FYI. Lyle R. Krewson 6403 Aurora Avenue #3 Des Moines, IA 50322-2862 515/276-8947 515/238-7113 - cel [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ------ 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>> ------ End of Forwarded Message - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp