Our Team
Doug Neumann serves as the Executive Director of the Economic Alliance. Prior to merger of the Chamber, Downtown District and Priority One, Doug was the president & CEO of the Cedar Rapids Downtown District. His work in the Cedar Rapids area began as a newspaper reporter and editor. He also served in public policy and communication roles with the City of Cedar Rapids and the former Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
Among many civic and volunteer activities, he has served on the board of directors of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the Arc of East Central Iowa, the Cedar Rapids Kernels Foundation and the NewBo City Market Board. Doug was also recognized by the Corridor Business Journal’s 40 under 40.
Contact Doug at dneumann@cedarrapids.org or by phone at 319.730.1414.
Economic Alliance Team
Strategists & Directors
 | Ron Corbett, business retention & expansion strategist rcorbett@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1411 |
 | Barbra Solberg, public policy strategist bsolberg@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1426 |
 | Jill Wilkins, events director, NewBoCo jill@newbo.co |
Services
 | Jamie Toledo, services manager jtoledo@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1422 |
 | Jody Guither, business relations specialist jguither@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1404 |
 | Mike Lukan, local business project specialist mlukan@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1403 |
 | Laura Thomas, research and analytics specialist lthomas@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1406 |
Core Districts
 | Jesse Thoeming, Downtown executive director jthoeming@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1427 |
 | Phil Wasta, MedQuarter executive director pwasta@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1407 |
 | Dennis Hotka, maintenance specialist dhotka@cedarrapids.org |
 | Evan McGuire, cleaning ambassador emcguire@cedarrapids.org |
Operations
 | Audrey Wheeler, operations manager awheeler@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1401 |
 | Joan Benda, receptionist jbenda@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1416 |
 | Ashley Huber, receptionist ahuber@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1423 |
 | Jessica Komisar, administrative specialist jkomisar@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1428 |
 | Tyanna Stephenson, accounting specialist tstephenson@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1408 |
Communications
 | Melissa McCarville, communications manager mmccarville@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1415 |
 | Jordan Atwater, leadership & business programs specialist jatwater@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1412 |
 | Ellen Bardsley, communications specialist ebardsley@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1417 |
 | Jenn Draper, events planner jdraper@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1421 |
 | Clarissa Koch, design and multimedia specialist ckoch@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1410 |
ICR IOWA
 | Jennifer Daly, president & CEO, ICR Iowa jdaly@icriowa.org 309.339.1388 |
 | Tom Banta, business attraction strategist ICR Iowa tbanta@icriowa.org 563.506.3280 |
 | Tim Carty, director of talent attraction ICR Iowa tcarty@icriowa.org |
 | Brian Crowe, director of business attraction ICR Iowa bcrowe@icriowa.org 319.730.1425 |
 | Kate Moreland, director of career development ICR Iowa kmoreland@icriowa.org 319.248.6916 |
Strategic Partnerships - Iowa BIG
 | Laura Seyfer, Iowa Big strategic partnership specialist lseyfer@iowabig.com |
 | Amanda Zhorne, Iowa Big strategic partnership specialist azhorne@iowabig.com 319.491.1797 |