Iowa Communications Alliance Congratulates 2024-2025 Leadership Academy Graduates

During its Annual Meeting & Expo held in Des Moines March 24-26, 2025, the Iowa Communications Alliance (ICA) recognized 12 members for successfully completing the ICA Leadership Academy.  The 2024-2025 Leadership Academy graduates include:

• Steven Bailey, OmniTel Communications
• Brenda Bowman, Barnes City Cooperative Telephone
• Sara English, Kalona Cooperative Technology Company
• Luke Haverstick, Calix
• Danielle Hutchinson, Aureon
• Vernon Johnson, CL Tel
• Ethan Kleitsch, RTC Communications
• Weston Lucht, Minburn Communications
• Corinne Schares, Oran Mutual Telephone Company
• Ashley Throne, Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association
• Michelle Turnbull, IAMO Communications
• Mike Vander Stelt, Premier Communications

These individuals were selected through a competitive application process to participate in the ICA Leadership Academy.  The program is designed for those who desire to further their personal leadership skills and prepare themselves to take the next step into a leadership role with their company or the Iowa Communications Alliance.  Through the Leadership Academy, participants meet several times between October and March and participate in workshops, networking events, and community service opportunities. Topics covered through the Leadership Academy include personality profiles, communication, building successful teams, public speaking, strategic thinking, and economic development.  Participants are also introduced to leadership opportunities within the ICA by sitting in on committee and board of directors’ meetings.

The Iowa Communications Alliance congratulates each of these individuals for their commitment to professional and personal leadership development.

To learn more about the ICA Leadership Academy visit www.IaCommunicationsAll.org

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The Iowa Communications Alliance is the nation’s largest state-based association of community-based broadband providers.  Its 250+ members provide and enable high-quality, state-of-the-art communications services to Iowans, leading the state to be among the nation’s leaders in fiber-optic deployment.

ICA firmly believes that broadband communications is the tool and industry capable of growing and transforming Iowa. Our association is the advocate, catalyst, educator, and resource for Iowa’s community-based broadband providers. We exist to ensure that our members play a crucial role in shaping a connected, empowered, and prosperous future for all residents of Iowa.

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Dave Duncan, CEO
(515) 868-0335
dduncan@iacommunicationsall.com