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

• Business Retention & Expansion
• Staff Liaison, Story City
• Story County Outreach
• Executive Director, Nevada Economic Development Commission

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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 & retention efforts
• Sponsorship programming & revenue generation
• Ames Main Street investment and sponsorship

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SARAH DVORSKY
Director, Events & Ames Main Street Director

• Event coordination and execution
• Ames Main Street coordination
• Staff Liaison, FUEL Story County

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NIKKI FISCHER
Director, Workforce & Diversity

• Story County COVID – 19 Workforce Innovation Project
• Oversee Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion programming
• PK-12 Engagement
• Lead Child Care initiatives

STEELE HARTER
Director, Economic Development Outreach

• Economic Development Research & Data Collection
• Economic Development Project Response
• City of Ames Development Review Committee
• Special Projects

MELISSA GILLEN
Client Services Coordinator

• Administrative support
• Front desk operations
• Event registration support

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STEVEN LAWRENCE
Marketing Coordinator

• Membership data management
• Website coordination
• Digital media analytics
• Content development and execution

LOJEAN PETERSEN
Ames Main Street Farmers' Market

• Manages all aspects of the Market

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MIKE UPAH
Director, Ames Seed Capital

• Ames Seed Capital manager
• Staff Liaison, City of Huxley
• Staff Liaison, Iowa State University Research Park

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ALLEE WENGERT
Director, Marketing & Communications

• Marketing and communications strategy
• Graphic design and video production
• Leadership Ames

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