
Graves
Vice Chair, Early Childhood Success & Education Success
Vice President, Public Affairs, Delta Dental
Tim
McCulloh
Vice Chair,
Volunteer Engagement
Account Executive/Shareholder,
Holmes Murphy
Janell
Pittman
Vice Chair,
Essential Needs
Chief Marketing & Digital Strategy Officer, MercyOne
Suzanne
Heckenlaible
Vice Chair,
Health & Well-Being
Vice President, Public Affairs, Delta Dental
Jacquie
Easley McGhee
Vice Chair,
Early Childhood Success
Director, Health Equity, Community and Diversity Services, MercyOne
Mary
Sellers
President
United Way of Central Iowa
Tessie
Johnson
Board Treasurer
Vice Chair, Finance/Audit
Office Managing Partner,
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers
Joe
Murphy
Vice Chair,
Advocacy
Executive Director,
Iowa Business Council
Maria
Volante
Vice Board Chair
Senior Vice President,
Dardis Communications, Inc.
Board of Directors
Rob Barron
Executive Director
Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact
Wendy Batchelder
Chief Data Officer VMware
Nola Cartmill
President Belin McCormick
Don Coffin
CEO
Bankers Trust
Abby Delaney LINC Representative Corporate Communications Officer
Bankers Trust
Rosalind Fox
Factory Manager John Deere Des Moines Works
Jem Gong-Browne
Women United Representative Director of Enterprise Strategy
Principal Financial
Phil Hall
United LEAGUE Representative Senior Vice President -- Employee Relations Leader
Wells Fargo Corp. Human Resources
Matt Haney
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel
Deere & Company
John Deere Financial
Tom Harty
Retired Chairman, President, CEO
Dotdash Meredith
Christine Holmes
Partner
Ernst & Young
Laura Howe
Regional Banking District Manager Wells Fargo
Grant Kvalheim
CEO & President
Athene USA
Steve Lacy
Vistage Chair - CEO Advisor and Executive Peer Board Leader Vistage Worldwide, Inc.
Heidi Mason
Community Volunteer
Todd Millang
Senior Vice President
CBRE/Hubbell Commercial
Joel Nelson
President & CEO
LCS
Colin Pennycooke
ELI Representative Counsel, Law Department Principal Financial Group
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 Insurance
Brent VanderWaal
President and COO
ITA Group, Inc.
Bob Weiss
Regional Executive, Community Central
U.S. Bank
EX OFFICIO
Janice Lane-Schroeder
Chief Executive Officer
Children & Families of Iowa
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 maximize impact in each of the Five Elements of a Thriving Community; Essential Needs, Early Childhood Success, Education Success, Economic Opportunity, and Health & Well-Being. 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 investing funds to implement effective strategies to designed to make a real impact on central Iowa’s toughest challenges.
Early Childhood Success Cabinet
Jacquie Easley McGhee - Chair
Director, Health Equity, Community and Diversity Services
MercyOne DM Medical
Bobretta Brewton
Community Health Advocate
Christine Bruner
Women United Representative Product Manager
Principal
Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D
CEO
AmericaOne Diversity and Inclusion Solutions, LLC
Siobhan Harmon
Women United Representative Vice President
Cushman & Wakefield Iowa Commercial Advisors
Shelley Horak
Project Manager, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise Department of Human Services
Debbie Hubbell
Community Volunteer
Tira Mays
Government Programs Coordinator
Broadlawns
Scott McEachron
Director of Investments
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Becky Miles-Polka
President
Within Reach Consulting
Denise Swartz
Program Officer
Mid Iowa Health Foundation
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Kate Bennett
Community Impact Officer – Early Childhood & Education Success
John Soener
Community Investments Manager
Marian Rueter Godwin
Community Impact Services Director
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Rachelle Talbott
Research Associate
Cheryl Werner
Education Coordinator
Jaclyn Wulfkuhle
Women United Director
Education Success Cabinet
Lynn Graves - Chair
Community Volunteer
Pattie Dennis
ELI Representative Senior Business Consultant
Principal
Sally Dix
Executive Director
BRAVO Greater Des Moines
Angela Gallagher
Comunity Volunteer
Keith Mercer
Executive Director
Mercer Elite
Goodluck Mukome
Software Engineer
Wells Fargo
Vi Nguyen
Data Scientist
QuestBridge
Stephanie Oppel
Work-Based Learning Director
Des Moines Area Community College
Donna Paulsen
Senior District Court Judge
Colin Pennycooke
ELI Representative Counsel
Principal
Brenda Phongsavanh, ACS
Learning & Development Specialist
Principal
Luke W. Reimers
Senior Vice President -- Specialty Operations
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Sheila Thurston
Complex Casualty Consultant
Nationwide
Waleed Wadi
Risk Management Director
Kum & Go
Deidre Williams
Vice President
EMC Insurance Companies
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Kate Bennett
Community Impact Officer -- Early Childhood & Education Success
John Soener
Community Investments Manager
Marian Godwin
Community Impact Services Director
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Rachelle Talbott
Research Associate
Cheryl Werner
Education Coordinator
Chase Young
Educational Leadership Initiative Director
Health & Well-Being Cabinet
Suzanne Heckenlaible - Chair
Vice President, Public Affairs
Delta Dental of Iowa
Dr. Kevin Carroll
Vice President of Behavioral Health
UnityPoint Health
Dr. Richard Deming
Medical Director
Mercy Cancer Center
Sarah Dixon
Senior Director of Partnerships & Development
Iowa Primary Health Care Association
Tanya Fish
Strategy Advisor -- Solution Development Services
ITA Group, Inc.
Matthew McGarvey
Executive Director
Telligen Community Initiative
Dr. Joelle Stolte
Program Chair, Public Health
Mercy College of Health Science
Manny Toribio
Business Development
McClure
Jennifer Vermeer
Iowa Plan President
Molina Healthcare
Breanne Ward
CEO/Owner
ForWard Consulting, LLC
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Erin Drinnin
Community Impact Officer – Health & Well-Being and Essential Needs
John Soener
Community Investments Manager
Marian Reuter-Godwin
Community Impact Services Director
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Terie Taylor-Wolf
Senior Research Associate
Jessica Nelsen
Community Impact Coordinator, Health
Essential Needs Cabinet
Janell Pittman - Chair
Chief Marketing and Digital Strategy Officer
MercyOne System Services
Conor Boffeli
LINC Representative Financial Advisor
Bral/Niedert Private Wealth Investors
Ryan Fredricksen LINC Representative Vice President Operations
Ruan
Jennifer Furler
Vice President
Blue Zones Project
Nicholas Hodne
LINC Representative Assistant Director–Compliance
Principal
Tony Kioko
Software Engineering Manager
John Deere Financial
Manisha Paudel
Chief Equity Officer
City of Des Moines
John Rathjen
Regional President
Bank Iowa
Lindsey Riley
AVP, Retail Business Planning F&G Life
UNITED WAY STAFF
Renee Miller
Chief Community Impact Officer
Erin Drinnin
Community Impact Officer – Essential Needs and Health & Well-Being
John Soener
Community Investments Manager
Marian Reuter-Godwin
Community Impact Services Director
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Terie Taylor-Wolf
Senior Research Associate
Lindsay Cannaday
Director of Leadership Giving and LINC
Jessica Nelsen
Community Impact Coordinator, Health
Elsie Rotich
Community Impact Manager
Economic Opportunity Cabinet
Michael Abbott- Chair
Partner
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Angie Arthur
Executive Director
Homeward
Robert Brownell
Supervisor
Polk County Board of Supervisors
David Chapman
Managing Director, Institutional Relationship Manager
BTC Capital Management
Mark Cooper
President
South Central Iowa Federation of
Labor, AFL-CIO
Bridgen Cravens-Neely
Manager, Farm Underwriting
Nationwide
Holly Dierks
Community Volunteer
Jennifer Dowil
International Product Stewardship Manager
Corteva Agriscience
Tom Hayes
Secretary - Treasurer
LiUNA Local 177
Brian Israel
Global Public Policy Manager
Deere & Co
Ross Junge
Co-Founder & Partner
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Natali Justiniano-Pahl
Community Volunteer
Shivani Kharbanda
Data Scientist
John Deere - Intelligent Services Group
Richard Nzokwe
Business Consultant/Adjunct Instructor
Wells Fargo | Des Moines Area Community College
Sean Pelletier
Vice President, Compliance & Government Relations
EMC Insurance Companies
Sofia Samuels
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Ruan transportation Management Systems
Renee Schaaf
President, Retirement & Income Solutions
Principal Financial Group
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 – Economic Opportunity
John Soener Community Investments Manager
Marian Reuter-Godwin
Community Impact Services Director
Jody Kanne
Administrative Specialist
Domelaar Ouattara
Research Associate
Lindsay Cannaday
LINC and United LEAGUE Director
Elsie Rotich
Community Impact Manager
Finance/Audit Committee
Tessie Johnson - Chair
Office Managing Partner,
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers
Wendy Batchelder
Chief Data Officer
VMware
Jem Gong-Browne
Director of Corporate Strategy
Principal Financial Group
Community Volunteer
Dan Pitcher
Chief Executive Officer and Class A Director FBL Financial Group
Bob Weiss
Regional Executive – Community Central U.S. Bank
UNITED WAY STAFF
Sarah Roy
Chief Operating Officer
Danielle Martin
Finance Officer
Public Policy Cabinet
Joe Murphy - Chair
Executive Director
Iowa Business Council
Kevin Condon
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Marvin DeJear
Senior Vice President of Talent Development
The Greater Des Moines Partnership
Rob Denson
President
Des Moines Area Community College
Lance Henning
Executive Director
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
Matt McKinney
Attorney
BrownWinick Law Firm
Lana Shope
Executive Director
Iowa Community Action Association
Anne Starr
Chief Executive Officer
Orchard Place
Mikki Stier
Director of Payor Relations and Managed Care Strategy
ChildServe
Georgia Van Gundy
Sr. Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Charlie Wishman
Secretary-Treasurer, Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
Andrea Woodard
Sr. VP of Government Relations and Public Policy
Greater Des Moines Partnership
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
Corporate Citizenship Consultant
Nationwide
Elaine Collett
Volunteer Engagement Manager
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
Brandy Daniel
Vice President - BIS
BH Management
Mary Gordon
Community Volunteer
Christina Jarck
Corporate Communications Specialist
Bankers Trust
Karen Ligas
Executive Director
Everybody WINS! Iowa
Stephaney Moody
Senior Pastor
New Beginnings Discipleship Ministries
Cynthia Oliver-Turner
Community Volunteer
United 55+ Representative
Brandon Qualley
Assurance Senior, Financial Services
EY LINC Representative
Missy Reams
Volunteer & Community Outreach Manager
Bidwell Riverside Center | Hawthorn Hill
Megan Ruble
Team Leader - Large Group Account Management
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ryan Stellner
Business Support Consultant
Wells Fargo
Jill Stevenson
Community Volunteer
Andrew Verlengia
Director of Alumni Relations
Drake University
UNITED WAY STAFF
Melanie Campbell
Chief Donor Engagement Officer
Ramona "Moni" Gaukel
Volunteer Engagement Officer
Lynne Melssen
United 55+ Initiative Director
Anna Schaber
Volunteer Engagement Specialist
Strategic Communications Cabinet
Chris Jones - Chair
SVP- Customer Experience
ITA Group
Emily Abbas
SVP, Chief Consumer Banking and Marketing Officer
Bankers Trust
Scott Allen
UX Leader & Digital Marketing Specialist
Corteva Agriscience
Patrick Dix
Vice President of Public Relations
SHAZAM Network-ITS, Inc.
Tracy Ging
Chief Marketing Officer
Kum & Go
Cristy Magill
Community Involvement Specialist
EMC Insurance
Erica Jensen
SVP, Chief Communications Officer
Dotdash Meredith
Kathleen Richardson
Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (retired)
Drake University
Phil Roeder
Director of Communications & Public Affairs
Des Moines Public Schools
Courtney Shaw
Senior Vice President of Communications
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Katie Wengert
Chief Marketing and External Relations Officer
Broadlawns Medical Center
UNITED WAY STAFF
Andy TeBockhorst
Chief Strategic Communications Officer
Sara Engelhart
Strategic Communications Content & Media Manager
Mujo Ramic
Strategic Communications Creative Services Manager
Paige Weinschenk
Strategic Communications Content & Media Specialist
2021 Campaign Cabinet
Campaign Leadership
Grant Kvalheim
Campaign Chair
President & CEO, Athene USA
Don Coffin
Campaign Vice Chair
President & CEO, Bankers Trust Company
Emily Abbas
Bankers Trust
Erik Askelson
COOP Financial Services
Deanna Bennigsdorf
Corteva Agriscience
Jim Brannen
Farm Bureau Financial Services, Retired
Jennifer Bryant
American Equity
Trent Burley
McGill Junge Wealth Management
Jake Christensen
Christensen Development
Franklin Codel
Community Volunteer
Toye Cody
Dotdash Meredith
Chris Costa
Knapp Properties, L.C.
John Currier
F&G Annuities & Life
Abby Delaney
Bankers Trust
Nora Everett
Principal, Retired
Susan Fitzsimmons
Christensen Development
Ryan Frederiksen
Ruan Transportation
Matt Fryar
Fryar Private Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
Sharon Gaddy-Hanna
Bankers Trust
Terry Gebard
OPN Architects
Abbi Gibson
ITA Group
Phil Harrop
MercyOne West Des Moines
Lance Henning
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity
Chick Herbert
NCMIC
Jim Israel
John Deere Financial, Retired
Scott Jean
EMC
Tessie Johnson
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Benjy Klostermann
Wells Fargo
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, Retired
Todd Millang
Hubbell CBRE
Gerry Neugent
Knapp Properties, Inc.
Lauren Rasmussen
ITA Group
Jeff Rommel
Nationwide
Alyx Sacks
KCCI 8
Michelle Sandbulte
Corteva Agriscience
Paul Schickler
III Ag, LLC
Matt Sokolowski
Willis Automotive
Kathleen Till Stange
FBL Financial Group, Inc.
Sean Vincente
KPMG
Rich Willis
Willis Auto Group
UNITED WAY STAFF
Kristin (Huinker) Young
Corporate Engagement Officer
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