Advisory Board

EVP, Education and Workforce (ret.)
Greater Des Moines Partnership

Nana Coleman
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
RainyDayPal

Matt Davis
Shareholder | Senior Project Manager
Neumann Bros

Joy Esposito
Director of Programs
St. Vincent de Paul – Des Moines

Michelle Fischbach
Flynn Wright
Director of Human Resources

Pearlita Gaskin
Community Engagement Program Manager
Turner Construction Co.

Dr. Ngozi Igbokwe
Senior Manager of Learning and Development
Bright Horizons

Dr. Erlin Kakkanad
Director
Operation Excellence, Principal Financial Group

Eric Kress
Workforce Director
Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance for Community Development

Amy Lane
President, Strategic Assets | Director of Strategic Partnerships & Marketing
ATW Training Solutions

Mike McCoy
CEO
NCMIC

Dr. Wendy Mihm-Herold
President/CEO
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (IJAG)

Chris Noth
YouthWorks Director
Project Iowa

Haley Peeler
Director of the Career Center
Grand View University

Damonte Stogner
CEO
Coffee for a Cause & A Stronger Foundation Full Circle Impact Philanthropy

Biri Vilmael
National Sales Executive Director
CNA Insurance

Chris Wood
Business Development
Brown & Brown Insurance

Vincent Chukwuemeka
Engineer Soldier / Information Technology Consultant
United States Army Reserve

Emily Doyle
Technical Project Manager
Auxo Solutions

Hayley Ellis
Senior Recruiter
Associate Staffing

Taylor Helen Ferebee, PhD
Senior Data Scientist I Computational Biology
Corteva Agriscience

Derek Frank
Coordinator
Oakridge, Teen Tech Center

Lindsey Herazy
Communications Associate
Vote Smart

Clara Johnson
Marketing Communications Specialist
Corteva Agriscience

Jackson Muir
Account Manager
TEKsystems

Nick Paoli
Chief Culture Officer
RJ Lawn & Landscape

Emmett Phillips Jr.
Career Pathways Program Facilitator
Oakridge Neighborhood Services

Eva N Sandoval, MSOL
Sr. Loss Control Consultant
American Family Insurance

Henrique Valim
Administration Fellow
MercyOne

Student Representative
Viking Council
Grand View University