Joe Hearn, president and CEO of Dupaco Credit Union, has been named Credit Union Executive Society, or CUES, Outstanding Chief Executive, one of the industry’s highest individual honors. The award recognizes a CEO who demonstrates visionary leadership, organizational transformation, strong advocacy for the credit union movement and an unwavering commitment to members, employees and community…

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has released the 2025 Central Iowa Workforce Survey, offering new data on employer hiring plans, talent readiness and workforce challenges across the region. The results point to confidence among Central Iowa employers heading into 2026, with more than half planning to add staff and few expecting reductions. Despite…

First Children’s Finance, a nonprofit focused on business and financial needs of child care, is launching a Business Leadership Cohort in Iowa. The cohort will provide Iowa child care professionals with skills to build, grow and manage child care businesses. The cohort for day care centers will begin Feb. 18, and the cohort for family…

The World Food Prize Foundation has launched “The World Food Prize Podcast: Dialogue that Feeds the World,” a twice-monthly series hosted by foundation CEO Tom Vilsack that aims to foster global dialogue on food, science and human progress. Debuting as the organization marks its 40th anniversary, the podcast’s first episode features Feeding America CEO Claire…

The opening of the new terminal will be a landmark moment in the history of the Des Moines International Airport, an event that the airport’s CEO said may have seemed unlikely more than a decade ago. “I think if we go back to 2013, I probably wasn’t at that time sure we’d ever get to…

The Ames Regional Economic Alliance appointed Jennifer Luengas-Otto as director of economic development on Feb. 2. In her new role, she will lead Story County outreach and serve as executive director of the Nevada Economic Development Council, supporting business growth and community development across the region. Luengas-Otto previously helped launch a multi-county entrepreneurship initiative in…