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 immediate past 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 and Grace.
Contact Doug at dneumann@cedarrapids.org or by phone at 319.730.1414.
Economic Alliance Team
 | Ron Corbett, vice president of economic development rcorbett@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1411 |
 | Jule Day, communications manager jday@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1417 |
 | Kit Fravel, receptionist kfravel@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1416 |
 | Colin Glandon, maintenance specialist cglandon@cedarrapids.org |
 | Jaeson Kalmoni, part-time maintenance specialist |
 | Clarissa Koch, design and multimedia specialist ckoch@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1410 |
 | Jessica Komisar, leadership program & administrative specialist jkomisar@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1428 |
 | Julie Kraft, contract cmo jkraft@cedarrapids.org 319.573.2010 |
 | Anne Laugen, membership growth specialist alaugen@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1404 |
| Mike Lukan, economic development project manager mlukan@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1403 | |
 | Evan McGuire, maintenance supervisor |
 | Megan Matson, community development specialist, Iowa BIG meganmatson@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1415 |
 | Julie Redmond, accounting specialist jredmond@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1408 |
 | Laura Seyfer, member support specialist lseyfer@cedarrapids.org 319.730.6754 |
 | Barbra Solberg, public policy strategist bsolberg@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1426 |
| Maddix Stovie, event planner mstovie@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1412 | |
 | 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, economic development relationship manager jtoledo@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1422 |
 | Phil Wasta, MedQuarter executive director pwasta@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1407 |
 | Audrey Wheeler, operations director awheeler@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1401 |
 | Nikki Wilcox, communications director nwilcox@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1421 |
 | Caleb Woods, communications specialist cwoods@cedarrapids.org 319.730.1402 |