Advisory Board

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

Pearlita Gaskin
Community Engagement Program Manager
Turner Construction Co.

Caleb Knutson
Director
Midwest Iowa Planning Institute

Mike McCoy
CEO
NCMIC

Mike Ralston
President
Iowa Association of Business and Industry

Dr. Tim Shimp
Superintendent CUSD 115 Unit School District - DLR Group

Krista Tedrow
Executive Director
South-Central Iowa Workforce Development Board, President No Opportunity Wasted LLC

Chris Wood
Business Development
Brown & Brown Insurance

Nana Coleman
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
RainyDayPal

Dr. Erlin Kakkanad
Director
Operation Excellence, Principal Financial Group

Glenda Kohout
Marketing Strategist
Shive-Hattery

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

Lexi Shafer
Director of Workforce
Greater Des Moines Partnership

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

Will Walker
Owner/Clinical Director
Thriving Families Counseling Svcs.

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

Hayley Ellis
Senior Recruiter
Associate Staffing

Derek Frank
Coordinator
Oakridge, Teen Tech Center

Tyler J. Jensen
Psychotherapist, Consultant and Private Practice Owner
Tyler J. Jensen Psychotherapy

Jackson Muir
Account Manager
TEKsystems

Emmett Phillips Jr.
Career Pathways Program Facilitator
Oakridge Neighborhood Services

Student Rep.
Viking Council
Grand View University

Emily Doyle
Technical Project Manager
Auxo Solutions

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

Lindsey Herazy
Communications Associate
Vote Smart

Clara Johnson
Marketing Communications Specialist
Corteva Agriscience

Nick Paoli
Chief Culture Officer
RJ Lawn & Landscape

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

Henrique Valim
Administration Fellow
MercyOne