Board of Governors
Board Chair
Joy Talmon (GDMLI '20)
United Way of Central Iowa
Board Chair-Elect
Danielle Propst (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
ISG
Alumni Committee Chair
Chris Wood (GDMLI '19)
Brown & Brown Insurance
Alumni Committee Chair-Elect
Emily Karwoski (GDMLI '23)
Principal
Community Connect Committee Chair
Jody Gifford (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
Gifford Writing & Public Relations
Community Connect Committee Chair-Elect
Rachel Summers (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
Blank Park Zoo
Development Committee Chair
Jason DeVries (GDMLI '22)
INVISION Architecture
Development Committee Chair-Elect
Open Position
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Leah Lint (GDMLI '21, CC '22)
Krause Group
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Matt Rodekamp (GDMLI '21)
Substance Architecture
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair-Elect
Maggie Hibbs (GDMLI '22)
Principal
Governance Chair
Erika Bauer (GDMLI '22)
Caseys
Governance Chair-Elect
Liz Etchells (GDMLI '24)
Dentons Davis Brown
Secretary
Nick Miller (CC '23)
Brick Gentry P.C.
Treasurer
Michelle Hutson (GDMLI '22)
BCC Advisers
Treasurer-Elect
Katie Lensch (GDMLI '24)
Community State Bank
Youth Leadership Initiative Chair
Gregory Lin (GDMLI '21)
Drake University
Youth Leadership Initiative Chair-Elect
Jodi Allen (CC '22)
Iowa Credit Union League
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Henry Groos (YLI '23)
Norwalk High School
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Violet Montgomery (YLI '23)
Waukee Northwest High School
Ambassadors
Ambassador - Past Board Chair
Jenna Siberz (GDMLI '19)
KPMG LLP
Ambassador - Past Alumni Committee Chair
Jennifer Moseley (GDMLI '19)
Turner Construction
Ambassador - Past Development Chair
AJ Wolfe (GDMLI '18)
Terracon
Ambassador - Past Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Joe Benesh (GDMLI '21)
The Ingenuity Company
Ambassador - Past Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Michaela Devaney Lowe (GDMLI '21)
Food Bank of Iowa
Ambassador - Past Secretary
Stephanie Cassady (GDMLI '20)
EveryStep
Ambassador - Past Treasurer
Scott Gillespie (GDMLI '18)
Iowa Select Farms L.L.P.
Ambassador - Past Youth Leadership Initiative Chair
Jane Jeffries (CC '20)
Community Youth Concepts
Staff
Executive Director
Amy Jennings (GDMLI '07)