Board of Governors
Board Chair
Jenna Siberz (GDMLI '19)
KPMG LLP
Board Chair-Elect
Joy Talmon (GDMLI '20)
United Way of Central Iowa
Alumni Committee Chair
Jennifer Moseley (GDMLI '19)
Turner Construction
Alumni Committee Chair-Elect
Chris Wood (GDMLI '19)
Top Employers Institute
Class Project Chair
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Joe Benesh (GDMLI '21)
The Ingenuity Company
Class Project Chair-Elect
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Leah Lint (GDMLI '21, CC '22)
Krause Group
Community Connect Chair
Danielle Propst (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
ISG
Community Connect Chair-Elect
Jody Gifford (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
ISG
Curriculum Committee Chair
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Michaela Devaney Lowe
(GDMLI '21)
Food Bank of Iowa
Curriculum Committee Chair-Elect
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Matt Rodekamp (GDMLI '21)
Substance Architecture
Treasurer
Scott Gillespie (GDMLI '19)
Iowa Select Farms, L.L.P.
Treasurer-Elect
Michelle Hutson (GDMLI '22)
BCC Advisors
Development Chair
AJ Wolfe (GDMLI '18)
Terracon Consultants
Development Chair-Elect
Jason DeVries (GDMLI '22)
INVISION Architecture
Governance Chair
Maggie Hibbs (GDMLI '22)
Principal
Governance Chair-Elect
Abigail Weatherwax (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
Consumer Safety Technology
Youth Leadership Initiative Program Chair
Jane Jeffries (CC '20)
Community Youth Concepts
Youth Leadership Initiative Program Chair-Elect
Gregory Lin (GDMLI '21)
Drake University
Secretary
Stephanie Cassady (GDMLI '20)
EveryStep
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Paige Finney (YLI '22)
Waukee Northwest High School
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Nubia Torres (YLI '20)
Grand View University
Ambassadors
Past Board Chair
Debbie Korver (GDMLI '18)
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Past Alumni Committee Chair
Scott Seeliger (GDMLI '19)
Past Community Connect Chair
Abigail Weatherwax (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
Consumer Safety Technology
Past Curriculum Committee Chair
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Brooke Findley (GDMLI '20)
Chrysalis Foundation
Past Class Project Chair
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
Joy Talmon (GDMLI '20)
United Way of Central Iowa
Past Youth Leadership Initiative Program Chair
Laura Miller (CC '19, GDMLI '20)
DP Techlink
Past Equity and Inclusion Chair
Ani Das (GDMLI '19)
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - 4H
Past Governance Chair
Katie Sembach (CC '21)
The Lauridsen Group
Staff
Executive Director
Amy Jennings (GDMLI '07)
Program & Operations Manager
Kelly Royal (GDMLI '23)
Development & Marketing Manager
Jessica Taylor-Fink