Your Team

DAN CULHANE, CEcD, CCE
President & Chief Executive Officer

BRENDA DRYER
Senior Vice President

AMY HOWARD, IOM
Vice President

ERIC SMIDT
Vice President, Marketing & Communications

JAN WILLIAMS
Vice President, Investor Relations

CRYSTAL DAVIS
Executive Director, Ames Main Street & Campustown Programming

SARAH DVORSKY
Director, Research & Economic Development Events

NIKKI FISCHER
Director, Workforce & Diversity

MELISSA GILLEN
Client Services Coordinator

DYLAN KLINE
Director, Business Development

STEVEN LAWRENCE
Director, Marketing

LOJEAN PETERSEN
Ames Main Street Farmers' Market

GREG PIKLAPP
Director, Economic Development Outreach & Government Relations

SHANNON THIELE
Director, Member Retention & Affiliate Programs

MIKE UPAH
Director, Ames Seed Capital

EMORY WIDLOWSKI
Events Coordinator