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April 2018<br />
Iowa<br />
Firsts<br />
25 Things That Came From Iowa First<br />
SPRING HAS SPRUNG<br />
NOW WHAT ARE YOU<br />
GOING TO DO WITH IT<br />
Saving Lives & Saving Pennies<br />
IN THE AROUND THE BLOCK SECTION
2018<br />
April<br />
Table of Contents<br />
2 UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
3 Iowa FIrsts<br />
9 building blocks for success<br />
11 Around the watercooler<br />
13 Ribbon Cuttings<br />
15 member news<br />
www.dubuquechamber.com<br />
Iowa Firsts: ,<br />
Iowa is home to the 8th Wonder<br />
of the World known as the<br />
“Grotto of Redemption.”<br />
3<br />
Find more information<br />
on page 5.
2018<br />
April
Iowa Firsts<br />
Iowa boasts many firsts<br />
including the title of first in the Nation<br />
Iowa boasts many firsts<br />
including the title of First in the<br />
Nation, according to U.S. News.<br />
Iowa has been ranked 1st in<br />
the nation due to its top 10<br />
rankings in health care, opportunity,<br />
education, and quality of<br />
life. As stated by U.S. News, the<br />
rankings' method for 2018<br />
differs from what was used in<br />
the 2017 rankings. In addition<br />
to adding a new category,<br />
quality of life, metric-level data<br />
was updated to better reflect<br />
what is being measured.<br />
Anyone who calls the Hawkeye<br />
state home will proudly claim<br />
that it’s always been number<br />
one in the hearts of those who<br />
live here. Iowa looks to hold<br />
this title of first in the nation<br />
for years to come. Here are 25<br />
“Iowa Firsts” that show Iowa<br />
has been on a path to the top<br />
for a long time.<br />
1 In 1857, The University<br />
of Iowa became the first<br />
state university in the<br />
nation to open its degree<br />
programs to women.
2 In 1869, Iowa became<br />
the first state to allow<br />
women to join the bar,<br />
which led to Iowa having<br />
the first female attorney in<br />
the U.S.: Arabella Mansfield.<br />
3 In 1875, Emma Haddock<br />
of Iowa City became the<br />
first female in the United<br />
States to practice law before<br />
a federal court.<br />
5The shortest, steepest scenic<br />
railway in the world, The Fenelon<br />
Place Elevator, is right here in<br />
Dubuque, built in 1882 for the<br />
private use of local banker and<br />
former state senator J.K. Graves.<br />
Also knows as the Fourth Street<br />
Elevator, it was opened to the<br />
public in 1884, charging 5 cents<br />
per ride. After several fires, the<br />
current railroad was built in 1893<br />
on the footprint of the 1882<br />
incline. It was individually listed in<br />
the National Register of Historic<br />
Places in 1978. The railway is 296<br />
feet in length, elevating passengers<br />
189 feet from Fourth Street to<br />
Fenelon Place.<br />
4 In 1869, Iowan Julia C.<br />
Addington became the first<br />
woman in the United States<br />
to be elected to a public<br />
office. She was elected to<br />
be Mitchell County Superintendent.<br />
6 In 1871, Ada E.<br />
North became the<br />
first woman in the<br />
United States to be<br />
appointed to a statewide<br />
office. She was<br />
appointed as the<br />
Iowa State Librarian.<br />
7 In 1890, John Froelich, of<br />
Giard, Iowa, invented the first<br />
gasoline powered tractor. Later in<br />
1903, the first commercially successful<br />
tractor powered by an<br />
internal combustion engine, the<br />
Hart-Parr tractor, was created in<br />
Charles City, Iowa.<br />
8 The Red Delicious apple was developed in Madison<br />
County, Iowa. Jesse Hiatt was a farmer who discovered an<br />
unusual seedling in his apple orchard in 1872. He carefully<br />
nurtured the tree and found its first fruit to be of a remarkable<br />
flavor. Originally named Hiatt’s “Hawkeye,” the apple was<br />
entered in the Missouri State Fair in 1893. Upon biting into<br />
the apple, one judge proclaimed it “delicious” and that name<br />
stuck. A descendent of the original Delicious apple tree still<br />
stands just north of Peru in Madison County.
9 Henry Wallace was born<br />
in Adair County on October<br />
7, 1888. During the early<br />
1920s, Henry developed a<br />
stronger and better corn<br />
stalk and better type of<br />
corn called hybrid corn.<br />
10 Iowa is home to the<br />
“Eighth Wonder of the<br />
World.” The Grotto of the<br />
Redemption, a religious<br />
monument in West Bend, is<br />
considered to be the<br />
world’s most complete<br />
man-made collection of<br />
minerals, fossils, and shells,<br />
the value of which is estimated<br />
to be more than<br />
$4.3 million. Construction of<br />
the shrine began in 1912 by<br />
Fr. Paul Matthias Dobberstein<br />
after a decade of<br />
collecting materials. He<br />
finished building July 24,<br />
1954 at the age of 82.<br />
11 Jessie Field Shambaugh<br />
of Shenandoah, Iowa, organized<br />
4-H in 1914 and also<br />
designed the original clover<br />
emblem.<br />
13 In 1917, Fort Des<br />
Moines was the first site in<br />
the nation to train the first<br />
officer candidate class of<br />
African Americans.<br />
14 In 1920, a boy came<br />
to Christian Nelson’s candy<br />
store in Onawa, Iowa and he<br />
couldn’t decide whether to<br />
spend his money on ice<br />
cream or a chocolate bar.<br />
After experimenting with<br />
different ways to adhere<br />
melted chocolate to bricks of<br />
ice cream, Nelson began<br />
selling his invention, under<br />
the name "I-Scream Bars". In<br />
1921, he filed for a patent,<br />
and secured an agreement<br />
with local chocolate producer<br />
Russell C. Stover to<br />
mass-produce them under<br />
the new trademarked name<br />
"Eskimo Pie" and to create<br />
the Eskimo Pie Corporation.<br />
12 George Nissen, born in<br />
Blairstown, Iowa, invented the<br />
trampoline in 1934 after graduating<br />
from the University of Iowa.<br />
George thought he could make a<br />
device that trapeze artists could<br />
use to keep bouncing and flipping.<br />
In 1941, he and his former coach<br />
Larry Griswold set up the Griswold-Nissen<br />
Trampoline & Tumbling<br />
Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<br />
15 February 6, 1926, the<br />
first doughnut-making machine<br />
was launched by a<br />
company called Trausch<br />
Bakery in Dubuque, Iowa.<br />
16 Otto Frederick Rohwedder,<br />
a native of Davenport,<br />
Iowa, invented the first sliced<br />
bread machine in 1927.<br />
17 In 1934, the first<br />
mosque built in the United<br />
States was erected in Cedar<br />
Rapids. It is now known as<br />
the Mother Mosque of<br />
America.
18 David Armbruster,<br />
swimming coach at the<br />
University of Iowa, invented<br />
a swimming stroke called<br />
“the butterfly stroke” in<br />
1934. He came up with a<br />
method to bring your arms<br />
forward while doing a<br />
breast stroke.<br />
19 In 1935, after years<br />
of developing hybrid seed<br />
corn, Henry A. Wallace (U.S.<br />
Secretary of Agriculture<br />
from 1933–1940 and Vice<br />
President under Franklin<br />
Roosevelt) founded the<br />
world’s first and largest<br />
hybrid seed company, Pioneer<br />
Hi-Bred Corn Company<br />
in Johnston, Iowa.<br />
20 The first digital computer<br />
(the ABC) was invented<br />
between 1939 and 1942<br />
at Iowa State University by<br />
physics professor John Vincent<br />
Atanasoff and his graduate<br />
student Clifford Berry.<br />
21 Lee de Forest,<br />
born in Council Bluffs,<br />
Iowa, is American inventor<br />
of the Audion vacuum<br />
tube, which made possible<br />
live radio broadcasting<br />
and became the key<br />
component of all radio,<br />
telephone, radar, television,<br />
and computer systems<br />
before the invention<br />
of the transistor in 1947.<br />
He was widely honored<br />
as the “father of radio”<br />
and the “grandfather of<br />
television.”<br />
22 In 1986, Dr. Norman E.<br />
Borlaug, the Father of the<br />
Green Revolution and native<br />
of Cresco, Iowa, founded The<br />
World Food Prize to recognize<br />
individuals who have advanced<br />
human development by<br />
improving the quality, quantity<br />
or availability of food in the<br />
world. He is the first in the<br />
nation to receive the trifecta<br />
of humanitarian awards—Nobel<br />
Peace Prize, Congressional<br />
Gold Medal and Presidential<br />
Medal of Freedom, along with<br />
the National Medal of Science.<br />
23 RAGBRAI is a week-long bike touring event held<br />
every year. Beginning in 1973, it’s the oldest and largest<br />
touring event of its kind. The acronym “RAGBRAI” stands<br />
for Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa and<br />
the 8,500 riders who participate are selected by a<br />
random lottery.
24 In 2008, Astronaut Peggy Whitson of Ringgold County, Iowa, became the first woman<br />
to command the International Space Station and has spent more days in space than any<br />
other woman.<br />
25 In 2014, the first and<br />
only chapter of the Young<br />
Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!)<br />
launched in Dubuque, Iowa.<br />
The YEA! program teaches<br />
middle and high school students<br />
how to start and run<br />
their own real business or<br />
social movement. The students<br />
present their business plans to<br />
a panel of investors and<br />
receive real funding for their<br />
business!<br />
Bonus<br />
Fact<br />
This may not be an Iowa first, but it is pretty cool.<br />
Riverside, Iowa enjoys the unique status of being the<br />
future birthplace of one James Tiberius Kirk, Captain<br />
of the starship USS Enterprise, who will be born on<br />
March 22, 2233. Not only does this city get to bask<br />
in future glory, it also boasts being the home of the<br />
present Trekfest. As Kirk says, “No, I am from Iowa. I<br />
only work in outer space.”
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regional blood center<br />
Who started the company/organization?<br />
MVRBC is a not-for-profit organization that was<br />
established to bring the concept of shared blood<br />
services to life in the Quad Cities region. By uniting<br />
the Rock Island County, Illinois and Scott County,<br />
Iowa blood banks our founders helped the community<br />
work together toward a common goal: a safe,<br />
plentiful supply of blood for patients in local hospitals.<br />
MVRBC was founded in the mid-1970s, a<br />
decade that saw a major shift in blood banking<br />
culture toward tightly controlled, process-oriented<br />
regulations, and away from biologic, hospital-based<br />
control.<br />
How long have you been in business?<br />
Since 1974<br />
Number of employees:<br />
637 total - 15 based in Dubuque<br />
Hours of operations:<br />
Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday: Noon - 6:30 p.m.<br />
Every Other Friday: 7 - 11 a.m.<br />
Every Other Saturday: 7 - 11 a.m.<br />
Sunday (platelet only): 6 - 8:45 a.m.<br />
We will be open every day of the week late spring/<br />
early fall!<br />
What made you choose Dubuque as the location<br />
for your business/organization?<br />
We support the local hospitals in the Dubuque<br />
and surrounding areas for blood supply. It only fit<br />
for us to have a location in Dubuque and now a<br />
mobile unit out of Dubuque.<br />
What does your business/organization do and<br />
what need does this meet in the community?<br />
We supply blood supplies (whole blood, platelets,<br />
plasma) to all the local hospitals in the community.<br />
The supplies we provide are from donations<br />
from donors – at our center in Dubuque or from<br />
groups hosting blood drives.<br />
The need in the community is to continue to help<br />
fill our hospital supplies – as you may never know<br />
when you, family member, or friend may need a<br />
product or more.<br />
Why is it important to your company/organization<br />
to be a Chamber member?<br />
Being a non-profit entity and organization that<br />
depends on donors, many of our drives are<br />
supported by volunteers and community members.<br />
It is important for us to give back what<br />
others are giving to us. Being a chamber member<br />
allows us to be involved and help support the<br />
community as well.
Hours of operation: American Trust has seven<br />
offices in Dubuque, one in Farley, two in Dyersville<br />
and two in Des Moines.<br />
Downtown Main - 895 Main St., Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 8:30–5<br />
Downtown 9th/Locust - 913 Locust Street, Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 8–5:30<br />
West - 280 Kennedy Rd., Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 8:30–5:30, Sat. 9–12:00<br />
Asbury - 4730 Asbury Road<br />
Hours: M–F 8:30–5:30, Sat. 9–12:00<br />
North - Jackson & 32nd St., Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 8:30–5:30<br />
american trust<br />
& Savins bank<br />
Members since 1925<br />
Who started the business/organization?<br />
The history of American Trust & Saving Bank began<br />
more than a century ago when several Dubuque<br />
business people obtained a charter for the<br />
German American Savings Bank. Nicholas J.<br />
Schrup, one of the founding fathers, became the<br />
first president. The bank’s name was changed<br />
during WWI to American Trust & Savings Bank. Of<br />
the seven banks established in Dubuque, American<br />
Trust is one of only two banks to survive the<br />
Great Depression.<br />
How long has your business/organization been<br />
open? Since 1911<br />
Number of employees: 330<br />
South - Key West/Rockdale Rd., Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 8:30–5:30<br />
Inside Hartig Drug Store - 1600 University Ave., Dubuque<br />
Hours: M–F 9–5:30, Sat 9–12:00<br />
For hours for other locations please visit that location on the<br />
web.<br />
What does your company do and what need does<br />
this meet in the community?<br />
American Trust is a family owned community bank<br />
that believes in the future, because for over one<br />
hundred years our company has invested our lives<br />
and resources in the communities we serve. American<br />
Trust believes in giving back to help move our<br />
communities forward.<br />
Why is it important to your company to be Chamber<br />
members?<br />
The Chamber promotes the economic growth of our<br />
community through the support of local businesses.<br />
Since 1925, the Chamber has been the voice of area<br />
businesses. American Trust has been a member<br />
since its inception. We are proud of the Chamber’s<br />
contributions to our community growth and advocacy<br />
of area businesses.
“It looks like Spring has finally Sprung! What are you looking forward to doing most in<br />
this warm Dubuque weather?”<br />
Dr. Rob Ricketts<br />
Ricketts Clinic of Chiropractic<br />
"Working in my yard and garden!"<br />
Genevieve Twining<br />
Telegraph Herald<br />
“I'm definitely looking forward to spending more time hiking in the sunshine. As s<br />
ground dries, I'll be at the Mines of Spain!”<br />
Michael Fullen<br />
Hodge Company<br />
“I’m most looking forward to getting our little man outside for his first summer. H<br />
on bike rides with his Dad and lay poolside with Mom.”
SPRING<br />
TIME<br />
oon as the<br />
e’s itching to go<br />
Amy Wright<br />
Mercy Medical Center<br />
“Opening the windows in my new house-it was cold when we moved<br />
in last October, so opening them and smelling spring is top on my list<br />
(and getting the kids outside )”
Natural Touch Massage<br />
3338 Center Grove Drive #210 Dubuque, IA 52003<br />
563.581.1319<br />
www.naturaltouchmassagedbq.com<br />
Congratulations on the<br />
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony<br />
celebrating Natural Touch<br />
Massage. Natural Touch<br />
Massage is located in a<br />
peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. Upon entering their building,<br />
you will immediately feel relaxed and at ease. At Natural Touch<br />
Massage, they promise you will receive one of the best massages in the<br />
industry no matter what therapy you choose. Their focus is on you, your<br />
level of comfort and your needs.<br />
Safeguard Business Solutions<br />
2017 N Main St Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
563.582.4589<br />
www.iowasafeguard.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon<br />
Cutting celebrating Safeguard<br />
Business Solutions! It's all about<br />
you. Count on your local Safeguard<br />
consultant for products, services<br />
and advice that make managing and marketing your business easier<br />
and more effective. Click. Call. Converse. Your consultant can help with<br />
everything from checks and forms to online marketing and full-color<br />
printing. Browse online, then get in touch for ideas or to purchase. This<br />
personal service is free to you.<br />
March of Dimes<br />
200 Mercy Dr, Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
563.583.3755<br />
www.marchofdimes.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating March of<br />
Dimes. March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization that leads the fight<br />
for the health of all moms and babies through education, advocacy, and<br />
research.<br />
Phoenix Theatres Kennedy Mall<br />
555 John F. Kennedy Road #105 Dubuque, IA 52002<br />
563.556.0077<br />
www.phoenixmovies.net/loc_kennedymall<br />
Congratulations on the<br />
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony<br />
celebrating Phoenix<br />
Theaters Kennedy Mall.<br />
The Grand Opening of<br />
Phoenix Theatres Kennedy Mall was April 6 and when area residents<br />
return, they will experience significant upgrades in all areas of the<br />
theatre including new Christie Digital Projectors, Dolby Digital 7.1 &<br />
Trinnov Sound Systems and 100% reclining heated seats from VIP<br />
Cinema Seating.
Dream Center<br />
1600 White St Dubuque IA<br />
563.845.7591<br />
www.dubuquedreamcenter.com/<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting<br />
ceremony celebrating Dream Center! Dream<br />
Center programs will focus on values, equal<br />
participation, and fun. Dream Center staff and volunteers are driven and trained to<br />
provide youth and families a caring and welcoming experience. By providing these<br />
high-quality programs and making them accessible and affordable for low-income<br />
families, the Dream Center envisions impacting lives that will not only lead to a safer<br />
community, but a sense of community.<br />
Light Burst Photography<br />
472 W 16th St, Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
563.845.7080<br />
www.lightburstphotography.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony celebrating Light Burst<br />
Photography. Light Burst Photography is a media production company<br />
specializing in both video production and photography.<br />
Statera<br />
3375 Lake Ridge Dr Dubuque, IA 52003<br />
563.207.8932<br />
http://stateraintegrated.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting<br />
Ceremony celebrating Statera<br />
Integrated Health and Wellness<br />
Solutions! At Statera, we will gather<br />
traditional medicine and holistic healing<br />
under one roof. Our team of providers<br />
includes physicians, nurse practitioners, chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage<br />
therapists, aestheticians, mental health providers, physical therapist, personal<br />
trainers, health coaches, life coaches and dietitians all ready to work together as<br />
a team to address your healthcare needs. At Statera, we believe in the<br />
importance of mind, body and spirit wellness. We look forward to joining you on<br />
your journey to improved health and wellness.<br />
Heritage Works<br />
210 West 1st Street Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
563.564.4080<br />
http://heritageworksdbq.com/<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon<br />
Cutting celebrating Heritage Works.<br />
Heritage Works is a comprehensive<br />
resource for those engaged in<br />
preservation and redevelopment<br />
projects in the Dubuque area. It is<br />
focused on three primary<br />
objectives: facilitating collaboration for catalytic preservation and<br />
restoration projects, including help in gathering financial assistance for such<br />
projects; community and governmental advocacy emphasizing the<br />
importance of historic preservation; and educational programming<br />
highlighting Dubuque’s rich historic and architectural heritage.<br />
The Jule Operations and Training Center<br />
949 Kerper Blvd Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
563.589.4196<br />
www.cityofdubuque.org/274/Transit<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting<br />
Ceremony for The Jule Operations &<br />
Training Center.
member<br />
News<br />
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information of relevance to tri-state area businesses. If you would like more information on<br />
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UnityPoint Health<br />
Finley Health Foundation<br />
Welcomes Grammy<br />
and CMA Award Winner<br />
Jo Dee Messina to play Gala<br />
UnityPoint Health Finley Health Foundation<br />
is pleased to announce Grammy<br />
and CMA Award Winner Jo Dee Messina<br />
will be the feature act for the annual<br />
Miracles on the Mississippi Gala. The<br />
gala is on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the<br />
Diamond Jo Casino.<br />
Finley Nursing<br />
Scholarships awarded<br />
UnityPoint Health – Finley Health Foundation and the Finley School of<br />
Nursing Alumni Association are pleased to announce that a total of $17,500<br />
has been awarded to area students who are pursuing a nursing degree in<br />
higher education for the 2018-2019 academic school year.<br />
Scholarship funding is provided by the Finley School of Nursing Alumni<br />
Association, the Edith Kritz Scholarship Endowment, the Dr. Peter Kearney<br />
Scholarship Endowment, the Colonel Fred and Ellen Phelps Scholarship<br />
Endowment, the Andrea Hayseltt-Trilk Memorial Scholarship and the Carole<br />
A. Smith-Miller Memorial Scholarship, both Finley Hospital School of Nursing<br />
alumnae. In the past twelve years $178,500 has been given in scholarships<br />
to area students.<br />
Jo Dee Messina is a seasoned veteran in<br />
the music industry with nine number<br />
one hits, sixteen top 40 songs and has<br />
sold more than five million albums<br />
worldwide. Her breakout song “Heads<br />
Carolina, Tails California” made her a<br />
household name. Along with CMA,<br />
Grammy and ACM Awards, Jo Dee<br />
Messina was the first female in country<br />
music history to celebrate three consecutive<br />
multi-week, chart topping songs.<br />
The event schedule includes the Miracles<br />
on the Mississippi Gala program<br />
with hors d’oeuvres and refreshments,<br />
live auction, and Jo Dee Messina in<br />
concert. To purchase tickets, contact<br />
the Finley Health Foundation RSVP and<br />
Ticket Line at (563) 557-2700 or email<br />
finleyhealthfoundation@unitypoint.org.
Honkamp Krueger & HKP announce five new partners<br />
Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. (HK) and its workforce<br />
management affiliate, HK Payroll Services, Inc. (HKP),<br />
have announced the addition of five new partners to<br />
the firm effective January 1, 2018.<br />
Ryan Burbach, CPA, has been made a<br />
partner at HK. As a partner in decision<br />
support services, Ryan works with<br />
clients to develop a practical and effective<br />
business advisory model, involving<br />
data-driven decisions and the continuous<br />
improvement of business processes. Ryan earned a<br />
B.A. in accounting from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.<br />
Nicole Gantz, has been made a partner at HK. As the<br />
marketing partner, Nicole is responsible for<br />
the marketing strategy and implementation<br />
of innovative marketing solutions for<br />
both HK and HKP. She also provides<br />
marketing consulting to assist businesses<br />
with their own marketing strategies and<br />
initiatives. Nicole earned a B.S. in business administration<br />
with a specialty in marketing from Marquette<br />
University in Milwaukee, Wis. and an M.S. in management<br />
from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee,<br />
Wis.<br />
Sue Lawler, CPA, has been made a<br />
partner at HK. As an audit partner, Sue is<br />
responsible for overseeing audit team<br />
members, planning and reviewing client<br />
attestation engagements, presenting<br />
financial statements and other reports<br />
to clients, and researching new accounting<br />
pronouncements and auditing standards. Sue<br />
earned a B.A. in accounting from the University of<br />
Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.<br />
Stacey May, has been made a partner at HKP. As<br />
partner of the tax credit program, Stacey leads a<br />
highly-knowledgeable, customer<br />
service-focused team who actively<br />
pursues several federal and state<br />
employment tax credits for hundreds of<br />
businesses coast-to-coast. Stacey earned<br />
a B.S. in business administration with a<br />
specialty in marketing from Marquette University in<br />
Milwaukee, Wis.<br />
Stephanie Mettille, CPA, has been made a partner of<br />
HK. As a partner, Stephanie assists<br />
businesses and individuals with tax<br />
planning, tax preparation, and general<br />
business consulting. She works with<br />
clients in a wide variety of industries<br />
including construction, real estate,<br />
automobile dealerships and manufacturers<br />
and has extensive experience with multi-state<br />
businesses. Stephanie earned a B.A. in accounting<br />
from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.<br />
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