Board of Directors
Officers:
President - Mike Ensley, FBL Financial Group
Past President - David Chapman, BTC Capital Management
Secretary - Jerry Brantley Jr., Nationwide
Treasurer - Tanner Krause, Kum & Go
Vice President of Operations - Joseph R. Benesh, The Ingenuity Company
Vice President at Large - Colleen MacRae Wittmack, Nyemaster Goode
Members:
Andy Bates, Weitz Company
Chad Bruntz, Casey's General Store
Pati Burt, Community Volunteer
Jill Burnett-Requist, Carver Community School
Whitney Cowman, MD, Methodist Place OBGYN
Nathan Franje, Forge Solutions
Matt Fryar, Fryar Private Wealth
Ryan Grant, Landus
Christine Fleming Halbrook, Halbrook Law
Chick Herbert, NCMIC
Aliou Keita, Lincoln Savings Bank
Amy Lane, Thrively
Chelsea McCracken, MidAmerican Energy
Reed McManigal, Holmes Murphy
Sgt. Rebecca Peppmeier, Des Moines Police Department
Matt Pfaltzgraf, Softgiving
Michael Rodriguez, Gradient AI
John Ridgeway, Principal Financial Group
Jessica Ringena, Hy-Vee
Brett Smith, Central Bank
John P. Smith, Drake University
Jason Sydejko, KCCI
Board of Trustees
Andrea Abel, Community Volunteer
BJ Baker III, The Baker Group
Suzie Glazer Burt, Community Volunteer
Greg Cushing, GC Facility Consulting
Tony Dickinson, NCMIC
Andy Flynn, Flynn Wright
Deniz Franke, Franke Miller Group
Chris Grady, Athene
Chuck Howell, Accelerate 360
Dave Olson, Commercial Insurance
Rich Willis, Willis Auto Campus
In Remembrance
Claire Bailey
Les Baitzer
Bernie Baker*
AH Blank*
Stephen Brody
Julie Evans
Peter Flynn
Michael Frazier
Gary Gately
J. Barry Griswell
Ellis I. Levitt*
Maddie Levitt
E.T. Meredith*
Miles Mills*
Joe Proctor
Frank Ross
Feisal Sayeed
Dr. Fred Strickland
Jim Wilkins
Ellen Glazer Ziegler
*Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa Founder