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Junior Achievement of the Heartland Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Name	Title	Company	Company Position
Jim Russell	Chairperson	Russell Construction Company	President
Roger Behrens	Vice Chair - Communities	HNI / AllSteel	Retired
Peter Benson	Vice Chair - Elect	Lane & Waterman	Attorney
Jim Collins	Secretary	Deere & Company	Director Community Relations
Chad Everitt	Treasurer	Deloitte & Touche LLP	Director
Rick John	Vice Chair - At Large	The Sedona Group	President
Ken Koupal	Chair 2004-2005	U.S Bank, N.A.	Regional President
William Leaver	Vice Chair – At Large	Trinity Regional Health System	President/CEO
Rich Litt	Chair 2006-2007	Genesis Systems Group, LLC	Chairman of the Board
Rick Loy	Vice Chair - Evaluations	Rock Island / Milan School District	Superintendent
Jeff Manor	Vice Chair - At Large	Kraft Foods, Inc. / Oscar Mayer Corporation	Plant Manager
Terry Ousley	Co-Vice Chair - Fund Drive	MidAmerican Energy Company	Vice President - Customer Satisfaction
John Riches	Vice Chair - PR / Communications	Alcoa Mill Products	Communications Manager
Jennifer Rowe	Vice Chair - At Large	Serv-A-Lite Products, Inc.	Sr. Executive Vice President
Barry Schaffter	Vice Chair - Individual Fund Drive	Construction & Forestry Division Deere & Company	Senior Vice President, Engineering & Manufacturing Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division
Steve Sorensen	Vice Chair - Strategic Planning	RSM McGladrey, Inc.	Managing Director, Strategy
Jim Spelhaug	Vice Chair- Education	Pleasant Valley Community School District	Superintendent
Jeff Stoltze	Vice Chair - People	Trinity Regional Health System	Corporate Vice President of Human Resources
Tom Thoms	Chair 2005-2006	Genesis Systems Group, LLC	President & CEO
Bob Travis	Co-Vice Chair - Fund Drive	Genesis Health System	Vice President Strategic Development
Jim Victor	Vice Chair - Endowment	Smith Barney	Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Bob Woodward III	Vice Chair - Communities	Vernon Research Group	Business Development Manager
William Zinkewich	Vice Chair-Communities	IPSCO Steel Inc.	Vice President, Director of Human Resources & Community Relations

Board of Directors

Name	Company	Company Position
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Julio Almanza	Davenport Community School District	Superintendent
Larry Brandt	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Vice President Commerical Division Manager
Marc Brandt	The Brandt Company	President
Thomas Bush	McCarthy Bush Development	Vice President
Andrew Butler	Butler Insurance Service, Inc.	President
Darcy Callas	Modern Woodmen of America	General Counsel
Frank Clark	Nestle Purina PetCare Company	Plant Manager/CEO
Derek Cockrell	General Manager	Salzman International, Inc.
Scott Dalsing	Premier Bank	Vice President
Dale Dollenbacher	American Bank & Trust Company	Executive Vice President & CFO
Tim Dose	North Scott Community School District	Superintendent
Brock Earnhardt	Iowa American Water Company	Vice President and General Manager
Mark Evers	A.D. Huesing	Vice President of Operations
Barry Green	East Moline School District	Superintendent
Alan Hallene, Jr.	Adjunct Professor	University of Illinois
Rosemary Huisingh	LinguiSystems, Inc.	Co-Owner
Mo Hyder	Isle of Capri	Vice President/General Manager
Sarah Johnson	Augustana College	General Counsel
Kevin Krause	Seventh Inning Stretch, LC	President
John Kuhl	Stanley, Lande & Hunter	Attorney
Carter LeBeau	Kartridg Pak	Retired
Cal Lee	Moline School District	Superintendent
Marty Lucas	Bettendorf Community School District	Superindendent
Bob Marriott	Group O, Inc.	Chief Financial Officer
Glenn Medhus	Deere & Company	Retired
Jim Nepple	Nepple Law Offices, P.L.C	Attorney
Dan Palmer	Tri-City Electric Company	President
Vic Quinn	Quad City Bank & Trust Company	Sr.Vice President and Cashier
Todd Raufeisen	Raufeisen Development Company	President
Thomas Robinson	Southeast National Bank	President and CEO
Caroline Ruhl	Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors, Inc.	President
Tom Schuetz	Group Services, Inc.	Co-President
Bonnie Sparks-Gray	Mel Foster	President, Real Estate
Cynthia Tidwell	Royal Neighbors of America	President/CEO
Jim Watson	Hanson Watson Associates Advertising	President
Cathy Whiteside	QCR Holdings, Inc.	Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Branding

Advisory Board

Name	Company	Company Position
Michael Bauer	QCR Holdings, Inc.	President
Vinje Dahl	Dahl Ford of Davenport, Inc.	Vice President/General Manager
William Green	Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric	Retired
Hunt Harris	Isabel Bloom, LLC	President
John Lawson	Deere & Company	Retired
Don Massey	American Bank	Trust Officer