Leadership

"Capital Crossroads has cultivated leadership and leveraged resources across sectors and organizations."
—Suzanne Mineck

Capital Crossroads is driven by a continually growing volunteer corps working across our ten Capitals. The leaders for each Capital work with staff to identify key opportunities and set the strategic implementation goals for their work.

Chairs of Capital Crossroads

Jay Byers
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Angela Connolly
Polk County
Teree Caldwell-Johnson
Oakridge Neighborhood
Kristi Knous
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines

Capital Core

Scott Sanders
City of Des Moines
Jo Christine Miles
Principal Financial Group
Amber Lynch
City of Des Moines

Business

Kathryn Kunert
MidAmerican Energy
Geoff Wood
Gravitate
Rick Sanders
ISU Research Park
Mike Swesey
Greater Des Moines Partnership

Natural

Hannah Inman
Great Outdoors Foundation
Larry James
Conveyance Law
Julie Stewart
Prairie Meadows

Governance

Bob Andeweg
City of Urbandale
Art Wittmack
Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa
Courtney Clarke
City of Waukee

Wellness

Jami Haberl
Healthiest State Initiative
Brad Anderson
AARP

Social

Angie Dethlefs-Trettin
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Daniel Zinnel
Proteus
Izaah Knox
Urban Dreams
Shaimaa Aly
Wells Fargo

Human

Renee Miller
United Way of Central Iowa
Marvin DeJear
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Greg Nichols
Iowa Student Loan

Cultural

Sally Dix
Bravo Greater Des Moines
Greg Edwards
Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau
Myrna Johnson
Iowa Public Radio

Physical

Todd Ashby
Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Eric Burmeister
Polk County Housing Trust Fund
Elizabeth Presutti
DART

Cultivation Corridor

Billi Hunt

Previous CXR Leadership

Dave Caris
Community Bankers of Iowa
Rick Clark
City of Des Moines
Mary Cownie
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Russ Cross
Wells Fargo
Barry Griswell
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Adam Hammes
Eco-Fluence
Cara Heiden
Wells Fargo
Phil Hodgin
RDG Planning & Design
Fred Hubbell
Laura Jackson
Wellmark
Rick Kozin
Polk County
Sheila Laing
Hy-Vee
Brian Laurenzo
Brick Gentry, P.C.
Steve Leath
Iowa State University
Chris Littlefield
Fidelity & Guaranty
John May
Deere and Company
Mark Miller
DuPont Pioneer
Mary O’Keefe
Principal
Bob Riley
Riley Resource Group
Michael Sadler
CenturyLink
Tom Urban
Dave Wilkerson
Waukee Community School District
Steve Zumbach
Belin McCormick
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