ISS Board Of Directors

The ISS Board of Directors oversees our international programs and maintains the ethical and fiduciary responsibility of our organization to financial supporters, state government and Iowa's citizenry. The Board is led by the Executive Committee, which is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Treasurer and Secretary. This committee meets prior to all Board meetings (and other times as necessary) and acts with the authority of the Board between meetings.

Roger
Nowadzky

President Elect

about Roger

Roger has been involved with ISS since 1996 when he was a member of the first official Iowa delegation to our sister state of Cherkasy, Ukraine. He has been to five of Iowa’s sister state regions. Currently, he also sits on the ISS Board of Directors and has since 2014. Roger is an adjunct member of the Grand View University faculty. In the past, he has served as Legal Counsel for the Iowa Legislature, Deputy Executive Director and Counsel for the Iowa League of Cities, Chairman of the Greater Des Moines Sister Cities Commission, Chairman of the International Committee of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and Corporation Counsel for the City of Des Moines and City Attorney of Marshalltown, Iowa.

Jeff
Kappen

Secretary

about JEFF

Jeff is a founding partner of Bâton Global, a research-driven advisory firm working in the areas of strategy, leadership, and innovation. He consults with private and public sector organizations to support the development and execution of their global strategies, leadership development programs, and market analyses. His sector expertise includes agriculture, education, and energy with a focus on emerging markets, especially in Central Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Prior to transitioning into an advisory role, Jeff held positions in the areas of economic development and international sales and marketing. Concurrent to his leadership role at Bâton Global, Jeff is also an Associate Professor of Management and International Business at Drake University.

Todd
Jacobus

about Todd

Todd has volunteered with ISS for the past few years and recently has stepped up to become the chair of the Kosovo Committee. You can really tell the passion that Todd has for the Iowa- Kosovo relationship that began during his time with the Iowa National Guard. He is always willing to help wherever possible to make the Iowa-Kosovo relationship a success.

Luca
Berrone

about Luca

Luca has been involved with ISS since the very beginning! He assisted in its formation in 1983 and has serve in various capacities since then, and has been on the Board of Directors since 2006. Luca was born and raised in Torino, Italy and built his ties to Iowa as a foreign exchange student at Hoover High School and then as an international student at Iowa State University. Luca is the President of SACMI, USA Ltd., a subsidiary of an Italian manufacturing company.

Grant
Kimberley

about Grant

Grant joined the ISS Board in 2014. He is the Director of Market Development for the Iowa Soybean Association, and has participated in overseas trade missions all around the world. Grant is a sixth-generation family farmer, and in February 2012, he and his family hosted then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping for a highly-publicized farm visit. Grant also met with Xi in Beijing the following month as a part of the Iowa Lt. Governor's trade delegation.

Thomas
Rial

about Thomas

Tom Rial has made community service a priority in his personal life. He has served as President of Iowa Sister States, Chairman of the Iowa Lottery Board Authority, and President of the Wallace House Foundation. In 2002 he was selected to participate in the European Union Visitor’s Program and awarded a 2003 Freeman Fellowship for Young American Leaders by the Asia Foundation. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Northern Iowa, and earned two Master’s Degrees in International Affairs from Marquette University and Political Science with a focus on international political economy from The George Washington University.

Dr. Will
Zhang

about Dr. Will

Will has been volunteering for ISS since 1998. He has also served as Chair of the Iowa-Hebei partnership since 2000. Will is our immediate past president, and has helped coordinate many exchange projects in Hebei and in its neighboring cities Tianjin and Beijing. Will teaches English and global study courses at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC).

Cindy Hicks

about Cindy

Jeff
Kappen

about JEff

Daryl
Beall

about Daryl

Teresa
Parmenter

about Teresa

| Past ISS Boards of Directors

2020

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Rob Denson
Monty Freeman
Grant Kimberley
Roger Nowadzky
Teresa Parmenter
Tom Rial
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2019

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Rob Denson
Monty Freeman
Grant Kimberley
Kyle Munson
Roger Nowadzky
Teresa Parmenter
Tom Rial
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2018

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Rob Denson
Monty Freeman
Grant Kimberley
Albert Liu
Barb Lykins
Kyle Munson
Roger Nowadzky
Teresa Parmenter
Jane Pate
Tom Rial
Terri Smith
Phyllis Van Gilst
Dr. Will Zhang

2017

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Monty Freeman
EJ Giovannetti
Grant Kimberley
Albert Liu
Kyle Munson
Roger Nowadzky
Teresa Parmenter
Jane Pate
Tom Rial
Terri Smith
Phyllis. Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2016

Paolo Bartesaghi
Adrienne Baughman
Luca Berrone
Monty Freeman
EJ Giovannetti
Grant Kimberley
Albert Liu
Kyle Munson
Roger Nowadzky
Teresa Parmenter
Tom Rial
Loretta Sieman
Terri Smith
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2015

2014

2013

Bill Angrick
Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Monty Freeman
Albert Liu
Kyle Munson
Tom Rial
Terri Smith
Will Zhang

2012

Bill Angrick
Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Bill Brock
Sorrel Brown
Penny Dickey
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Beverly Iverson
Christopher James
Steve Judge
John Liepa
Tom Rial
Terri Smith
Will Zhang

2011

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Bill Brock
Sorrel Brown
Penny Dickey
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Beverly Iverson
Christopher James
Steve Judge
John Liepa
Tom Rial
Terri Smith
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2010

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Terri Bonar
Bill Brock
Sorrel Brown
Penny Dickey
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Beverly Iverson
Christopher James
Steve Judge
John Liepa
Tom Rial
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2009

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Terri Bonar
Bill Brock
Sorrel Brown
Penny Dickey
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Beverly Iverson
Christopher James
Steve Judge
John Liepa
Thomas Rial
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2008

Luca Berrone
Terri Bonar
Sorrel Brown
Ken Chouquette
Penny Dickey
Ann Geiger
John Liepa
Charles Safris
Sharon Simmons
Beverly Trost
Frank Trumpy
Phyllis Van Gilst

2007

Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Terri Bonar
Sorrel Brown
Ken Chouquette
Penny Dickey
Bernard Duis
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Janet Heinecke
John Liepa
Thomas Rial
Chuck Safris
Sharon Simmons
Beverly Trost
Frank Trumpy
Phyllis Van Gilst
Jeffery Wilson
Will Zhang

2006

Bill Aossey
Paolo Bartesaghi
Luca Berrone
Terri Bonar
Jeanette Borich
Sorrel Brown
Cyndi Chen
Ken Chouquette
Pat Civitate
Diana Davies
Lori Day
Penny Dickey
Steven Dickinson
Bernard Duis
Monty Freeman
Ann Geiger
Janet Heinecke
John Liepa
Thomas Rial
Chuck Safris
Janet Schadle
Sharon Simmons
Karen Sol
Beverly Trost
Frank Trumpy
Phyllis Van Gilst
Will Zhang

2005

Bill Aossey
Paolo Bartesaghi
Terri Bonar
Jeanette Borich
Sorrel Brown
Cyndi Chen
Ken Chouquette
Pat Civitate
Diana Davies
Lori Day
Penny Dickey
Steven Dickinson
Bernard Duis
Monty Freeman
Marty Gross
Janet Heinicke
Allan Hoffman
John Liepa
Roger Nowadzky
Chuck Safris
Janet Schadle
Sharon Simmons
David Skidmore
Karen Sol
Beverly Trost
Frank Trumpy
Phyllis Van Gilst
Eleanor Verwers
Bob White
Will Zhang

2003

Bill Aossey
Paolo Bartesaghi
Terri Bonar
Sorrel Brown
Davies Diana
Diana Davies
Lori Day
Penny Dickey
Mary Dotson
Monty Freeman
Jeanine Gazzo
Sandy Haines
Janet Heinicke
Allan Hoffman
John Liepa
Doris Montgomery
Roger Nowadzky
Chuck Safris
Janet Schadle
Sharon Simmons
David Skidmore
Beverly Trost
Robert Utter

2000

Dan Brown
Sorrel Brown
Peggy Gaines
Jeanine Gazzo
John Halder
Janet Heinicke
Elizabeth Hoak
Irv Jensen
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Ron Noah
Ron Prescott
Marvin Shawver
Martha Shepard
Kumsan Song
Franklin Trumpy
Robert Utter
Eleanor Verwers
David Vikturek
Wade Wagner
Bob White
Jeffrey WIlson
Will Zhang

1999

Gary Aitchison
Gordon Canfield
Charles Ertzinger
Beverly Everett
Carol Kenealy
Diane Kutzko
Deborah LaKamp
Richard Landis
Helen Lee
Doug Lewis
Lowell Lines
Mary Linney
Ken Miller
Sue Mullins
Sachiko Murphy
Patricia Rourke
Kumsan Song
Yoshiko Swift
Kathryn Thompson
Jeanne Trachta
Franklin Trumpy
Dhirendra Vajpeyi
Dick Vohns
Jeff Walters
GlennYtzen
EleanorZeff

1997

Nocolas Abou-Asaly
Gary Aitchison
Christine Anders
Linda Becker
Sorrel Brown
Gordon Canfield
Anne Christensen
Dorcas Dorow
Mike Doyle
Sandy Haines
Janet Heinicke
Cinda Holst
Harold Hommes
Kenneth Miller
Ron Noah
Steve Poole
Sarah Richardson
Jim Riordan
Mary Sula Linney
Eric Woolson
Glenn Ytzen

1996

1995

Jeff Johnson
Diane Kutzko
Robert Leestamper
Sue Mullins
Julie Murphy
Jean Negley
Brian Tingleff
Richard Vohs
Jo Wetherell
Eleanor Zeff

1994

Gary Aitchison
Eric Busch
Michael Doyle
Beverly Everett
Steve Ferguson
Janet Heinicke
William Jackson
Doris Montgomery
Sue Mullins
Mary Beth Schroeder-Fracek
Kit Spangler
Mary Sula Linney
Brian Tingleff
Richard Vohs
Jeffrey Walters
John Wetherell

1993

Gary Aitchison
David Archie
Carol Brown
Eric Busch
Dale Cochran
Michael Doyle
Betty Emrich
Beverly Everett
Barbara Gitenstein
Mary Louse Hattery
Ron Hintz
William Jackson
Robert Leestamper
Karen Molgaard
Julie Murphy
Jean Negley
Gary Owens
Mary Beth Schroeder-Fracek
Mary Sula Linney
Bob Utter
Richard Vohs
Keith Whigham
Amy Worthen
Glenn Ytzen

1991

George Hegarty
John Lewis
Gary Lipshutz
Mary Jean Montgomery
Sue Mullins
David Oman
Farnsley Peters
Brian Tingleff
Bob Utter
Kathleen Wood

1990

William Brown
George Hegarty
Bill Jackson
Douglas Lewis
Gary Lipshutz
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Tom Miller
Farnsley Peters
Jack Rife
Rudolph Schulz
Tom Swatz
Dick Vohs
Keith Wigham

1988

Pat Boddy
William Brown
George Christensen
Peters Farnsley
George Hegarty
Douglas Lewis
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Rudolph Schult
Richard Vohs

1987

Ken Choquette
Baxter Freese
Pat Hayes
Sarah Lande
John Lewis
Doug Lewis
Dave Oman
John Pervich
Bill Roach
Dave Swanson
Kathy Watts
Jim Wise

1986

Bill Brown
Norman Erbe
Jean Gazzo
Charles Johnson
Sarah Lande
John Lewis
Doug Lewis
Sue Mitschke
Dave Oman
Robert D. Ray
Dave Swanson
Jim Wise