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