After discovering her love for animals would not translate into a career in veterinary or animal science, Jill Klindt embraced her natural skill in math and left Iowa State University with an accounting degree in …
Since September 2020, Lindsay Racey has led CareMore Health’s Central East region, which includes Iowa, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Illinois; she’s based in Des Moines. Before joining CareMore, she worked for 14 years in nonprofit …
Nalo Johnson says she’s been with Mid-Iowa Health Foundation long enough — since mid-November — that she’s gotten beyond the introductory phase and is “getting to the fun stuff now.”
Johnson, who has worked …
As the new president and CEO of Broadlawns Medical Center, Tony Coleman says one of his biggest responsibilities is to remove barriers and create trust so that every physician, nurse and staff member can carry …
Over the course of his professional career, Tony Montgomery has had multiple interactions with Home Inc., Des Moines’ oldest privately operated nonprofit housing organization.
When Montgomery worked for the city of Des Moines’ planning department …
For the past 15 months, Mary Hunter has used a large whiteboard in her office as an evolving outline of the turnaround strategy that she has led as president and CEO of Goodwill of Central …
Marvin DeJear joined the Greater Des Moines Partnership a year ago as its new senior vice president of talent development, filling the position left open by the retirement of Mary Bontrager. He came to the …
Adrian Butler’s career has always centered on technology and using it creatively to build value. After growing up on a farm in Louisiana, Butler said that Casey’s customers reflect himself and how he was raised, and …
Chad Quick was drawn to community development through watching live broadcasts of city council and plan and zoning meetings.
Quick, who grew up in Sheldahl, initially contemplated becoming an architect but eventually realized he instead …
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