Board of Trustees

^{(Past Board of Trustee Chairs are listed below.)}

Mr. Joe Aiello*
Retired President, Bassik Services Inc., Hazelwood, MO

Ms. Patricia Avery*
VP Global Business Dev, Griffith Mosely Johnson & Assoc., Houston, TX

Mr. Jonathan Azu*
Adjunct Faculty - Thornton School of Music, Univ. of So. CA, Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Tom Bernau*
President, Bernau Capital, West Des Moines, IA 

Ms. Karen Branding*
President & CEO, The St. Louis Regional Business Council, St. Louis, MO

Mr. James D. Bruner*&
Executive Vice President, Mutual of Omaha Bank, Scottsdale, AZ

Mrs. Susan Glazer Burt+
Community Volunteer, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Louis Carr*
President, Media Sales, BET Networks, New York, NY

Ambassador Johnnie Carson*
Intl. Consultant, Johnnie Carson Intl. Consulting, Reston, VA

Ms. Marta Codina
President, Community Bank, Wells Fargo, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Peter Cownie*
Executive Director, Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Rich Cusac*&
Retired, Chairman & CEO, Impact Investors, Inc., Incline Village, NV

Mr. Esfand Dinshaw*
Chairman & CEO, Sammons Financial Group, West Des Moines, IA

Mr. Paul Doucette*
Executive Director of Government Relations, Battelle, Washington D.C.

Mr. Mark A. Ernst*
Managing Partner, Bellevue Capital LLC, Dallas, TX

Ms. Peggy Fisher*
Chief Operating Officer, Stelter Company, Urbandale, IA

Mr. Donald H. Fletcher*&
Retired - President, Hallmark - North American and International Hallmark Cards, Inc., Liberty, MO

Mr. David B. Golder*
Managing Partner, Golder Investment Management LLC, Winnetka, IL

Mrs. Karen Goodenow*&
Educator, Okoboji, IA

Mr. Cain Hayes*
Retired President & CEO, Point32Health, Canton, MA

Mr. James W. Hubbell, III&
Retired - Chairman, Hubbell Realty Company, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Craig Ibsen*
Managing Partner, Next Level Ventures, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Greg Johansen*
President, GRX Holdings, West Des Moines, IA

Justice Douglas S. Lang*
Counsel, Thompson Coburn LLP, Dallas TX

Mr. Paul W. Leavitt*
Retired-Washington News Editor, USA Today, McLean, VA

Mrs. Cynthia Lesher*
Retired-Xcel Energy, St. Paul, MN

Mr. Jeff Lorenzen*
President & CEO, American Equity, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Earl Martin=
President, Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Kenneth McCullum
Exec VP and Chief Risk Officer, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA

Dr. Rachel Ruan McLean
Vice President, Ruan Companies, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Dave Miles*&
Founding Partner, Manchester Story, West Des Moines, IA

Mr. John Miller*
Co-Head Fixed Income Services, Piper Sandler, Lenexa, KS

Ms. Amy Ohde*
Executive Director, Launch Support at Chick-fil-A Corporate, Atlanta, GA

Mr. Jack C. Pester*&
Retired-Senior Vice President, The Costal Corp., Houston, TX

Ms. Alessa Quane*
Exec VP & Chief Insurance Officer, Oscar Health, New York, NY

Mr. Jeff Russell*
President & CEO, Blue Cross & Blue Shields of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

Ms. Debbie Scripps*&
Community Volunteer, Dallas, TX

Mr. Paul Schickler*
Retired President, DuPont Pioneer, Des Moines, IA

Ms. Nikki Syverson*=
Partner at Isaacson-Syverson Consulting, Des Moines, IA

Ms. Tiffany Tauscheck*
President & CEO, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Des Moines, IA

Mr. Rudolph D. Trebels*
Equipment Leasing Group of America, LLC, Northfield, IL

Mr. Benjamin Ullem*&
Retired, Attorney, Whitfield & Eddy Law, Des Moines, IA

Mr. James Wallace*
Retired-Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, GuideOne Insurance, West Des Moines, IA

Ms. Lindsay Whorton*
Managing Director of District Support, The Holdsworth Center, Austin, TX

Mr. Larry Zimpleman*&
Retired Chairman & CEO, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA

Alumni *
Honorary Degree +
Ex-Officio =
Emeriti &
Life Trustee #

Past Board of Trustee Chairs