The Des Moines Symphony Association:

• Sherida Josephson, principal violist of the Des Moines Symphony.

• Sharon Louis-Goldford, vice president of employee relations at Wells Fargo & Co.

• John Merriman, retired secretary and general counsel of Equitable of Iowa.

• Rachel Thomas Rowley, associate attorney at the BrownWinick law firm.

• Charles “Chip” Wells, vice president of strategic customer focus at John Deere Credit.

• The 2010-11 Board of Trustees officers include Christine Hensley, Bank of the West, as president; Steven Nadel, Ahlers & Cooney P.C., as vice president; Richard Cohan, Aviva USA, as treasurer; and Stephen Smith, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., as immediate past president.

CFA Society of Iowa:

• Laura Beebe, FBL Financial Group Inc., was named president of the board.

• Eric Lohmeier, NPC Inc., was named vice president.

• Sasha Kamper, Principal Global Investors, treasurer.

• Russ Rowley, Principal Global Investors, secretary.

• Karey Anderson, EMC Insurance Group Inc., director of member value.

• Matt Bral, Principal Global Investors, director of branding.

• Sayer Martin, Clarity Asset Management Inc., director of virtual relations.

• Milt Milloy, Principal Global Investors, director of CFA programs.

• Phelps Hoyt, Principal Global Investors, past president.

Character Counts! in Iowa:

• Mary Cownie, owner of Goldfinch Strategies.

• Mike Gartner, president of the Gartner Family Foundation.

• Renee Hardman, senior vice president of human resources at Bankers Trust Co.

• Alan Kaplan, vice president and chief medical officer at Iowa Health System.

• Dolph Pulliam, community outreach and development director at Drake University.

• Jay Tyler, director of sales and mass merchandising for Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Waukee.

• Sam Wallace, retired CEO of Iowa Health System.

• Jim Aipperspach and Venessa Macro were elected to another term and elected as co-chairs of the board.