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

	Jordan Atwater, young professional recruitment specialist jatwater@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1412
	Ellen Bardsley, interim communications manager ebardsley@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1417
	Ron Corbett, business retention & expansion strategist rcorbett@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1411
	Brian Crowe, director of business attraction bcrowe@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1425
	Ellie Evans, event planner eevans@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1400
	Dennis Hotka, maintenance specialist dhotka@cedarrapids.org
	Ashley Huber, receptionist
	Clarissa Koch, design and multimedia specialist ckoch@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1410
	Jessica Komisar, leadership program & administrative specialist jkomisar@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1428
	Mike Lukan, local business project specialist mlukan@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1403
	Melissa McCarville, special projects manager mmccarville@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1415
	Evan McGuire, cleaning ambassador
	Barbra Solberg, public policy strategist bsolberg@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1426
	Tyanna Stephenson, accounting specialist tstephenson@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1408
	Jesse Thoeming, Downtown executive director jthoeming@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1427
	Laura Thomas, research and analytics specialist lthomas@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1406
	Jamie Toledo, regional programs strategist jtoledo@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1422
	Phil Wasta, MedQuarter executive director pwasta@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1407
	Audrey Wheeler, operations manager awheeler@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1401

ICR IOWA

	Jennifer Daly, president & CEO, ICR IOWA jdaly@icriowa.org 309.339.1388

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