ICON Water Trails Board
Local leaders on the ICON Water Trails Board of Directors represent the public and private sectors. They oversee ICON’s operation and maintenance, which includes its budget and project coordination.
Bob Andeweg
Mayor
City of Urbandale
Rona Berinobis*
VP Corporate Social Responsibility & Organizational Development
Athene
Pat Boddy*
Water Resources Engineer
Angela Connolly*
Supervisor
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Chris Costa*
President & CEO
Knapp Properties
Frank Cownie*
Mayor
City of Des Moines
Paula Dierenfeld
Mayor
City of Johnston
Greg Edwards*
President & CEO
Catch Des Moines
Joe Gatto
Councilmember
City of Des Moines
Threase Harms
Councilmember
City of Windsor Heights
Tom Hockensmith
Supervisor
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Nate Hoogeveen
Director of River Programs
Iowa DNR
Co-Chair: Dan Houston*
President & CEO
Principal Financial Group
Hannah Inman*
CEO
Great Outdoors Foundation
Kathryn Kunert*
VP Economic Connections and Integration
MidAmerican Energy
Rich Leopold
Director
Polk County Conservation
Partner City Rep: Jaki Livingston
Councilmember
City of Norwalk
Angela McKenzie
Councilmember
City of Bondurant
Co-Chair: Matt McKinney*
Councilmember
City of West Des Moines
Dean O’Connor
Mayor
City of Altoona
Jeff Rommel*
Senior Vice President – Property & Casualty Sales
Nationwide
Rick Tollakson*
President & CEO
Hubbell Realty Company
Ted Weaver
Council Member
City of Clive
*ICON Executive Committee
Board Meeting Schedules
The Board of Directors meets bi-monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. Upcoming meetings are on:
- April 12, 2022
- June 14, 2022
- August 9, 2022
Please contact Maggie McClelland at maggie@iconwatertrails.com for agenda information. Click here to view previous meeting minutes.
Participating Jurisdictions
ICON is a regional initiative with a dozen participating partners. These municipalities, counties and government entities work together to oversee access points, improvements and amenities.
- Altoona
- Bondurant
- Clive
- Des Moines
- Johnston
- Norwalk
- Polk County
- Polk County Conservation
- Urbandale
- Waukee
- West Des Moines
- Windsor Heights
ICON Investments Selection Committee
This group oversees private funds given to the Downtown Capital Project Fund.
- Todd Ashby Des Moines Area MPO
- Rona Berinobis Athene
- Jay Byers Greater Des Moines Partnership
- Angela Connolly Polk County
- Chris Costa Knapp Properties
- Thad Franklin Assessment Solutions
- Joe Gatto City of Des Moines
- Dan Houston Principal
- Kristi Knous Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
- Sharon Krause Kum & Go
- Kathryn Kunert MidAmerican Energy
- Tom Mahoney ITA Group (Retired)
- Joey Taylor-Moon Hubbell Realty Company
- Gerry Neugent Knapp Properties
- Chair: Jeff Rommel Nationwide
- Julie Stewart Prairie Meadows
- Rick Tollakson Hubbell Realty Company
Campaign Advisory Council
These people make private fundraising possible for ICON Water Trails. They give their time and talent to advance the project and its goals.
- Robert Brownell
- Joyce Chapman
- Steve Chapman
- Jim Cownie
- Jen Cross
- Allison Fleming
- Bill Knapp
- Linda Koehn
- Tom Koehn
- Kyle Krause
- Sharon Krause
- Steve Lacy
- Gene Meyer
- Libby Nelson
- Suku Radia
- Jeff Rommel
- Tiffany Tauscheck
- Fred Weitz
- Connie Wimer
- Steve Zumbach
Founding Consortium Members
ICON began in the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator, with leadership from the following organizations:
