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Corrigan looks to the past to lead Water Works through the pandemic

When Ted Corrigan was named CEO and general manager of Des Moines Water Works in June, he stepped into familiar territory. Corrigan has been with the agency for 30 years and has served as staff …

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A Closer Look: Erica Axiotis

Before Erica Axiotis ever began working at ChildServe, she got a peek behind the organization’s work through her volunteer initiatives. 

Axiotis learned about ChildServe through her membership in the local Junior League chapter. Before the …

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A Closer Look: Ben Vallier

Ben Vallier was selected as the CEO of the Iowa Clinic from a field of more than 100 initial candidates, and he says the clinic’s reputation and Des Moines’ friendliness were big factors in accepting …

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Class-action lawsuit: Is Wellmark implicity biased against its Black employees?

As a Black woman, Janice Lintz said she became accustomed to navigating racial bias and microaggression on a regular basis in her nearly four decades working at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Des …

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A Closer Look: Mark Wiederspan

Mark Wiederspan was named executive director of Iowa College Aid in January by the agency’s board of commissioners. He succeeded Karen Misjak, who retired on Jan. 24 after 15 years with the agency. Wiederspan joined …

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Lift IOWA: News briefs – Week of Aug. 17

Axiotis promoted to ChildServe foundation executive director: ChildServe has promoted former director of development Erica Axiotis to foundation executive director, the organization announced last week. Axiotis joined ChildServe in 2016, and has led event fundraising efforts and capital …

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Marketing: Walking out the journey with your client

For the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring what it means when someone tells us that we should be using storytelling in our marketing efforts. In this week’s column, I want to delve into the …

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HR Executive of the Year

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A Closer Look: Darren Rebelez

Darren Rebelez thought he knew a lot about Casey’s General Stores Inc. when he was selected nearly 14 months ago to be the Ankeny-based retailer’s CEO and president.

He knew Casey’s was a Fortune 500 …