Leadership Iowa Class

Leadership Iowa is looking forward to another exciting year of learning and leadership while exploring great Iowa communities! A list of the 2024-25 session dates, topics, and community hosts are available online here.

Join us in congratulating members of the 2024-25 Leadership Iowa class listed below. Each participant was carefully selected by the members of the Leadership Iowa Selection Committee. This year’s class represents all regions of the state and a wide variety of backgrounds, occupations and industries. 

Class Listing

  • Colette Atkins

    • CompanyKirkwood Community College
    • Work CityCedar Rapids
    • Home CityIowa City

  • Clarissa Atwell

    • CompanyIowa National Guard
    • Work CityJohnston
    • Home CityUrbandale

  • Amy Bartachek

    • CompanyTippie College of Business; Univ. of Iowa
    • Work CityIowa City
    • Home CityNorth Liberty

  • Christina Bateman

    • CompanyVision Atlantic Inc.
    • Work CityAtlantic
    • Home CityAtlantic

  • Gina Bell

    • CompanyCity of Dubuque
    • Work CityDubuque
    • Home CityDubuque

  • Jenny Butcher

    • CompanyIowa Department of Transportation
    • Work CityAmes
    • Home CityAmes

  • Kristopher Byam

    • CompanyGreat Oaks High School
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityJohnston

  • Brittney Carstens

    • CompanyJunior Achievement of the Heartland
    • Work CityMoline
    • Home CityLong Grove

  • Daren Dieleman

    • CompanyInterstates
    • Work CitySioux Center
    • Home CitySioux Center

  • Brian Doyle

    • CompanyGallagher
    • Work CityCedar Rapids
    • Home CityMount Vernon

  • Kim Failor

    • CompanyPhelps Uniform Specialists
    • Work CityMuscatine
    • Home CityMuscatine

  • Jennifer Fletcher

    • CompanyCyncHealth Iowa
    • Work CityLa Vista
    • Home CityUnderwood

  • Sydney Gangestad

    • CompanyDentons Davis Brown
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityJohnston

  • Joy Greer

    • CompanyPeel Business Design
    • Work CityUrbandale
    • Home CityUrbandale

  • Ben Hagen

    • CompanyEMC Insurance
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityPleasant Hill

  • Kelli Harms

    • CompanyWinnebago
    • Work CityForest City
    • Home CityForest City

  • Lee Henderson

    • CompanyBrownWinick Law Firm
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityDes Moines

  • Megan Holland

    • Companyintellicents
    • Work CityPella
    • Home CityAnkeny

  • Abena Sankofa Imhotep

    • CompanySankofa Literary & Empowerment Group
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityDes Moines

  • Tyler Kamerman

    • CompanyMany Hands
    • Work CityClive
    • Home CityClive

  • Emily Kamish

    • CompanyMom's Meals
    • Work CityAnkeny
    • Home CityAnkeny

  • Rachelle Keck

    • CompanyGrand View University
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityUrbandale

  • Paul Larsen

    • CompanyBankers Trust
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityAnkeny

  • John Marshall

    • CompanyMHCS, PC
    • Work CityWest Des Moines
    • Home CityUrbandale

  • Kristen McMains

    • CompanyMusco Lighting
    • Work CityOskaloosa
    • Home CityOskaloosa

  • Lucas Meier

    • CompanyCounty Bank
    • Work CitySigourney
    • Home CitySigourney

  • Todd Milburn

    • CompanyGrinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, SI
    • Work CityGrinnell
    • Home CityNewton

  • Michael Muhlenbruch

    • CompanyMcClure
    • Work CityCoralville
    • Home CityIowa CIty

  • Tim Neubauer

    • CompanyNorthwest Bank
    • Work CityAmes
    • Home CityGilbert

  • Shelley Oltmans

    • CompanyNorth Iowa Corridor Economic Development Corporation
    • Work CityMason City
    • Home CityAlbert Lea

  • Stacie Osako

    • CompanyInformatics Inc.
    • Work CityCedar Rapids
    • Home CityCedar Rapids

  • Brooke Parziale

    • CompanyIowa Finance Authority
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityDes Moines

  • Greg Piklapp

    • CompanyAmes Regional Economic Alliance
    • Work CityAmes
    • Home CityBoone

  • David Schenk

    • CompanyDordt University
    • Work CitySioux Center
    • Home CitySioux Center

  • Zach Schmit

    • CompanyCovenant Workplace Solutions
    • Work CityCedar Rapids
    • Home CityMarion

  • Sandi Sommerfelt

    • CompanyGrow Cedar Valley
    • Work CityWaterloo
    • Home CityWaterloo

  • Mindy Stalker

    • CompanyUnion County Development Association
    • Work CityCreston
    • Home CityCreston

  • Kristin Tentinger

    • CompanyTenCorp Inc
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityGrimes

  • Cory Westphal

    • CompanyDexter Laundry
    • Work CityFairfield
    • Home CityMount Pleasant

  • Margaret Young

    • CompanyKemin Industries
    • Work CityDes Moines
    • Home CityUrbandale