The Lutheran Services in Iowa board of directors recently appointed Dan Dean, vice president of capacity and strategy development, as interim president and CEO for the statewide human services agency. The board also established a search committee and initiated the search for the organization’s next leader. “Dan has been a strong and dedicated leader at LSI for many years,” Katie Fergus, chair of the LSI board of directors, said in a news release. “The board has complete confidence in him and the other members of the executive team to lead the organization’s operations while we pursue our executive search.” Dean, who has been at LSI for 27 years, has led the agency’s personnel, quality improvement and compliance programs across the state. He has also been responsible for strategic planning, development, measurement and oversight of operations at all sites. LSI, one of Iowa’s largest human services agencies, has an impact on thousands of Iowans annually through child abuse prevention, services for families and youths in crisis, services for people with disabilities, and immigrant and refugee services.