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------ Forwarded Message
> From: Governor Tom Vilsack <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FW: Governor Vilsack Appoints Iowa Values Fund Board
>
> For immediate release
> For more information:
> Monday, June 30, 2003    Amanda Crumley or Matt Paul 515-281-0173
>
> Governor Vilsack Appoints Iowa Values Fund Board
>
> IOWANS SELECTED TO TRANSFORM IOWA'S ECONOMY AS MEMBERS OF FUND'S POLICY,
> ADMINISTRATIVE AND FUNDING COMMITTEE.
> WEST DES MOINES, IOWA - Governor Thomas J. Vilsack today announced ten of
> the eleven-member Iowa Values Fund Board during a visit to Wells Fargo Home
> Mortgage in West Des Moines.  Governor Vilsack was at the company to thank
> Wells Fargo for their investment in Iowa and to encourage future growth of
> their operations here.
> "We have begun our effort to transform the Iowa economy-creating for
> all Iowans a more hopeful and promising future," Governor Vilsack said in
> making the appointments.  "This is an extraordinary group of Iowans who have
> a once in a lifetime opportunity to make Iowa a leader in the life sciences
> and to expand our leadership position in financial and information services
> and advanced manufacturing."
> Governor Vilsack called for the Iowa Values Fund during his 2003
> Condition of the State address.  He just returned from the BIO2003 annual
> meeting in Washington where the passage of the Iowa Values Fund received
> tremendous attention.   Its goal is to create 50,000 quality, good-paying
> jobs in the next four years.   The bill creating the Iowa Values Fund
> becomes law tomorrow.   The appointments were announced as quickly as
> possible to allow the state to move on the competitive advantage garnered by
> the $503 million dollar program.
> The board will be comprised of eleven voting members appointed by Governor
> Vilsack and confirmed by the Iowa Senate.  Legislative leaders will appoint
> four non-voting members to the board.  Members of the board will elect their
> own chair.
> The following Iowans have been appointed:
> Mary Chapman, Vice President for Workforce and Community Partnerships, Des
> Moines Area Community College.
> Kathy Alden, CEO Creative Solutions Unlimited, Dougherty.
> Bonnie Barney, Principal, Integrated DNA Technologies, Tiffin.
> Nancy Dunkel, Executive Vice President, Fidelity Bank and Trust, Dyersville.
> Holmes Foster, Business Consultant, Clive.
> Gerald Kirke, Insurance Executive, West Des Moines.
> Craig Lang, President, Iowa Farm Bureau, Brooklyn.
> Marcia Nichols, American Federation State County and Municipal Employees,
> Johnston.
> Henry Royer, Business Consultant and Retired Bank President, Cedar Rapids.
> Toby Shine, Shine Brothers Steel, Milford.
> [###]
>
> <<Iowa Values Fund Board 6-30-03.doc>>
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