Steering Committee

Ken Anderson

President, Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce

Chris Bern

President, Iowa State Education Association 

Jay Byers *

Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Public Policy - Greater Des Moines Partnership

Lori Chesser * 

Chair, Immigration Department - Davis Brown Law Firm

Alicia Claypool, Vice-Chairperson *

Chair, Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Marsha Dorhout*

Director of Marketing, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland

Juan Garcia

Director, Iowa College Access Network 

Angel Gonzalez

Business Representative - United Food and Commercial Workers, Local #431

Mark Rosenbury, Secretary/Treasurer * 

President, Sustainable Ammonia Fertilizer Enterprises LLC

Julie Sorci

Vice President, Human Resources - Compressor Controls Corporation

Connie Ryan Terrell, Chairperson * 

Executive Director, The Interfaith Alliance of Iowa & Action Fund

Sol Varisco *

Program Coordinator, Migration & Refugee Services - Catholic Charities

Amy Weismann *

Deputy Director, University of Iowa Center for Human Rights

* Executive Committee Member