Archive for March 2011

Age 39   |  Annual fund coordinator, Youth Homes of Mid-America

When community leaders describe Wendy Ingham, they use adjectives such as optimistic, encouraging, tireless and instrumental. For the past year, Ingham has worked as …

Age 29  |  Development director, Science Center of Iowa

Determined. Confident. In her first interview seven years ago at the Science Center of Iowa, Susan Kloewer demonstrated those characteristics. In the process, she gained a …

Age 30  |  Marketing manager, R&R Realty Group

Real estate and charity, is there time for anything else in Justin Lossner’s life?

Last year, he leased more than 80,000 square feet of space for R&R …

Age 33  |  Executive director, Des Moines Social Club

Zachary Mannheimer arrived in Des Moines with the idea of using art as a catalyst to bring people with a wide range of ideas together. His …

Age 38  |  Director of corporate communication/public relations, Iowa Health – Des Moines

Jennifer McDonald Perry says it’s easy to pick her out of the lineup after an outing riding all-terrain vehicles with her family.…

Age 32  |  Owner, Crème Cupcake

Christina Moffatt turned a hobby and a knack for making people happy into a job that leaves a sweet smile on their faces.

In August 2010, she gave up …

Age 39  | Director, Mercy Children’s Center at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines

Jan Myers must do things the right way. She was nominated for Forty Under 40 by her former and current employers.…

Age 36  |  Urban designer, city of Des Moines

Erin Olson-Douglas followed a trail from the farm to the city and has left footprints across the major development projects that define Des Moines.

Olson-Douglas is …

Age 37  |  Partner, Campbell/Patterson Consulting LLC; Grimes City Council member

Craig and Lynh Patterson moved to Iowa from Washington, D.C., after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

They decided that a large urban …

Age 35  |  Producer and account executive, Reynolds and Reynolds Inc.

If you haven’t heard of Brooks Reynolds, chances are you have heard of the area festival he helped start, judging by the 1,800 or …