Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance's mission is to help create a thriving regional business community through marketing, developing, and sustaining an environment that results in economic improvement in the greater Webster County area. We are your first stop to economic development opportunities, resources and business connections.
Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance and Webster County began in 1972 with the incorporation of the Webster County Industrial Development Commission. Between 1981 and 2003, the organization partnered with the Fort Dodge Area Chamber of Commerce, sharing a director. In 2003, the Board decided the recruitment and retention of value-added employers to Webster County merited a stand-alone organization and became a completely separate entity from the Chamber of Commerce.
With continued public and private support, we will build upon past successes to drive economic development in Webster County.
Below is a list of the Board of Directors for 2010-2011:
Officers:
President: Tim O'Tool - C&S Products
Vice President: John Taets - Northwest Bank
Treasurer: Tim Burns - Decker Truck Line, Inc.
Secretary: Cindy Burke - First American Bank
At Large: Dan Kinney - Iowa Central Community College
At Large: Don Woodruff - Woodruff Construction
Board Members:
Connie Lind Fraher - A1 Home Healthcare
Jim Bocken - Best Western Starlite
Boehringer Ingelheim
Greg Bemrich - Bemrich Electric
Dave Flattery - CS Bank
Tom Chalstrom - First Federal Savings Bank
Kerrie Kuiper - FD Convention and Visitors Bureau
Casey Johnson - Fort Dodge Ford
Cheryl O'Hern - Frontier Communications
Phil Gunderson - Gunderson Funeral Home
Gale McKinney - Heartland Communications
Mike McCarville - Home Builders Association
Jane Humes - Humes Distributing
Todd Narber - Hy-Vee
Neven Mulholland - Johnson Law Firm
Keith Kolacia - Kolacia Construction
Derick Anderson - McClure Engineering
Larry Bushman - Messenger
Dave Ostheimer - Mid American Energy
Cory Busher - Nestle Purina PetCare
Brent Bunte - New Cooperative
Gary Eischeid - Poet
Jim Rodenborn - Rodenborn, Jim
Bruce Shimkat - Shimkat Motors
Sue Thompson - Trinity Regional Medical Center
Duane Amhof - Wells Fargo
Denny Crimmins - White Transfer
Community Representatives
Matt Johnson - Chamber of Commerce
Russ Ruhland - Chamber of Commerce
Matt Bemrich - City of Fort Dodge
Bob Singer - Webster County
Keith Dencklau - Webster County
Ex Officio
Amy Bruno - Chamber Director
David Fierke- City of Fort Dodge
Dennis Plautz - City of Fort Dodge/Growth Alliance
Susan Ahlers Leman - Community Foundation
Randy Kuhlman - Community Foundation Director
Vance Bauer - Webster County
