Past Student Events
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
Past Coffee Talk Participants
2016-17
- Tyler Campbell, account executive at LS2group
- State Representative Zach Nunn, Iowa House District 30
- Pat Rynard, Iowa Starting Line founder
- State Senator Amy Sinclair, Iowa Senate District 14
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