Board of Governors
Board Chair
Danielle Propst (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
ISG
Board Chair-Elect
Leah Lint (GDMLI '21, CC '22)
Krause Group
Alumni Committee Chair
Chris Wood (GDMLI '19)
Great Place To Work
Alumni Committee Chair-Elect
Emily Karwoski (GDMLI '23)
Principal
Community Connect Committee Chair
Rachel Summers (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
Blank Park Zoo
Community Connect Committee Chair-Elect
Mandy Miller (CC '24)
Holmes Murphy
Development Committee Chair
Jason DeVries (GDMLI '22)
INVISION Architecture
Development Committee Chair-Elect
Nicole Schleif Sinn (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
Primary Health Care Inc.
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Maggie Hibbs (GDMLI '22)
Principal Financial Group
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair-Elect
Matthew Gaul (CC '23, GDMLI '24)
BBBS Architects | Engineers
Governance Chair
Liz Etchells (GDMLI '24)
Dentons Davis Brown
Governance Chair-Elect
Eric Tubbs (GDMLI '25)
Nyemaster Goode
Secretary
Nick Miller (CC '23, GDMLI '25)
Brick Gentry
Treasurer
Katie Lensch (GDMLI '24)
Community State Bank
Treasurer-Elect
Scott Doup (GDMLI '25)
Goodwill of Central Iowa
Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair
Jodi Allen (CC '22)
Iowa Credit Union League
Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair-Elect
Bryce Verlinden (CC '23)
Community Choice Credit Union
Ambassadors
Ambassador - Past Board Chair
Joy Talmon (GDMLI '20)
United Way of Central Iowa
Ambassador - Past Community Connect Committee Chair
Jody Gifford (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
Des Moines University
Ambassador - Past Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Matt Rodekamp (GDMLI '21)
Substance Architecture
Ambassador - Past Treasurer
Michelle Hutson (GDMLI '22)
BCC Advisers
Ambassador - Past Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair
Greg Lin (GDMLI '21)
Drake University
Staff
Executive Director
Amy Jennings (GDMLI '07)
Learning andPrograms Director
Mallory Riesberg (CC '20)
Operations Manager
Elizabeth Silva