Archive for March 2012

Age 33 | Senior partner, landscape architect, RDG Planning & Design

Life for Scott Crawford is all about work and family.

His commitment to both has caught the attention of colleagues at RDG Planning & …

Age 32 | Vice president of marketing, Wells Fargo Bank NA 

Tony Dickinson calls his leadership philosophy “the triple threat,” patterned after the ideal basketball position that enables a player to shoot, pass or dribble. …

Age 39 | President, Mercy Foundation

Shannon Duval was first introduced to the idea of philanthropy as a vocation when she was a graduate student at Indiana University and received a graduate assistantship at the …

Age 37 | Vice president for regional business development, Greater Des Moines Partnership

After studying chemistry at Iowa State University, Meg Fitz moved to southern Texas, where she worked in a hospital pharmacy. But she …

Age 36 | Chief operating officer, McLellan Marketing Group

Tim Hayes has been called a natural leader.

Hayes has worked at McLellan Marketing Group (MMG) for 14 years, where he has worked his way from …

Age 39 | President, career and executive coach, MAP Professional Development Inc.

Christi Hegstad is focused on helping others live with no regrets.

That’s the goal of her work as an executive coach in the …

Age 34 | Project architect, StruXture Architects LLC

One thing about Naura Heiman Godar is for certain: If she were a baker, she wouldn’t put all of her cookies in one basket.

She has managed …

Age 33 | Project architect, OPN Architects Inc.

It’s difficult to miss Danielle Hermann’s handiwork.

An architect with OPN Architects Inc. and, before that, Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck (HLKB) Architecture Ltd., Hermann has participated in …

Age 30 | Guided learning manager, the Science Center of Iowa

A self-proclaimed nerd, Sara Kobilka has turned her love of science into a rewarding career.

Kobilka, who earned her bachelor’s degree in atmospheric and …

Age 26 | Manager of art and philanthropy, Kum & Go LC

Liz Lidgett describes herself as the quintessential boomerang kid. She grew up here in Des Moines before moving away to attend the University …