The 2025 Board of Directors
-
Kim Stewart
Owner/Consultant/Coach of
Athena Coaching & Consulting
AFP-CI Chapter Administrator -
Kourtney Kirkpatrick
Director of Advancement
at Anawim Housing
AFP-CI Chapter President -
Ronnie Wells, M.S.
Annual Fund Manager
at Des Moines Performing Arts
AFP-CI President-Elect -
Andrea Wright
Director of Fund Development
at Iowa Center for Children's Justice
Immediate Past President -
Anna Cramer, MBA
Development Director
at Hoyt Sherman Place
AFP-CI Chapter Treasurer &
AFP-CI National Philanthropy Day Co-Chair -
Carl Evans
Grant & Storytelling Manager
at DMARC
AFP-CI Chapter Secretary -
Dellen Burk-Flores
Development Manager
at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Des Moines
AFP-CI Marketing & Communications Chair; AFP Global MAC Committee -
Nicole Schleif Sinn
Development Manager
at Primary Health Care
AFP-CI Membership Chair -
Natalie Brecht
Director of Revenue
at Make-A-Wish Iowa
AFP-CI Programming Co-Chair -
Nick Miller
Senior Business Development Analyst
at Huron (Advancement Resources)
AFP-CI Programming Co-Chair -
Colleen Rogers Messenger
Associate Director of Fundraising
at Kids Operating Room
AFP-CI At-Large Director -
Julia Mason
Vice President of Philanthropy at
YMCA of Greater Des Moines
AFP-CI At-Large Director -
Jenny Harmeyer
Director of Development
at Children's Cancer Connection
AFP-CI National Philanthropy Day Co-Chair
Past Board Presidents
2025 = Kourtney Kirkpatrick
2024 = Andrea Wright
2023 = Colleen Rogers Messenger
2022 = Colleen Rogers Messenger
2021 = Tyler Timko
2020 = Tyler Timko
2019 = Kristin Huinker
2018 = Kristin Huinker
2017 = Angela Hilbert
2016 = Angela Hilbert
2015 = Jessica Thornton
2014 = Breck Danner
2013 = Breck Danner
2012 = Caleb Hegna
2011 = Caleb Hegna
2010 = Lisa Stephany
2009 = Lisa Stephany
2008 = Kara Waugh
2007 = Kara Waugh
2006 = Jane Flanagan
2005 = Jane Flanagan
2004 = Matt McGarvey
2003 = Matt McGarvey
2002 = Emma Anderson
2001 = Emma Anderson
2000 = Karen Anderson
1999 = Karen Anderson
1998 = Mark Reed
1997 = Mark Reed
1996 = Mary Kelly
1995 = Mary Kelly
1994 = Timothy Acton
1993 = Timothy Acton
1992 = Sally Cartwright
1991 = Ivan Lyddon
1990 = Ivan Lyddon
1989 =
1988 =
1987 = Steven West
1986 =