Board of Trustees

Mr. Joe Aiello*
President, Bassik Services Inc., Earth City, MO

Mrs. Ann G. Anderson+&
Green Associates, Des Moines, IA

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. 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. Kathleen Fehrman
Community Volunteer, Des Moines, IA

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

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

Mr. William C. Knapp&
Chairman of the Board, Knapp Properties, 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. 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. 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

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. Ike Vanden Eykel*
CEO/Managing Partner, KoonsFuller PC, Dallas, TX

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

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

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