Board of Directors
Officers:
President - Jerry Brantley Jr., Nationwide
Vice-President - Matt Fryar, Fryar Private Wealth
Treasurer - John Ridgeway, Principal Financial Group
Secretary - Chelsea McCracken, MidAmerican Energy
Vice President of Operations - Joseph R. Benesh, The Ingenuity Company
At-Large - Tanner Krause
At-Large - Christine Fleming Halbrook, Halbrook Law
Members:
Andy Bates, Weitz Company
Chad Bruntz, Casey's General Store
Pati Burt, Community Volunteer
Jill Burnett-Requist, Carver Community School
Blake Clark, Chevron Renewable Energy Group
Whitney Cowman, MD, Methodist Place OBGYN
Kathleen Gallagher, Stability Healthcare
Chick Herbert, NCMIC
Aliou Keita, Lincoln Savings Bank
Amy Lane, Thrively
Sgt. Rebecca Peppmeier, Des Moines Police Department
Michael Rodriguez, Gradient AI
Jessica Ringena, Hy-Vee
Brett Smith, Central Bank
John P. Smith, Drake University
Board of Trustees
Andrea Abel, Community Volunteer
BJ Baker III, Baker Group
Suzie Glazer Burt, Community Volunteer
Greg Cushing, GC Facility Consulting
Tony Dickinson, NCMIC
Andy Flynn, Flynn Wright
Deniz Franke, Franke Miller Group
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