Posts by lburt
On Leadership: The pandemic emergency is over, but the way we work and lead will never be the same
I was leaving a board meeting in Chicago and headed to O’Hare on the afternoon of May 5 when I got a Reuters text alert on my phone: The World Health Organization was announcing that …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of May 19
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreOn the Move: Week of May 19
Ron Grundhauser
F&G
Promoted to national account vice president, annuity sales
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Nick Kollauf
F&G
Promoted to manager, business intelligence
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Justin Warnke
F&G
Promoted to senior internal wholesaler
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Ellie Riter
F&G
Promoted to …
The Elbert Files: ‘Swine Republic’
If you read one book about Iowa this year, read “The Swine Republic: Iowa’s Struggle With the Truth About Its Polluted Water and Agriculture” by Chris Jones, a hydrology expert who retires from the University …
Read MoreDeveloping communities through public art
Public art has long been a defining element in many cities, but it’s often viewed as a luxury, as art for art’s sake. Now, in many cities, artists and community leaders are working together to …
Read MoreOn the Move: Week of May 12
Donna Lorenzo
F&G
Hired as life new business specialist I
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Analee Gray
F&G
Hired as life new business specialist I
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Beimar Medina
F&G
Hired as senior software engineer
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Candice Endelman
F&G
Hired …
‘The power of women is phenomenal’
The Elbert Files: Renaissance immigrant
Venture capitalist John Pappajohn, who died April 22, was a Renaissance man, whose achievements in business, finance, science, medicine, art and philanthropy are an immigrant
success story.
Born in Greece in …
Read More2023 Iowa State University Ivy College of Business Commercial Real Estate Professional of the Year: Kris Saddoris
Kris Saddoris didn’t need nudged to describe the pushback she’s experienced over the years about proposals to build affordable housing in Central Iowa neighborhoods.
Saddoris, who was on a recent Polk County Housing Trust Fund …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Iowa’s sales tax history
Terry Branstad faced a tough decision in January 1983, his first month as governor of Iowa.
Four days before he was sworn in, out-going Gov. Bob Ray, a fellow Republican, had asked state officials …
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