Key Leadership Changes

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Molyneux promoted to CIO at Bankers Trust

Bankers Trust has appointed Shane Molyneux as chief information officer and a member of the bank’s management committee. Molyneux joined Bankers Trust in January 2020 as assistant vice president, technology experience manager. Since then, he has been …

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New brand, new director named for Central Iowa Water Trails

The Central Iowa Water Trails project has a new brand, and a new director, as it takes its next step forward in realizing its goals of improving more than 150 miles of Central Iowa’s waterways.…

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Hy-Vee adds medical director to leadership team

Dr. Daniel Fick has joined Hy-Vee Inc.’s leadership team as chief medical officer. In the position, Fick will help oversee Hy-Vee’s existing health and medical initiatives and the development of new services and offerings for …

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Barr, Des Moines’ civil, human rights director, leaving post

Joshua Barr, the city of Des Moines’ civil and human rights director, is stepping down from the position that he has held for the past six years. A release said that Barr is leaving the …

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Carmichael retiring from Home Inc., successor named

Pam Carmichael is retiring as executive director of Home Inc., the oldest private nonprofit housing organization in Des Moines. The group creates opportunities for quality, affordable housing. During her more than 40 years with Home …

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Three women ascend to key leadership roles at Holmes Murphy

Waukee-based insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy announced that it has promoted three of its female leaders into key leadership roles in the firm.

Effective July 1, Ellen Willadsen, the company’s chief financial officer for the past 10 …

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Poorman named director of international dialogues for World Food Prize Foundation

The World Food Prize Foundation announced that Kyle Poorman has joined the organization as director of International Dialogues. He will help to manage major programs for the foundation, such as the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue and …

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Vaughan named business director of Tippie’s Vaughan Institute

Terri Vaughan, a longtime leader in Iowa’s insurance community, has been named the professional director of the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, effective Sept. 1. The Vaughan Institute …

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Jason Gross joins ManchesterStory Group as vice president

Jason Gross is joining the venture capital firm ManchesterStory Group as vice president and head of platform, the company announced today. Previously the vice president of innovation at EMC Insurance, Gross has more than 20 …

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Missouri professor tapped as undergraduate program dean at Tippie College of Business

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business announced it has hired Charles Wayne Keene as the next associate dean for undergraduate programs. Keene is currently on the marketing faculty of the University of Missouri’s Trulaske College …