Advisory Board

EVP, Education and Workforce (ret.)
Greater Des Moines Partnership

Pearlita Gaskin
Community Engagement Program Manager
Turner Construction Co.

Caleb Knutson
Director
Midwest Iowa Planning Institute

Dr. Wendy Mihm-Herold
President/CEO
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates (IJAG)

Lexi Shafer
Director of Workforce
Greater Des Moines Partnership

Damonte Stogner
CEO
Coffee for a Cause & A Stronger Foundation Full Circle Impact Philanthropy

Chris Wood
Business Development
Brown & Brown Insurance

Will Walker
Owner/Clinical Director
Thriving Families Counseling Svcs.

Nana Coleman
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
RainyDayPal

Dr. Erlin Kakkanad
Director
Operation Excellence, Principal Financial Group

Glenda Kohout
Marketing Strategist
Shive-Hattery

Mike McCoy
CEO
NCMIC

Mike Ralston
President
Iowa Association of Business and Industry

Dr. Tim Shimp
Superintendent CUSD 115 Unit School District - DLR Group

Krista Tedrow
Executive Director
South-Central Iowa Workforce Development Board, President No Opportunity Wasted LLC

Vincent Chukwuemeka
Engineer Soldier / Information Technology Consultant
United States Army Reserve

Taylor Helen Ferebee, PhD
Senior Data Scientist I -Computational Biology
Corteva Agriscience

Derek Frank
Coordinator
Oakridge, Teen Tech Center

Tyler J. Jensen
Psychotherapist, Consultant and Private Practice Owner
Tyler J. Jensen Psychotherapy

Jackson Muir
Account Manager
TEKsystems

Eva N Sandoval, MSOL
Sr. Loss Control Consultant
American Family Insurance

Emily Doyle
Technical Project Manager
Auxo Solutions

Student Rep.
Viking Council
Grand View University

Hayley Ellis
Senior Recruiter
Associate Staffing

Dr. Crystal Fierro, Ed.D.
Director of Accessibility Services
Grand View University (Staff Rep.)

Lindsey Herazy
Communications Associate
Vote Smart

Clara Johnson
Marketing Communications Specialist
Corteva Agriscience 

Emmett Phillips Jr.
Career Pathways Program Facilitator
Oakridge Neighborhood Services

Henrique Valim
Administration Fellow
MercyOne

Nick Paoli
Chief Culture Officer
RJ Lawn & Landscape