For Impact Leaders 2024 Cohort Announced

Sep. 26, 2023

The Community Foundation is proud to have created For Impact Leaders as an opportunity to develop a community of leaders and colleagues who collaborate, celebrate and support one another in collectively seeking to continue to develop a vibrant, healthy and innovative nonprofit sector. This peer learning cohort for nonprofit staff leaders will take place over the course of nine months, beginning in January 2024.

From a competitive application pool, the following individuals have been selected for the 2024 class of For Impact Leaders:

  • Julie Burtnette - Des Moines Children's Museum
  • Kalyn Cody - Iowa Community Capital
  • Diana Echeverria - Avenue Scholars Des Moines
  • Tracy Gryp - Full Circle Recovery Center
  • Sam Hutchisson - Catholic Charities
  • Kristi Kerner - Mindspring Mental Health Alliance
  • Stanley Kokulo Beyan - Genesis Youth Foundation
  • Dani Magulado - Change Course
  • Julia Mason - YMCA
  • Lela Scott - Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates
  • Scott Sithonnorath - Anawim Housing
  • John Soener - United Way of Central Iowa
  • Alexander Struelens - Salisbury House
  • Jessica Taylor-Fink - Lead DSM
  • Jenna Turner - Orchard Place
  • Christa Vander Leest - Girls on the Run
  • Angie Weis - Ellipsis