Key Leadership Changes

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Iowa Credit Union Foundation names new executive director

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation announced that Jelena Babic Barnes has been named the organization’s executive director. Babic Barnes has been program manager for the Iowa Credit Union Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Iowa Credit Union League, since …
By BPC Staff | Dec 21, 2021
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Cox hired as Ankeny chamber’s president, CEO

Melisa Cox has been hired as president and CEO of the Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce. Cox previously worked for the Home Builders Association of Des Moines, where she coordinated events and raised money for the …
By BPC Staff | Dec 15, 2021
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Top Meredith Corp. executives out after company’s sale brings them big payday

Des Moines Register: Two weeks after the sale of Meredith Corp., the lifestyle publisher’s former downtown Des Moines headquarters has a bit of a power vacuum. Meredith has informed its employees that CEO Tom Harty retired …
By BPC Staff | Dec 13, 2021
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Jeremy Gosch becomes Hy-Vee’s president, COO

Jeremy Gosch, who has worked at Hy-Vee Inc. in numerous positions since 1995, has been named the West Des Moines-based grocer’s president and chief operating officer, the company announced.

Gosch is the fifth president in Hy-Vee’s …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Dec 13, 2021
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Iowa Farm Bureau elects new president

Brent Johnson of Calhoun County was elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau during the organization’s meeting this week in Des Moines. Johnson will become the farm group’s 14th president, succeeding Craig Hill, who is …
By BPC Staff | Dec 10, 2021
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Insurance and annuity intelligence firm Wink names Grossman as new president

Des Moines-based life insurance and annuity product data provider Wink Inc. has named Victoria Grossman as president, the firm announced. Sheryl Moore, who has been the CEO and president of Wink since founding the market intelligence company …
By BPC Staff | Dec 3, 2021
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Casey’s hires new chief legal officer

Katrina Lindsey will join Casey’s General Stores Inc. as the Ankeny-based company’s chief legal officer and corporate secretary. In the role, Lindsey will lead Casey’s legal, risk management, compliance, food safety, government affairs and corporate report …
By BPC Staff | Dec 3, 2021
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Staub named dean of Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Following a national search, Drake University has named Catherine Staub as the next dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Staub, an associate professor at Drake since 2015, is currently the Peggy Fisher and Larry …
By BPC Staff | Nov 23, 2021
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Russell to leave Iowa IPL to join Biden administration

Matt Russell, the executive director of Iowa Interfaith Power and Light’s board of directors, will be stepping down at the end of this month to join the Biden administration. According to a news release, Russell …
By BPC Staff | Nov 19, 2021
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Shannon Rutledge named president and CEO of Farmers Mutual Hail, effective Dec. 31

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa announced that Shannon Rutledge, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will be promoted to president and chief executive officer, effective Dec. 31. He will succeed Ronald Rutledge, who will …
By BPC Staff | Nov 10, 2021