Board Members
Homeward's Board of Directors is a diverse, passionate group of individuals united in the work to ensure that one day, everyone in Polk County will have a safe place to call home. Their leadership guides Homeward in creating a coordinated approach to ending homelessness by distributing funding, best practices, data, and training.
Katie Albrecht-Snell – Nationwide
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Brett Burk – RIVA
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Angela Dethlefs-Trettin, Secretary – Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
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Rebecca Foster – Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency
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Reverend Frederick Gaddy – St. Paul AME Church
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Lorna Garcia – Des Moines Police Department
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Dennis Henderson – Broadlawns Medical Center
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Charles Hill – Iowa Civil Rights Commission
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Lori Jensen – Children and Families of Iowa
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Amber Lewis – City of Des Moines
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Jennifer Miner – VA Central Iowa
Tony Montgomery, Treasure – Federal Loan Home Bank of Des Moines
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Tami Nielsen – Food Bank of Iowa
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Jill Padgett – Iowa Department of Human Rights
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Manisha Paudel – City of Des Moines
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Alyson Simmons – Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center
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Nathan Simpson, Vice Chair – Primary Health Care
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Ehren Stover Wright – Institute for Community Alliances
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Annie Uetz, Chair – Polk County Behavioral Health and Disability Services
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Amanda Wanke – DART
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Whitni Warnke – UnityPoint Health
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David Weidt – Polk County Conservation
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Lyn Wilson – Des Moines Public Schools