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Dhawan elected chair of Central College board of trustees

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Des Moines entrepreneur and business innovator Tej Dhawan has been elected chair of the Central College board of trustees, effective July 1. Dhawan succeeds outgoing chair Lanny Little, who will continue to serve on the board. A 1991 Central graduate, Dhawan was student body president as an undergraduate. He joined the trustees in 2002 after six years of service on the Pella college’s National Advisory Council. Dhawan served as chair of the board’s finance committee from 2009 to 2012 and has served on board committees for student development, executive compensation, investment and trusteeship, as well as the executive committee. Dhawan is currently chief data officer for Principal Financial Group. Little, who has served on Central’s board of trustees for 30 years, had been chair since 2011 and is now chairman emeritus.