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.
Dr. Ahmed Agyeman- Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families
Katie Albrecht-Snell- Nationwide
Brett Burk- EMBARC
Lisa Crabbs- City of Des Moines
Angela Dethlefs-Trettin, Secretary- Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Rebecca Foster- Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency
Reverend Frederick Gaddy- St. Paul AME Church
Lorna Garcia- Des Moines Police Department
Jenny Goulden- Des Moines Public Library
Charles Hill- Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Lyn Marchant- Des Moines Public Schools
Renée Miller- United Way of Central Iowa
Jennifer Miner- VA Central Iowa
Tony Montgomery- HOME, Inc.
Tami Nielsen- Food Bank of Iowa
Jill Padgett, Chair- Iowa Department of Human Rights
Manisha Paudel- Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Commission
Catherine Reaman-Gerdes- Polk County Crisis and Advocacy Services
Nathan Simpson, Treasurer- Primary Health Care
Ehren Stover Wright- Institute for Community Alliances
Annie Uetz, Vice Chair- Polk County Behavioral Health and Disability Services
Amanda Wanke- Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority
Whitni Warnke- UnityPoint Health
Homeward Board of Directors Materials
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022 Special Meeting
September 2022
August 2022