Board and Councils

Grow Cedar Valley operates under the direction of business and civic leaders from throughout the Cedar Valley and talented, full-time team members. Every day we work alongside partner institutions and businesses that are investing to improve the economic environment and quality of life in the Cedar Valley.

View our Boards and Councils below, including the Grow Cedar Valley Board of Directors, Grow Cedar Valley Community Development Council, TechWorks Board of Directors, and Grow Cedar Valley Ambassadors.  

Grow Cedar Valley Board of Directors FY 2025

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• Susan Abernathy
  Cedar Falls Utilities
• Kim Bear
  Cedar Falls Main Street
• Edita Begic
  Vine Valley Real Estate
• Joy Briscoe
  One Cedar Valley
• James W. Bronner
  City of Waverly
• Fabio Castro
  John Deere
• Dave Deaver
  TechWorks Campus
• Dr. Rebecca Ehretsman
  Wartburg College
• Kris Hansen
  Western Home Communities
• Tavis Hall
  Experience Waterloo
• Mayor Quentin Hart
  City of Waterloo
• Dr. Todd Holcomb
  Hawkeye Community College
• John Huff
  KWWL
• Kathryn Kunert
  MidAmerican Energy Company
• Mayor Danny Laudick
  City of Cedar Falls
• Ryan Meyer
  MercyOne
• Jim Miller
  First Interstate Bank
• Phil Nash
  Community Bank and Trust
• Dr. Mark Nook
  University of Northern Iowa
• Erica Parks
  CBE Group
• Dr. Andy Pattee
  Cedar Falls Community School District
• Melissa Reade
  Leader Valley
• Josh Schmidt
  Viking Pump
• Dr. Jared Smith
  Waterloo Community School District
• Dustin Whitehead
  Cushman & Wakefield Iowa

Investor Relations Committee

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• Jade Ewoldt
  Townsquare Media
• Jamie Fettkether
  Rice Companies
• Jayne Hall
  Community Bank & Trust
• Trent Hunter
  Hawkeye Community College
• Vicki Jones
  Upper Iowa University
• Bailey McRae
  93.5 The Mix
• Jennifer Siech
  Cedar Valley Hospice
• Alex Tungland
  Rite Environmental, Inc.
• Todd Wordel

Ambassadors

• Matt Halbur
  Co-President 24/25
  Rydell Chevrolet
• Tom Nagle
  Co-President 24/25
  Nagle Signs, Inc.
• Kim Bear
  Community Main Street, Inc.
• Mike Fain
  GreenState Credit Union
• Ted Batemon
  Electronic Engineering Co.
• Tammy Bedard
  UnityPoint Health - Waterloo
• Dave Bowling
  Hy-Vee Food Store
• Michael Brocka
  Modus Engineering
• Maggie Burger
  Speer Financial, Inc.
• Bryan Burton
  Boys & Girls Club of the Cedar Valley
• Jessica Crouch
  Shaklee
• Angie Dark
  Martin Brothers
• Joseph Decker
  Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo
• Brady Gruhn
  Lighthouse Travel Cedar Falls
• Tavis Hall
  Experience Waterloo
• Rachael Hoffman
  U.S. Bank Wealth Management
• Wade Itzen
  BankIowa
• Whitney Jensen
  Boy Scouts of America, Winnebago Council
• Matt Loesche
  Dupaco Community Credit Union
• Bob Manning
  Cedar Valley Home Builders Association
• Tom Marquez
  ActionCOACH Mind Links
• Jeremia Matz
  SCHEELS
• Mike McCrary
  Lincoln Savings Bank
• Casey McLaughlin
  McLaughlin Investment Services
• Richard Morris
  Beecher, Field, Walker, Morris, Hoffman & Johnson, P.C.
• Mark Oliver
  Bergan KDV
• Vicki Parsons
  Farmers State Bank
• Atul Patel
  Open Door Hospitality
• Jennifer Pickar
  Cedar Falls Tourism & Visitors Bureau
• Mike Reyhons
  Strategic Imaging
• Jessica Rucker
  Main Street Waterloo
• Star Rupe
  Goodwill Industries of Northeast Iowa, Inc.
• Bonnie Sadler
  NuCara Pharmacy
• Mindy Schmidt
  John Deere Waterloo Operations
• Steve Schmitt
  Gordon Flesch Company, Inc.
• Brandon Schoborg
  Cardinal Construction, Inc.
• Robert Seymour
  Community Bank & Trust
• Jennifer Siech
  Cedar Valley Hospice
• Joe Surma
  MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
• Michelle Temeyer
  Retired
• Ben Trueg
  Hampton Inn Cedar Falls
• Katelyn Tungland
  Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa
• Ashley Ungs
  Western Home Communities
• Mike Walden
  Locke Funeral Home
• David Wilson
  Ryan Companies US, Inc.
• Todd Wordel

TechWorks Board of Directors FY 2025

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• Noel Anderson
  City of Waterloo
• Cary Darrah
• David A. Davis
  John Deere Waterloo Works
• Andrea Devore
  Lincoln Savings Bank
• John Fritch
  University of Northern Iowa
• Tavis Hall
  Experience Waterloo
• Jim Miller
  First Interstate Bank
• Kate Payne
  Invision Architecture
• Randy Pilkington
  University of Northern Iowa
• Aaron Sauerbrei
  Hawkeye Community College
• Don Temeyer
  Retired & City of Waterloo