Our Team

Doug Neumann serves as the Executive Director of the Economic Alliance, and he previously served as its executive vice president. Prior to creation of the Economic Alliance in 2012, Doug had been president & CEO of the Cedar Rapids Downtown District. His work in the Cedar Rapids area began nearly 30 years ago as a newspaper reporter and editor. He also has served in public policy and communication roles with the City of Cedar Rapids and the former Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.

Doug is the current chair of the statewide Iowa Chamber Alliance, and also serves on the board of directors at Brucemore and the Linn County Housing Fund. 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 graduated with a degree in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Doug and his wife, Jen have two daughters Anna, a student at Washington High School, and Grace, a student at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

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

Services

	Jamie Toledo, services manager jtoledo@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1422
	Jody Josten, business relations specialist jjosten@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
	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
	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

Strategic Partnerships - Iowa BIG

	Laura Seyfer, Iowa Big strategic partnership specialist lseyfer@iowabig.org
	Amanda Zhorne, Iowa Big strategic partnership specialist azhorne@iowabig.org 319.491.1797