Debbie and Jerry Ivy, the namesake donors of the college, are lifetime members of the Dean’s Advisory Council.
Jerry Ivy, a 1953 graduate of the college, is president and chief executive officer of Auto-Chlor System. Debbie Ivy is an active member of the company’s executive team. Read more about the couple here.
Carrie Heiden Headshot Cara K. Heiden ’78,
Co-President, Retired
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
First year on DAC: 1994
 Portrait of man in tan suit Ronald D. Banse ‘75
General Director-Financial Review, Retired
Union Pacific Railroad
First year on DAC: 1994
  Kelley A. Bergstrom ‘65
Chairman
Bergstrom Investment Management, LLC
First year on DAC: 1988
Gregory S. Churchill ’80
Executive Vice President, Retired
Rockwell Collins
First year on DAC: 2010
Brenda J. Cushing ’86
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Retired
Athene Holding Ltd.
First year on DAC: 2010
G. Steven Dapper ’69
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Publicis Hawkeye
First Year on DAC: 1987
 Portrait of man in black suit Michael L. Deggendorf ‘84

Vice President of Transmission Asset Strategy and Policy
American Electric Power
First Year on DAC: 2015
Nancy K. Dittmer ’84
Senior Vice President
Newport Group
First Year on DAC: 2010
Curt E. Espeland ’86
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Eastman Chemical Company
First year on DAC: 2011
Gage A. Kent ’83, Chair
Chairman and CEO
Kent Corporation
First year on DAC: 2016
David J. Kingland ’80
Chairman of the Board
Chief Innovation Officer
Kingland Systems Corporations
First year on DAC: 2009
Michael F. McBreen ’88
Partner
nVisory LLC
First year on DAC: 2010
Balan Nair ’89, ‘94 President & CEO
Liberty Latin America
First year on DAC:  2018
  Paula L. Norby ‘78
Vice President
Norby Distributing Co.
First Year on DAC:  2018
Kevin K. Prien ‘84
Regional Managing Director-
RSM US, LLP
First year on DAC: 2017
Ann Madden Rice ‘79
President
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
First year on DAC: 2008
Randal J. Richardson ’79
President
Vi Living
First year on DAC: 2010
  Steven T. Schuler ‘73
Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Retired
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
First year on DAC: 1990
  Beth E. Ford ’86
President & CEO
Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
First year on DAC: 2003
  Michael J. Gerdin
Chairman and CEO
Heartland Express, Inc.
First year on DAC: 2012
  Craig E. Hansen ’80
Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
Holmes Murphy & Associates
First year on DAC: 2010
  Craig J. Hart ’78
Chief Financial Officer
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
First year on DAC: 2016
Daniel J. Houston ’84
Chairman, President and CEO
Principal Financial Group
First year on DAC: 2004
  Richard N. Jurgens ’71
Chairman, President and CEO, Retired
Hy-Vee, Inc.
First year on DAC: 2000
William D. Kalm ’73, ‘77
Partner, Retired
Accenture
First year on DAC:  2017
  Brett A. Smith
Regional Banking President
Wells Fargo Bank
First year on DAC: 2016
 Man in suite, headshot John H. Stafford ’76
Vice President, Global Business Services, Retired
General Mills, Inc.
First year on DAC: 1998
  Mark E. Stoering ’84
President, Northern States Power – Wisconsin
Xcel Energy
First year on DAC: 2010
  Kurt A. Tjaden ’85
President HNI International & Senior Vice President,
HNI Corporation
First year on DAC: 2014
  Mark A. Walker ‘79
Senior Vice President, Retired
C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
First year on DAC: 2009
  Mary B. Yuska, ’78
Clinical Science Associate, Retired
Genzyme Corporation
First year on DAC: 2015