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Joining the Greater Des Moines Partnership in the newly created role of director of inclusive business strategies is only the second job in Juan Pablo Sanchez’s career.
For almost 20 years prior, Sanchez served in …
Since its founding in 1996, the Des Moines Public Library Foundation has played a key role in providing financial support for the library system. While the library’s operational budget comes from the city of Des …
A Groupon got Melissa Walker hooked on yoga.
Walker had two young children. She was under a lot of work- and personal-related stress and was experiencing mobility issues. She saw the Groupon for a yoga …
Jonathan Wallace grew up playing basketball. After playing in high school, his journey took him overseas and back, and along the way he crossed paths with some of the game’s greats.
Today, Wallace serves a …
Rubén Vázquez is the United Way of Central Iowa’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and started the position last month. He has more than 20 years of experience in social justice, advocacy and …
Steve Brody was predisposed to have a passion for agriculture after growing up spending time on his grandparents’ farm in a town of no more than 150 people near Sibley, Iowa.
It’s a passion that’s …
Natalie Lamarque joined Principal Financial Group on Aug. 1 as its new general counsel. In that position, she has oversight over Principal’s law department, including government relations and compliance. She also serves as corporate secretary …
After graduating from Iowa State University, Rachel Wacker was unsure of how to put to use her degree in journalism and mass communication.
She bounced around several jobs including helping market a new music …
Adreain Henry earned the title of doctor through a highly competitive U.S. Army scholarship for optometry school, overcoming the disadvantages of growing up in a single-parent family in a small rural Southern town in coastal …
Since July, Rachelle Keck has been getting acquainted with Grand View University, its students, and its faculty and staff, all gearing up for the fall semester that started Aug. 29. It marks the beginning of …
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