Past Luncheon and Reception Participants

Spring 2017

• Kate Gainer, Executive Vice President/CEO of the Iowa Pharmacy Association
• Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Tom Ahart
• Izaah Knox, Urban Dreams assistant executive director
• Mary Kramer, former Iowa State Senator and former U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean

Fall 2016

• Dennis Groenenboom, executive director of Iowa Legal Aid
• Jeff Kaufmann, chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, AND Andy McGuire, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party
• Senator Joni Ernst
• Michael Gartner, former president of NBC News and owner of the Iowa Cubs

Spring 2016

• Businessman and philanthropist Bill Knapp
• Mike Draper, creator of RAYGUN
• Richard Deming, oncologist and founder of Above and Beyond Cancer
• Iowa Senator Pam Jochum
• Tom Brokaw, TV journalist

Fall 2015

• Congressman David Young (R-IA 03)
• Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate

Spring 2015

• Roxanne Conlin, lawyer and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
• Senator Charles Grassley
• Colonel Bob King
• Amalie Nash, Des Moines Register executive editor and vice president for news and engagement
• David Oman, Republican strategist
• Ruth Harkin, businesswoman, former counsel for the USDA, former member of the Iowa Board of Regents, and wife of Sen. Tom Harkin