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On the Move: The week of July 15

Danielle Baumler

Ryan Companies US Inc.

Hired as project engineer

danielle.baumler@ryancompanies.com


Devin Gaudette

Ryan Companies US Inc.

Hired as project engineer

devin.gaudette@ryancompanies.com


Darin Dittmer

Des Moines Airport Authority

Hired as field maintenance worker

djdittmer@dsmairport.com


Levi …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2019
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FBL Financial names new chief operating officer

West Des Moines-based FBL Financial Group Inc. announced that Kelli Eddy will join the company as chief operating officer – Life Companies in mid-August. She will succeed Ray Wasilewski, who plans to retire at the end of …
By BPC Staff | Jul 18, 2019
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Powers named marketing and PR director of Des Moines Art Center

The Des Moines Art Center has appointed Jordan Powers as its new director of marketing and public relations. The Chicago native was most recently the communications manager at Catch Des Moines. Before that, she was …
By BPC Staff | Jul 17, 2019
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Peterson joins American Enterprise to lead preneed sales

Des Moines-based American Enterprise Group Inc. announced that Kenn Peterson has joined the company as vice president for national preneed sales. Peterson will focus on increasing preneed funeral insurance sales for Great Western Insurance Co., which AEG …
By BPC Staff | Jul 16, 2019
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DMACC names Isley vice president of academic affairs

Des Moines Area Community College has named MD Isley as the college’s vice president of academic affairs. Isley, who had been the academic dean of business, management and information technology for the past six years, …
By BPC Staff | Jul 16, 2019
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Valley Junction Foundation’s executive director leaving position

Jim Miller, executive director of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation in West Des Moines, has been named vice president for development and marketing at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. …
By BPC Staff | Jul 11, 2019
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Art Wittmack to lead taxpayers’ group on interim basis

Art Wittmack, retired president and CEO of Neumann Brothers Inc., has been named interim president of the Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa. Wittmack, whose appointment was effective July 1, replaces Gretchen Tegeler, who accepted a position with …
By BPC Staff | Jul 11, 2019
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Former Food Bank of Iowa COO to lead DMARC

The Des Moines Area Religious Council board of directors has named Matt Unger as the new CEO of DMARC, effective July 10. Unger most recently was chief operating officer for the Food Bank of Iowa.

Unger will …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jul 9, 2019
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Former Drake president to chair Grinnell College’s Board of Trustees

The Grinnell College Board of Trustees have elected former Drake University President David Maxwell to serve as board chairman, the board announced today. Maxwell is a 1966 Grinnell graduate, and was president and professor of …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2019
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Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel to leave One Iowa, named CEO for immigration nonprofit Proteus

Executive Director Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel will leave One Iowa on Aug. 7 after he was named the new CEO of Proteus, Inc., a nonprofit serving immigrant, underserved and low-income populations in Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana. Hoffman-Zinnel has …
By BPC Staff | Jul 5, 2019
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