Board of Directors

Paul Danforth, President
Social Worker/Counselor
Des Moines, IA

Oather Taylor III, Vice President
Director of Gas Engineering and Operations Support, Alliant Energy
Cedar Rapids, IA

Martha Brown, Treasurer
Art Teacher, Viola Gibson Elementary School
Cedar Rapids, IA

Gwen Randall, Secretary
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids, IA

Betty Andrews
President, Betty Andrews Media
Urbandale, IA

Judge Brown, Jr.
Director of Education Equity (Retired), Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA

James Collins
President (Retired), John Deere Foundation
Davenport, IA

Lois Eichacker
Director (Retired), Community Action of Southeast Iowa
Ft. Madison, IA

Dr. Geraldene Felton,
Dean of Nursing (Retired), University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Betty Jean Furgerson
Director (Retired), Waterloo Human Rights Commission
Waterloo, IA

Bill L. Harriott
R & D Engineer (Retired)
Council Bluffs, IA

Hiram Harris
Production Unit Supervisor, Alcoa
Davenport, IA

Joseph Henry
Assistant to the Dean for Recruitment, Graduate College, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Flora Lee
Educational Consultant
Sioux City, IA

Karen Rhines
Community Activist
Cedar Rapids, IA

Lyn Stinson
Neighborhood Centers Director, Community Action of Southeast Iowa
Burlington, IA

Miriam Brown Tyson
Iowa Department of Economic Development Entrepreneurial Services
Waterloo, IA

Robert S. Wright, Sr.
Attorney, Wright and Wright Law Offices
Des Moines, IA