Tippie Magazine (Summer 2021) - Tippie College of Business

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PRIDE
2020s
2010s
Dylan DeClerck (MBA20)
was named “Forty Under
40” by the Des Moines Business
Record. DeClerck is
the co-founder of Can Play,
a nonprofit with a mission
to supplement the cost of
playing sports and adapting
play to the skill level
of every participant.
Daniel Fitzgerald (MBA20)
is chief engineer at Northrop
Grumman. He was also
accepted into Johns Hopkins
University for his third master’s
degree—a Master of Science in
Space Systems Engineering.
Erika Klabunde (BBA20)
started her career as an FSO
technology risk consultant at
EY in Des Moines, Iowa.
JaNaye Norman (MBA20)
is senior human resources
manager at Hawke Media in
Cane Ridge, Tenn.
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Daniel G. Brown (BBA13)
joined Ruffalo Noel Levitz in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as vice
president of finance and controller.
Brown was previously
at RSM as an audit manager.
Tim Clarkson (BBA18)
appeared on the television
program “90 Day Fiancé.”
John Corbeil (BBA10) is the
chief executive officer for HCA
Houston Healthcare Kingwood.
Dylan Diewold (BBA15)
participated in The Mars
Society’s annual Mars City
State Design Competition.
He was on a team of space
enthusiasts that represented
the nonprofit New Space Chicago.
The competition asks
for proposals for a one-million-person
society on Mars
that is technically functional
and fiscally attainable.
Michael B. Edmond (MBA19)
is chief medical officer at
West Virginia University Medicine
in Morgantown, W.Va. He
was previously chief quality
officer at University of Iowa
Health Care.
Michelle Gall (BBA11)
returned to the U.S. after two
years of working in Amsterdam
for Booking.com building
their risk and compliance management.
department from
10 to 40 people.
Rita Guzmán (BBA18) is an
enrollment advisor with All
Campus, a Chicago-based
education management
organization. In her new role,
Guzmán assists prospective
students interested in online
graduate programs.
Eric Heininger (MBA19)
was named “Forty Under
40” by the Des Moines Business
Record. Heininger is a
managing director at Eden+
Fundraising in the Des Moines,
Iowa, area.
Jessica Hendricks (MBA16)
has been promoted to vice
president of agency development
at EMC Insurance
Companies in Des Moines,
Iowa. Hendricks has been with
EMC for 13 years.
Aimee Huffman (BBA11)
has left the corporate world
to pursue a career as a
holistic performance coach.
Huffman was on the Hawkeye
varsity volleyball team
while an undergraduate business
student.
Katherine M. Knight
(BBA13) is a talent development
coach with Howard
Brown Health in Chicago, Ill.
Gabriella Koren (BBA19) is
a total rewards analyst with
Belden Inc. in St. Louis, Mo.
QUOTABLES
Matthew T. Little
(BBA19) is now video
coordinator for Arizona
State University Athletics,
where he creates
content for the team’s
social media platforms.
Previously, Little was an
associate producer with
NASCAR Driver & Team
Marketing in Charlotte,
N.C.
“It has long
been a goal
of mine to help
build a major
Division 1
program’s
brand, and my
time at Iowa
has helped
me make it a
reality.”
Matthew Obinna Nwaneri
(MBA19) has been appointed
president of the Iowa
Oncology Society. He is the
medical director and practicing
medical oncologist and
hematologist at the June E.
Nylen Cancer Center in Sioux
City, Iowa.
Natalie Pacini (BBA16)
was promoted to client support
lead at One North Interactive, a
digital agency within TEKsystems
in Chicago, Ill.
Kyle S. Schroeder (BBA14)
is now director of the office
of the co-managing partners
at Forum Financial
Management in Chicago, Ill.
Schroeder and his wife Amy
Schroeder (BS14), moved
to Wheaton, Ill., after living in
downtown Chicago for five
years and welcomed their
first child, Cayden Daniel
Schroeder, on October 23,
2020.
Spencer Sorrell (MBA17)
is now vice president of strategy
and business intelligence
with Bank of America in Charlotte,
N.C.
Lisa Steffen (MBA14)
was named 2020 Business
Leader of the Year by Space
Coast Business magazine.
Steffen is general manager of
Communications, Navigation
& Surveillance Programs and
the Melbourne, Fla., site leader
with Collins Aerospace.
Brandon Svac (BBA16)
was promoted to associate
at Pretium Partners in New
York City.
Austin Weaver (MBA19)
accepted an in-house position
as a staff attorney with
Anvil Group in its U.S. office in
Tampa, Fla.
Jeralyn Westercamp
(BBA14/MBA20) was
selected to participate in
Leadership Iowa, the state’s
premier issues-awareness
program promoting leadership
and civic responsibility.
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