Staff Leadership
Board of Directors
Debra Houghtaling
President and CEO
Lisa Swanson
Site Manager, Country Life Center
Farm Programs Manager
Ann Taylor
Vice-President, Marketing & Development
Katie Porter
Food Programs Manager/Chef at the Wallace House
Hans B. Walsh
Food Programs Manager/Chef at the Country Life Center
Deborah Boyer
Admin. Assistant/Civility Programs Coordinator
Mary Kapler
Mickle Center Shared Use Kitchen Manager
Julia Weisshaar-Mullin
Program Coordinator
Chair: Brian Zachary, Create Creston (2021)
Vice Chair: Jeff Wallace, South Coast Literacy Project (2020)
Secretary: Willard Olesen, Olesen Law Firm (2021)
Treasurer: Christine Halbrook, Bradshaw Law Firm (2021)
Aubrey Alvarez, Eat Greater Des Moines ( 2022)
Jane Hatfield Anchustegui, retired middle school teacher (2020)
Christine Augustine, Canterbury Enterprises (2022)
Rachel Binning, Corteva Agriscience (2022)
Sarah Bunch, Granular Ag (2022)
Deb Copeland, special education teacher (2020)
Nicholas Devereux, Wings Aviation (2020)
Amara Huffine, Susan G. Komen Greater Iowa (2022)
Jay Howe, Olesen Law firm, retired (2020)
Marion James, James Law Office (2021)
Barb Kalbach, Madison Co. Hospital, retired (2021)
Greg Padget, Practical Farmers of Iowa (2022)