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Steering Committee

What makes this event so special is that it is put together on a volunteer basis by Iowa women. This conference would not be possible without the considerable talents, ideas and creativity of our 2009 Steering Committee.

Regenia Bailey
Bailey Leadership Initiative

Karen Brown
Director of Diversity, Rockwell Collins

Lois Buntz
President and CEO, United Way of East Central Iowa

Amy Correia
Member, Iowa City City Council

Tara Cronbaugh
President and Owner, The Java House

Elizabeth Daly
Vice President-Private Banking, Bankers Trust

Jo Dickens
Director, UI Center for Conferences & Institutes

Peggy Doerge
Vice President, MidWest One Bank

Anita Falkofske Eaton
Factory Manager, Oral-B Laboratories

Wendy Gady
Chief Executive Officer, Pohaku

Christine Grant
Associate Professor, UI Department of Health & Sport Studies

Jilian Helscher
Director of Sales, Iowa City/Coralville Convention & Visitors Bureau

Robyn Hepker
Benson & Hepker Design

Terry Hernandez
Executive Director, Chrysalis Foundation

Kara Hoogensen
Principal Financial Group

Amy Johnson Boyle
Vice President, St. Luke's Health Care Foundation

Amy Kristof-Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UI Department of Management & Organizations

Linda Langston
Linn County Supervisor, Linn County

Lynette Marshall
President, U of I Foundation

Sally Mason
President, U of I

Liz Mathis
Four Oaks

Jana Michael
Director of Development, Major Gifts and Women's Programs, Intercollegiate Athletics, U of I Foundation

Karen Mracek
Assistant Business Editor, The Des Moines Register

Diane Nelson
Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of the Mississippi Valley

Amy O'Deen
Senior Assistant Director, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Maureen Osako
Vice President, Informatics, Inc.

Hazel Pegues
Executive Director, Diversity Focus

Quinn Pettifer
Marketing Director, Cedar Rapids Downtown District

Deb Pullin-Van Auken
Vice President Private Banking, U S Bank N.A.

Colleen Rafferty
Executive Director, The Women's Connection

Diane Ramsey
Development and Real Estate and Right of Way, Alliant Energy

Ellen Ramsey-Kacena
President, Junior League

Carroll Reasoner
Interim Vice President, U of I

Rose Rennekamp
Vice President, ACT, Inc.

Leah Rodenberg
Community Affairs Program Manager, Alliant Energy

Marcia Rogers
President, Management Resource Group

Chris Rohret
Educator, Iowa City Community School District

Christine Scheetz
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Lori SchraderBachar
Coordinator of Publications & Special Projects, IA Commission on the Status of Women

Linda Schreiber
Iowa Women's Foundation

Marsha Schulte
V P Finance & Controller

Rachel Scott
Division Administrator, IA Commission on the Status of Women

Victoria Sharp, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Michelle Steines
VP & Branch Manager, U of I Credit Union

Shelly Turner
Product Manager, Alliant Energy

Suzanne Summerwill
Senior Vice President & Trust Officer, Iowa State Bank & Trust Company

Monica Vernon
President, Vernon Research Group

Nancy Willis
Attorney, Willis & Willis and President, Security Abstract Company

Ginny Wilson-Peters
Integrity Integrated Inc

Connie Benton Wolfe
Exectuive Director, United Way of Johnson County