Your Team

DAN CULHANE, CEcD, CCE
President & Chief Executive Officer

• Organizational leadership and management
• Cultivation of external relationships
• Public Policy programming
• Membership

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BRENDA DRYER
Senior Vice President

• Workforce Solutions programming
• Diversity & Inclusion programming
• Business Retention & Expansion
• Staff Liaison, Iowa State University Research Park Contract
• Staff Liaison, City of Ames

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JOHN HALL
Vice President

• Business development strategies
• Economic development marketing and outreach
• Executive Director, Nevada Economic Development Council

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AMY HOWARD, IOM
Vice President

• Finance and administration
• Invoicing
• Human Relations
• Staff Liaison, The Ames Foundation

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JAN WILLIAMS
Vice President

• Membership development
• Sponsorship programming
• Ames Main Street investment and sponsorship

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GERRY ALT
Business Development Coordinator

• Economic development project support
• Economic development data management

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SARAH DVORSKY
Events Coordinator

• Event coordination and execution
• Chamber Ambassador program
• Ribbon cuttings, Coffee Mingles, and Business After Hours
• Ames Main Street support

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KIM FREY
Membership Coordinator

• Membership support
• Executive Director, Ames Main Street

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MELISSA GILLEN
Client Services Coordinator

• Administrative support
• Front desk operations
• Event registration support

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LOJEAN PETERSEN
Ames Main Street Farmers' Market

• Manages all aspects of the Market

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CALLI SANDAHL
Director, Digital Marketing & Research

• Digital marketing and content development
• Membership database management
• Research & analytics

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NICK SORENSEN
Director, Community & Economic Development Outreach

• Small community economic development
• Liaison, Story County Outreach
• Liaison, Story City Economic Development
• Liaison, City of Huxley
• Economic Development Project Response

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MIKE UPAH
Director, Ames Seed Capital

• Ames Seed Capital manager

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ALLEE WENGERT
Director, Creative Design & Communications

• Marketing strategy
• Graphic design and video production
• Leadership Ames
• K-12 programming, including PILOT and Future Ready Story County

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Campustown Action Association

KARIN CHITTY
Executive Director
www.amescampustown.com
Click here to contact Karin Chitty