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.
Amber Dakan – DART
Rebecca Foster – Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency
Steve Havemann - St Vincent de Paul
Rusty Johnson – Community Advocate
Amber Lewis – City of Des Moines
Emma Cruthirds - Des Moines Police Department
Luke Lynch, Secretary - United Way of Central Iowa
Jennifer Miner – VA Central Iowa
Tony Montgomery, Treasurer – Federal Loan Home Bank of Des Moines
Stephaney Moody - Faith Community, DMPD Chaplain
Dannie Patrick-Valentin– Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Taylor E. Petersen – EMC Insurance
Wanda Price - Community Advocate
Shelby Ridley – Primary Health Care
Alyson Simmons – Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center
Annie Uetz, Chair – Polk County Behavioral Health and Disability Services
David Weidt – Polk County Conservation
Margaret Acosta Weirich, Vice-Chair – Iowa Legal Aid
Hannah Wieland - Unity Point Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Lyn Wilson – Des Moines Public Schools
Ehren Stover-Wright – Institute for Community Alliances