05-17-04

IOWA SBDC ADDS NEW MEMBERS TO STATE ADVISORY BOARD

AMES, Iowa -- The Iowa Small Business Development Center, an outreach arm of Iowa State University's College ofBusiness, has added three members to its State Advisory Board. The advisory board represents all regions of the stateand many of the partners and associations that represent Iowa's businesses and industries.

New board members are: Curtis V. Cloke, CLTC, LUTCF broker/agent, CVC Insurance and Financial Service, Burlington; MikeCoon, chief operating officer, Iowa Thin Film Technologies, Inc., Boone; and Denise Essman, president and CEO,Essman/Companies, Des Moines.

Board members continuing terms are: Marion Burns, economic development consultant, MidAmerican Energy Co., Carroll;Beth Danowsky, director, Iowa Rural Development Council, Des Moines; Sen. Bill Dotzler, Waterloo; Hank Evans, presidentand owner, A. F. Johnson Millwork Co., West Des Moines; Rand Fisher, president, Iowa Area Development Group, West DesMoines; Carolyn Frakes, owner, Enchanted Forest Books and Coffee, Forest City; Tom Harbison, lead economic developmentspecialist, U. S. Small Business Administration, Des Moines; Tony Hendrickson, associate dean, College of Business,Iowa State University, Ames; board chair Ben Hildebrandt, vice president for marketing, public affairs and memberservices, Iowa Bankers Association, Johnston; Rep. Clarence Hoffman, Charter Oak; John Langin, acting districtdirector, U. S. Small Business Administration, Des Moines; Marlyn Larson, senior manager, Clifton Gunderson LLP, WestDes Moines; Tom Latimer, owner, ASI -- Modulex Iowa, Grinnell; Mary Lawyer, deputy director, Iowa Department ofEconomic Development, Des Moines; Gene Mealhow, owner, K and K Popcorn Company, Shellsburg; Doug Metz, president andowner, Metz Manufacturing, Inc., Emmetsburg; Paul Norris, state liaison, Service Corps of Retired Executives, DesMoines; board vice chair Vaness Oden, owner, Vaness Oden Communication Services, Exline; Steve Padgitt, director,Extension to Communities, Iowa State University, Ames; Jan Powers, owner, The Powers of Communication, Dubuque; DaveRoederer, managing partner, StrataVizion Consulting Group, Inc., Des Moines; Jerry Shoff, president, Shoff ConsultingEngineers, LC, Cedar Falls; Larry Sporrer, executive vice president, Templeton Savings Bank, Templeton; Rep. DougStruyk, Council Bluffs; Sunder Subbaroyan, chairman, Doerfer Companies, Cedar Falls; Bob Sullivan, retired businessman,Dubuque; John Taets, president, Northwest Federal Bank, Fort Dodge; Scott Tunnicliff, executive director, BettendorfChamber of Commerce, Bettendorf; Miriam Ubben, president, Software and Information Technology of Iowa, Clive; ThereseWielage, vice president, Spindustry Systems, Inc., Des Moines; Connie Wimer, president and publisher, Des MoinesBusiness Record, Des Moines.

The Small Business Development Center, through its network of 14 regional service centers, has been helping start andgrow Iowa businesses since 1981. It also serves as a link among government, academic institutions and the businesscommunity. For more information, call (515) 294-2030 or visithttp://www.iabusnet.org/.

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