Board of Governors
Board Chair
Leah Lint (GDMLI '21, CC '22)
The Krause Group
Board Chair-Elect
Greg Lin (GDMLI '21)
Drake University
Alumni Committee Chair
Emily Karwoski (GDMLI '23)
Principal Financial Group
Alumni Committee Chair-Elect
Rachel Simon (GDMLI '25)
Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System
Community Connect Committee Chair
Mandy Miller (CC '24)
Holmes Murphy
Development Committee Chair
Nicole Shleif Sinn (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
Primary Health Care Inc.
Development Committee Chair-Elect
Chris Wood (GDMLI '19)
Collaborative Growth Partners, LLC
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Matthew Gaul (CC '23, GDMLI '24)
BBBS Architects | Engineers
Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair-Elect
Allison Johnson (GDMLI '25)
Hoyt Sherman Place
Governance Chair
Eric Tubbs (GDMLI '25)
Nyemaster Goode
Governance Chair-Elect
Kay Oskvig (CC '26)
Whitfield & Eddy Law
Secretary
Jordan Juhl Marcon (GDMLI '26)
Iowa Hospital Association
Treasurer
Scott Doup (GDMLI '25)
Goodwill of Central Iowa
Treasurer-Elect
Ryan Boatman (GDMLI '26)
Gilbert & Cook, Inc.
Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair
Bryce Verlinden (CC '23)
Community Choice Credit Union
Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair-Elect
Kyle Schura (CC '25)
DMACC
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Izzy Crouch (YLI '25)
Dowling Catholic High School
Youth Leadership Initiative Student Representative
Graham Wise (YLI '25)
Roosevelt High School
Ambassadors
Ambassador - Past Board Chair
Danielle Propst (CC '20, GDMLI '22)
ISG
Ambassador - Community Connect Committee Chair
Rachel Summers (CC '22, GDMLI '23)
Blank Park Zoo
Ambassador - Past Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Committee Chair
Maggie Hibbs (GDMLI '22)
Principal Financial Group
Ambassador - Past Treasurer
Katie Lensch (GDMLI '24)
Community State Bank
Ambassador - Past Secretary
Nick Miller (CC '23, GDMLI '25)
Brick Gentry
Ambassador - Past Youth Leadership Initiative Committee Chair
Jodi Allen (CC '22)
Iowa Credit Union League
Staff
Executive Director
Amy Jennings (GDMLI '07)
Learning andPrograms Director
Mallory Riesberg (CC '20)
Operations Manager
Elizabeth Silva