The Operation Downtown board consists of 31 directors who represent various geographic areas of downtown and meet the following requirements:

• One Director for every $50 million in taxable value for any property or property group valued at greater than $50 million
• One Director for any property or property group valued at greater than $15 million, but $50 million or less
• Four Directors representing property valued at greater than $5 million, but $15 million or less
• Four Directors representing property valued at $5 million or less
• One Director representing leasehold tenants of property of at least 25,000 square feet
• Two Directors representing leasehold tenants of property of less than 25,000 square feet
• One Ward Councilperson or other designated City representative (non-voting)
• One City Manager or designated representative (non-voting)
• One representative from Polk County (non-voting)
• Non-profit organization voluntarily donating

Operation Downtown Board of Directors

President, Kent Mauck, Encore Properties
Vice President, Jed Fisk, Principal Financial Group
Secretary, Matt Brown, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Treasurer, Sam Gelb, The Graham Group
Ex-Officio, Randy Minear, Terrus Real Estate Group

Marsha Aldridge, Nationwide Insurance
Matt Anderson, Knapp Properties
Scott Cahill, Principal Financial Group
Krista Capp, Hubbell Realty Company
Harold Capps, EMC Insurance Companies
Jake Christensen, e300
Rick Clark, City of Des Moines
Joe Corfits, Iowa Health System
Joe Farr, Rosemont Realty
Richard Gaede, Renaissance Savery Hotel
Marcia Grant, Draper and Kramer of Iowa, Inc
Jerry Hadenfeldt, Meredith Corporation
Gary Haverkamp, NAI Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial Company
Christine Hensley, Des Moines City Council
David Jones, Polk County
Roy Kunkle, Nationwide Insurance
Jon Kurth, Wells Fargo and Company
Joe LeValley, Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines
Phillip Parrott, Durrant Group
Ron Romig, Ruan Center Corporation
Paul Rottenberg, Orchestrate Management
Chris Sackett, BrownWinick Attorneys at Law
Chris Terhark, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Operation Downtown Management Team

Glenn Lyons, CEO
glyons@downtowndesmoines.com
515-286-4932

Amy Lego, Manager
alego@downtowndesmoines.com
515-286-4962

Scot Blanchard, Operations Manager
sblanchard@downtowndesmoines.com
515-282-0378

Pam Kulik, Neighborhood Development Officer
pkulik@downtowndesmoines.com
515-286-4938

Amy Baker, Director of Public Relations
abaker@downtowndesmoines.com
515-286-4919

Carmella Heckard, Senior Administrator
checkard@downtowndesmoines.com
515-286-4943