West Des Moines Leadership Academy Names Board

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy is pleased to welcome five new members to the 2012-13 board of directors.

Joining the board will be Joe Benesh, architect with RDG Design Group; William "Ted" Brackett, Vice President of Business Development for Neumann Brothers; Jeremy Baumann, Senior Account Executive for Carrier Access; Casey Lehman, Manager of McGowen, Hurst, Clark & Smith, PC; and Stacy Schoop, who will serve as curriculum co-chair for the organization.

All new board members are alumni of the Leadership Academy. The 2012 board of directors will be chaired by Alex Taylor, Assistant Director, Executive MBA Program for the University of Iowa Tippie School of Management.

Rounding out the board are Amy Seidelman, with Iowa Health Home Care; Dave Farnsworth, with McGowen, Hurst, Clark & Smith; J.P. Singh, with eWay Corp.; Erica Andersen, of Capital City Fruit; Aldrich Cabildo, of West Bank; Phil Blumberg, with Mercy Medical Center; Chris Langpaul of LaMarca & Landry; Rose Breuss, with McGowen, Hurst, Clark and Smith; Gus Gustafson with Lutheran Church of Hope; and Vicky Poole, former principal of Valley High School.

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy will begin its fifth year of classes in September. For further information or applications, visit the Leadership website at www.wdmleaders.org.

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy is a division of the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce.