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<strong>june</strong> June 2018<br />
Meet The Students Of The<br />
YEA! Program<br />
BUSINESSES AROUND THE BLOCK<br />
CHOCOLATERIE STAM & ST. MARK YOUTH ENRICHMENT<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS, RIBBON CUTTINGS & MORE.....
2018<br />
June<br />
Table of Contents<br />
1 index<br />
3<br />
7<br />
11 Technori<br />
13<br />
15<br />
17 RIBBON CUTTINGS<br />
20 BAH AND POWER HOUR RECAP<br />
21 MEMBER NEWS<br />
Meet the Students of the YEA! Program<br />
Dancing with the Stars Dubuque Style<br />
New Kid on the Block: CHOCOLATERIE STAM & WINE BAR<br />
been around the block: ST. MARK YOUTH ENRICHMENT<br />
Visit us online at<br />
www.dubuquechamber.com<br />
Hotel Julien Dubuque<br />
Grand Ballroom<br />
June 14, 2018<br />
Read more on page 13<br />
TECHNORI Agenda<br />
5:30 pm: Cocktails & YEA! Showcase<br />
6:30 pm: TechnoriDBQ<br />
7:45 pm: Techbrew event at the Riverboat Lounge<br />
Hosted by Technori and TAI
Play to win at the Chamber Annual Golf Outing for a chance at<br />
the Million Dollar Hole-In-One!<br />
June 28, 2018 eagle ridge resort & spa<br />
18 Hole Best Shot<br />
11 AM- Registration and lunch for purchase.<br />
Noon - Shotgun Start<br />
6 PM - Hors D'oeuvres-Cocktail Reception & Auction<br />
For more information please Contact the Dubuque area Chamber at office@dubuquechamber
A NOTE FROM<br />
YEA! Program Manager<br />
Justine Paradiso<br />
I first learned about the Young Entrepreneurs<br />
Academy (YEA!) when I started at the<br />
Chamber in July of 2016. As I started learning<br />
about the program, the more excited I<br />
became thinking about how I could be part<br />
of impacting students lives in such a<br />
long-term way. This past year was the<br />
Dubuque Area Chambers fourth year with<br />
the program and my second, so really, YEA!<br />
Dubuque is still in its infancy.<br />
For those who have not yet heard of the<br />
program, let me provide you with some<br />
background information. Developed at the<br />
University of Rochester in 2004, the Young<br />
Entrepreneurs Academy has graduated over<br />
4,000 students ages 11-18 across the country<br />
who have started over 3,000 businesses<br />
and social movements. Over the course of<br />
25 weeks, YEA! teaches middle and high
school students how to start and run<br />
their own real business or social movement.<br />
Through this program, students<br />
brainstorm business ideas, hear from<br />
professionals in different fields, work with<br />
mentors to write a business plan, and<br />
pitch their ideas to a panel of investors<br />
who give out real money to fund their<br />
businesses (think Shark Tank).As you can<br />
see, there are a lot of moving parts to<br />
running this program. If it takes a village<br />
to raise a child, then it takes an entire<br />
city to help one start a business.<br />
This program would be nothing without<br />
the volunteers who give their time and<br />
talents as guest speakers, field trip hosts,<br />
mentors, and instructors. I can’t say thank<br />
you enough to all these individuals! We<br />
couldn’t have a YEA! program if we didnt<br />
have students to fill the class, and<br />
recruiting would be nearly impossible<br />
without support from our local schools.<br />
Thank you for allowing me to come into<br />
classes to speak to students, sit at tables<br />
during registration, or emailing information<br />
out to students and parents on my<br />
behalf. By helping me share the YEA!<br />
message with our area students, you are<br />
assisting me in opening the world of<br />
entrepreneurship to them at a young age.<br />
In closing, I want to give a big shout out<br />
to the amazing students in our community.<br />
These talented young adults have<br />
been a privilege to work with. There’s<br />
nothing more amazing to me than to see<br />
that Ah-Ha moment when they come up<br />
with an idea that is as unique as they<br />
are. The students in YEA! are creative,<br />
innovative, and dedicated individuals.<br />
Being a student today is a juggling act,<br />
between school, homework, and extracurricular<br />
activities, there is always something<br />
happening. The students in the<br />
program voluntarily add three hours of<br />
class time into their already jammed<br />
packed week because they want to continue<br />
learning! The YEA! program is fun,<br />
with lots of creative thinking and problem<br />
solving, but starting a business is not<br />
easy. Students in the program must be<br />
resourceful in how they work out all the<br />
different aspects of their business plan.<br />
They work as individuals to develop their<br />
own business ideas, but also collaborate<br />
with their classmates seeking input on<br />
certain issues. We treat these students<br />
not as kids, but as professionals, and<br />
they in turn treat each other as<br />
colleagues rather than classmates. It’s<br />
been inspiring to see these students in<br />
action, and watch skills develop in them<br />
over the course of our classes. When I<br />
look at the students who have been part<br />
of YEA! Dubuque, I see a bright future<br />
for our community and know we’re in<br />
good hands. I look forward to seeing<br />
what our alumni continue to do, and<br />
what ideas come<br />
forth from future<br />
YEA! students.<br />
ABOUT<br />
YEA! Dubuque is Iowa’s first and currently<br />
only YEA! chapter<br />
YEA! has graduated over 4,000 students<br />
across the country<br />
Through YEA!, over 3,000 businesses and<br />
social movements have started
meet<br />
the<br />
kids<br />
Makenna<br />
Dixon AGE 13<br />
Mazzuchelli Middle School<br />
7th grade<br />
Mentor: Pauline Chilton,<br />
EXIT Realty<br />
The Idea: Smooth Traveler<br />
Smooth Traveler provides<br />
men an efficient and portable<br />
way to shave while they<br />
are traveling by making a<br />
travel shave kit for men<br />
with simple to follow<br />
instructions. The kit comes<br />
with shaving cream pods,<br />
shaving brush, razor, and<br />
aftershave. Our goal is to<br />
make customers Look Sharp<br />
and Feel Smooth.<br />
colin<br />
hollenback AGE 17<br />
Hempstead High School<br />
10th grade<br />
Mentor: Mark O’Connor,<br />
Kunkel & Associates<br />
The Idea: Quicktools<br />
QuickTools is a product that<br />
attaches to your belt that<br />
allows individuals to quickly<br />
and easily access their small<br />
tools. Colin decided to<br />
create a product he'd like<br />
to personally use after<br />
losing many small tools,<br />
losing hours of time, and<br />
being subject to stress<br />
having to locate these tools.<br />
Dubuque is<br />
Iowa’s<br />
1st YEA!
andrea<br />
waller AGE 18<br />
Senior High School<br />
12th grade<br />
Mentor: Lance Hummel,<br />
Higley Industries<br />
The Idea: natural for you<br />
Natural for You produces<br />
all-natural lip balm that<br />
includes beeswax, coconut<br />
oil, Vitamin E oil and<br />
essential oils. Andi has a<br />
passion for all natural<br />
and chemical free products<br />
and decided to<br />
launch this business to<br />
help make people more<br />
aware of the chemical<br />
effects on individuals<br />
lives.<br />
josh<br />
patterson AGE 16<br />
Hempstead High School<br />
9th grade<br />
Mentor: Rylynn McQuillen,<br />
Fig Leaf<br />
The Idea: Discreet aromas<br />
Josh has created an<br />
Essential Oil Stickem that<br />
you apply to your skin or<br />
clothing in various places<br />
that emits different essential<br />
oil scents to help you<br />
relax in different environments<br />
such as at work or<br />
at home. Josh got the idea<br />
for the Essential Oil<br />
Stickems by noticing the<br />
rising stress and anxiety<br />
levels in society and<br />
wanting to do something<br />
about it.<br />
Claire<br />
Siegert AGE 18<br />
Senior High School<br />
12th grade<br />
Mentor: Amy Wagner,<br />
Technobis Crystallization<br />
Systems<br />
The Idea: let’s get social<br />
Let's Get Social creates<br />
products that enhance the<br />
everyday pleasures in<br />
people's lives. Their first<br />
product is the Boujie<br />
Koozie, which provides a<br />
convenient way to hold<br />
your beverage and phone<br />
while charging your phone<br />
all at the same time.<br />
Garret<br />
Simon AGE 17<br />
Cuba City High School<br />
12th grade<br />
Mentor: Ryan Kruse, U.S.<br />
Bank<br />
The Idea: cando trash bags<br />
CanDo came to Garett<br />
while checking out at a<br />
local Walmart after looking<br />
at the bags the cashier<br />
was putting his items in.<br />
The bags were set up with<br />
three main holding points<br />
so that they could simply<br />
pull out each bag with the<br />
guarantee that another will<br />
takes its place. And he<br />
thought, Why not use the<br />
same idea, but for trash<br />
bags like I use at home?<br />
Society wants everything<br />
NOW and his product<br />
provides a time saving<br />
factor that cuts out the<br />
hassle of changing trash<br />
bags.<br />
Program
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DW
TS
Dancing with the Stars<br />
Congratulations to all of our cast and coaches for the 9th<br />
annual Dancing with the Stars: Dubuque Style held on Sat.,<br />
May 12 at the Five Flags Theater!<br />
Since its inception in 2010, Dancing with the<br />
Stars-Dubuque Style has raised more than 2 million dollars<br />
for more than 80 local nonprofits. Dancing with the Stars:<br />
Dubuque Style targets a community-wide audience to<br />
highlight, educate and create awareness of the role nonprofits<br />
play in our community.<br />
2018 WINNERS<br />
Top three fundraisers for DSTW: Dubuque Style were:<br />
Callie Anglese<br />
Hammer Law Firm<br />
Raising $80,704 for Catholic Charities won the biggest<br />
award of the night.<br />
Callie also won the Judges Choice Award.<br />
Kim Budde<br />
Kunkel & Associates<br />
Raising $62,235 for Opening Doors<br />
Allison Wong<br />
KCRG-TV9<br />
Raising $58,035 for Resources Unite<br />
Altogether our ten dancers raised a total of $254,610 for<br />
local charities!
2018 CAST<br />
Callie Anglese, Hammer Law Firm, dancing for Catholic Charities<br />
Dustin Baker, Baker Law Firm, dancing for St. Mark Youth Enrichment<br />
Kim Budde, Kunkel & Associates, dancing for Opening Doors<br />
John Draginis, Cartegraph, dancing for Dubuque Dream Center<br />
Jodi Faustlin, Grand River Medical Group, dancing for Dubuque Heart Walk<br />
Carla Hughes, American Trust & Savings, dancing for Iowa Legal Aid<br />
Tyson Leyendecker, DB&T, dancing for YMCA/YWCA Victim Services Shelter<br />
Chance Oster, Kunkel & Associates, dancing for Research for the Kids<br />
Taylor Schroeder, POG Medical, dancing for Avery Foundation<br />
Allison Wong, KCRG-TV9, dancing for Resources Unite<br />
DWTS: DUBUQUE STYLE COACHES<br />
Carol Burkart, dancing with Chance Oster<br />
David Orr, dancing with Jodi Faustlin<br />
Nora Shook, dancing with John Draginis<br />
Jessica Kieffer, dancing with Dustin Baker<br />
Adam Kieffer, dancing with Callie Anglese and Kim Budde<br />
Debby Morfey, dancing with Tyson Leyendecker<br />
David Decker, dancing with Carla Hughes<br />
Tom Choudoir, dancing with Taylor Schroeder and Allison Wong
Innovation &<br />
Entrepreneurs at<br />
and the YEA! Tradeshow<br />
Innovation and Entrepreneurs<br />
at Technori Dubuque and the<br />
YEA! Tradeshow on June 14<br />
[Dubuque, Iowa] Technori<br />
Dubuque will be hosting its third<br />
start-up showcase on Thurs., June<br />
14 at Hotel Julien Dubuque,<br />
beginning with a cocktail reception<br />
from 5:30-6:30 PM and the<br />
Technori and Techbrew events to<br />
follow. Technori's mission is to<br />
create momentum for startups by<br />
building a community around<br />
tech and innovation that enables<br />
early stage companies to get in<br />
front of members of the community<br />
to connect with their first<br />
customers, employees and investors.<br />
Networking, innovation, and<br />
sharing Iowa tech startup stories<br />
is what this event is all about.<br />
Technori Dubuque will begin at
6:30 PM and will feature newly launched<br />
tri-state technology-based start-ups to<br />
present their ideas and market their new<br />
businesses in front of members of the<br />
start-up and entrepreneurial community.<br />
Each start-up will be given five minutes to<br />
present what their business is and how it<br />
benefits and affects the public. Start-up<br />
participants hope to gain traction and jump<br />
start their investment and shine a spotlight<br />
on what is happening in Iowa and the<br />
tri-states region. Founded in 2010, Technori<br />
is the world’s startup showcase. To date,<br />
300+ companies have presented at over 75<br />
events and gone on to raise more than<br />
$260,000,000 in venture capital. In fact,<br />
Technori startups now employ over 2,500<br />
people and have gone onto become some<br />
of the top accelerators in the world. Erin<br />
Dragotto, Vice President of Development at<br />
the National Mississippi River Museum &<br />
Aquarium, was involved in Technori based<br />
in Chicago, and saw the opportunity to<br />
bring the event to Dubuque, teaming up<br />
with Emily Goodmann, Assistant Professor<br />
of Communications at Clarke University, to<br />
help make the event a success. During the<br />
cocktail hour leading up to the presentations,<br />
this year’s Young Entrepreneurs<br />
Academy (YEA!) students will have trade<br />
show booths set up on the mezzanine of<br />
Hotel Julien to promote their businesses<br />
that they have been working on since<br />
October 2017. This is the big launch for<br />
the students in the program who have<br />
gone through the process of brainstorming<br />
ideas, writing a business plan, and presenting<br />
their ideas to investors. The students<br />
will have items showcasing their businesses<br />
and some will even have products for sale.<br />
The trade show is from 5-6:30 PM and is<br />
free to attend. This event is made possible<br />
by the support of Dupaco Community<br />
Credit Union, BizTimes, and Fourge Social.<br />
The event is hosted by the Dubuque Area<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
Keynote Speaker<br />
matt davis<br />
Matt Davis is a leading thinker, writer, and doer in<br />
the credit union movement. Beyond founding<br />
gameFI, CUWatercooler.com, and CoopWatercooler.com,<br />
he is widely known for inspiring credit<br />
union leaders to leverage innovation, cooperation,<br />
and technology to further the impact of member-owned<br />
financial cooperatives.<br />
Matt's work has been featured in Fast Company,<br />
Bloomberg Businessweek, Yahoo! Finance, MSN,<br />
Bankrate.com, TheStreet.com, and other national<br />
and international media. He was recognized as one<br />
of the Triad Business Journal’s 40 Business Leaders<br />
Under 40 (NC), a member of Filene’s 30 Under 30<br />
group, Credit Union Magazine’s “Credit Union Rock<br />
Stars,” and the Credit Union Times’ Trailblazers 40<br />
Below.<br />
Matt has spoken for more than one hundred<br />
audiences, ranging in size between 10 and 1,700,<br />
and guest lectured at University of California-Irvine<br />
and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Matt earned<br />
a BBA-Marketing from the College of William &<br />
Mary and completed Basic Cadet Training at the<br />
United States Air Force Academy.<br />
Tickets for Technori Dubuque are available<br />
at htttp://events.technori.com/technoridubuque2018.<br />
For more information on<br />
Technori, please contact Erin Dragotto at<br />
erin@technori.com or Emily Goodmann at<br />
emily@technori.com and for more information<br />
on YEA! contact Justine Paradiso at<br />
jehlers@dubuquechamber.com.
Upcoming<br />
www.dubuquechamber.com<br />
Thursday, June 14<br />
Chamber<br />
Annual<br />
Meeting<br />
Thursday, June 14<br />
YEA! Dubuque<br />
Trade Show<br />
Tuesday, June 19<br />
Harmonic<br />
Warrior<br />
Leadership<br />
Series<br />
Tuesday, June 19<br />
Business After<br />
Hours<br />
Roshek Building<br />
New Kid on the Block<br />
Chocolaterie Stam<br />
& Wine Bar
Hours of operation:<br />
Tues-Thurs.:<br />
11 AM-7 PM<br />
Fri & Sat.:<br />
11 AM-10 PM<br />
Sundays:<br />
Noon-5 PM<br />
Closed Monday<br />
What made you choose Dubuque as the location<br />
for your business?<br />
I'm originally from Dubuque, I came home to<br />
be closer to family.<br />
What does your business do and what need<br />
does this meet in the community?<br />
I sell Gelato, chocolates, wine and coffee. I<br />
also have live music on the weekends.<br />
Dubuque has come a long way over the years.<br />
Chocolaterie Stam and its offerings are a nice<br />
compliment to those changes, it's a nice fit for<br />
the new lower Main Street ambiance.<br />
Who started the company?<br />
Chocolaterie Stam as a chocolate company has its<br />
roots in Amsterdam over 100 years ago and was<br />
introduced to the U.S. by Ton Stam, a 5th generation<br />
Stam. I believe in 2010 the location in<br />
Dubuque opened. Renee is the 3rd owner of the<br />
Dubuque location.<br />
Why is it important to your company to be a<br />
Chamber member?<br />
The Chamber, as I have discovered, is willing to<br />
assist in any way they can in helping to expose<br />
new business, which is an invaluable resource<br />
when just getting your feet wet in a new community.<br />
How long have you been in business?<br />
I started June 1st of 2017<br />
Number of employees:<br />
Currently a one-person operation
Upcoming<br />
www.dubuquechamber.com<br />
Wednesday, June 20<br />
YP Awards<br />
Luncheon<br />
Been Around the Block<br />
St. Mark<br />
Youth Enrichment<br />
Members since March 5,1998<br />
Thursday, June 21<br />
Power Hour<br />
Thursday, June 28<br />
Annual Golf<br />
Outing<br />
One-in-a-Million
Who started the business/organization?<br />
St Mark’s Lutheran Church Members<br />
How long has your business/organization<br />
been open?<br />
We have been supporting local children since<br />
1988.<br />
Number of employees:<br />
It varies, over the course of the year up wards<br />
to 75 staff.<br />
Hours of operation (for each office):<br />
7:30 am – 5:30 pm<br />
What does your company do and what need<br />
does this meet in the community?<br />
We serve the Dubuque community schools and<br />
families with before and after school and<br />
summer programs. Meeting social and academic<br />
needs of students in title one<br />
schools. Serving over 500<br />
children annually. We also<br />
supply over 1600 children<br />
with much needed<br />
school supplies every<br />
year in the Apples for<br />
Student school supply<br />
program.<br />
Why is it important to your company to be<br />
Chamber members?<br />
We love the connection to our local businesses<br />
and other non-profits. We can’t do the<br />
work we love to do without the great partners<br />
in the Dubuque Community. It isn’t just<br />
about the amazing funding they provide to us,<br />
but the great volunteers and partnerships we<br />
have been able to create. Our kids know this<br />
community loves them every time one of our<br />
business partners visits or shares their skills.
stackstone wealth<br />
563.556.7132<br />
www.ameripriseadvisors.com/-<br />
team/stackstone-wealth<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon<br />
Cutting Ceremony celebrating<br />
StackStone Wealth. We help<br />
families with money, make decisions<br />
consistent with their goals,<br />
objectives and mindset about life.<br />
We do financial planning and<br />
investment management.<br />
millwork market place<br />
333 e 10th st.<br />
dubuque, ia 52001<br />
815.978.9280<br />
www.millworkmarketplace.com/<br />
Millwork Marketplace is a commercial,<br />
retail & entertainment<br />
mecca located inside the newly<br />
renovated, 260,000 SF, Novelty<br />
Iron Works Building. Nestled in<br />
the heart of Dubuque's up &<br />
coming Historic Millwork District,<br />
The Novelty Iron Works Building<br />
encompasses the whole city block<br />
(2.2 acres), from E. 10th &<br />
Washington Streets to E. 11th &<br />
Elm Streets.<br />
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heartland financial marketing & retail banking<br />
700 locust st., 4th floor, dubuque, ia 52001<br />
563.589.2100 | www.htlf.com<br />
Heartland Financial USA has moved their marketing and retail<br />
banking departments into the 4th Floor of the Roshek building.<br />
Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is nearly a $10 billion diversified<br />
financial services company providing banking, mortgage, private<br />
client, investment, insurance and consumer finance services to<br />
individuals and businesses. Heartland currently has 118 banking<br />
locations serving 89 communities in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,<br />
New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas,<br />
Missouri Texas and California, with mortgage loan production<br />
offices in California, Nevada and Idaho.
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imon communications<br />
300 main st., Dubuque, IA 52001<br />
319.440.5249 | www.imon.net<br />
ImOn is the smart choice for advanced fiber communication<br />
solutions for businesses of Dubuque to stay connected locally<br />
and beyond. At ImOn, we take pride in doing things a little<br />
differently: • 100% LOCAL to better serve you. • Support our<br />
community through volunteering, sponsorship, and donations. •<br />
Pride ourselves on providing outstanding support to our customers.<br />
• Leading with Technology – we continually invest in our<br />
infrastructure. • Listening to and genuinely caring about our<br />
customers. • Offering fair value in the services we provide.<br />
society of women engineers - dubuque area section<br />
414.758.3334<br />
http:dubuquearea.swe.org<br />
We are a local non-profit Society of Women Engineers<br />
professional section. The organization is dedicated to<br />
supporting female engineers during every point in their<br />
career from school to the workplace. We hold events related<br />
to networking, professional development, and outreach in the<br />
community. Everyone, regardless of gender and profession, is<br />
welcome to our events and in the organization.<br />
amanda reynolds counseling, casey theis counseling,<br />
claire hunt counseling<br />
5632756605<br />
810 locust st., dubuque, ia 52001<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting ceremony celebrating<br />
Amanda Reynolds Counseling, Casey Theis Counseling, and<br />
Claire Hunt Counseling.<br />
yellowblue led<br />
2550 Middle Rd., Ste. 300, Bettendorf, IA 52722<br />
(563) 343-4560<br />
www.yellowblueled.com/<br />
Whether your space is 500-square-foot office or a<br />
500,000-square-foot warehouse, YellowBlue LED has affordable<br />
Commercial & Industrial LED lighting and illumination solutions<br />
for new and retrofit commercial projects. Learn more<br />
about the features and benefits of our LED Office Lighting<br />
Solutions.
sears hometown store<br />
2535 NW Arterial, Dubuque, IA 52002<br />
(563) 587-8310<br />
http://Searshometown.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting ceremony celebrating<br />
Sears Hometown Store. Retail store carrying appliances tools<br />
lawn and garden parts mattresses and lots more.<br />
DBQ Tech Experts<br />
2615 Dodge St., Ste 2, Dubuque, IA 52003<br />
(563) 231-5105<br />
http://dbqtechexperts.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting Expansion & Name<br />
Change Ceremony celebrating DBQ Tech Experts. Computer<br />
repair, IT networking, computer sales, surveillance system.<br />
dubuque physical therapy specialty clinic<br />
2300 JFK Rd., Dubuque, IA 52002<br />
(563) 588-3891<br />
www.dubuquephysicaltherapy.com<br />
Congratulations on the Ribbon Cutting ceremony celebrating<br />
Dubuque Physical Therapy's new specialty clinic.
Business<br />
October<br />
<strong>june</strong> 19<br />
20<br />
Join the Chamber on Tuesday, June 19th<br />
at 700 Locust St. in Dubuque, IA as we<br />
celebrate Business After Hours at the<br />
Roshek Building!<br />
Business After Hours is a well-attended “end-of-the-work-day” networking event<br />
designed to help participants make new business contacts, develop potential new<br />
customers, and build exposure for their businesses. Business After Hours will be from<br />
5:00PM - 7:00PM. The event is complimentary for members and $15 for guests.<br />
For More information or to register please visit www. dubuquechamber.com<br />
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VISITING NURSE<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
AWARDED DRA GRANT<br />
FAMOUS DEAD ARTIST SERIES<br />
Returns To DUMA On June 24<br />
One of America's greatest writers and humorists returns to life on stage<br />
at the Dubuque Museum of Art (DuMA) this summer.<br />
On Sunday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m., the popular Famous Dead Artist series<br />
returns at DuMA with actor Doug Donald playing the role of Samuel<br />
Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain. Twain<br />
was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.<br />
The program will explore his long and colorful life, which was filled with<br />
spectacular triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies.<br />
Based on “Inside the Actor’s Studio with James Lipton”, the Museum’s<br />
popular Famous Dead Artist series has played host, since 2007, to a<br />
diverse group of visual artists, musicians, writers, entertainers and<br />
figures from popular culture. The program will be moderated by Kevin<br />
Firnstahl.<br />
Admission to this program is free; however, the event will be standing<br />
room only. Please come early to secure a seat. Doors open at 12:45 p.m.<br />
HK Continues to Grow<br />
Finley Health Foundation is the<br />
recipient of a grant from the Dubuque<br />
Racing Association. The Foundation<br />
was awarded a $5,000 grant to the<br />
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) to<br />
purchase mattress encasements and<br />
other supplies to fight the spread of<br />
bed bugs in the Dubuque community.<br />
The VNA provides more than 12,000<br />
services to their clients each year. As<br />
many VNA’s clients are health vulnerable,<br />
supplying clients with mattress<br />
encasements and other cleaning<br />
supplies helps community members<br />
maintain their health and safety, and<br />
prevent the spread of bed bugs in our<br />
community.
Unity Point Health<br />
TOWNSEND APPOINTED INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO<br />
UnityPoint Health and the UnityPoint Health – Dubuque Board of<br />
Directors have announced Ted Townsend has been appointed interim<br />
President and CEO of UnityPoint Health – Dubuque. Townsend<br />
will hold a dual role, retaining his responsibilities as President and<br />
CEO of UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids. Townsend will begin his<br />
dual role on June 1, 2018.<br />
Townsend has been serving as the<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
at UnityPoint Health - Cedar Rapids for<br />
the past 16 years. Prior to that,<br />
Townsend held a series of leadership<br />
positions at Geisinger Health System<br />
in Danville, PA including Senior Vice<br />
President and Vice President of Public<br />
Affairs.<br />
“Townsend has led UnityPoint Health<br />
– Cedar Rapids to unprecedented<br />
levels of success including multiple national recognitions as a Top<br />
100 Hospital by IBM Watson and Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News<br />
and World Report,” said Kevin Vermeer, President and CEO of Unity-<br />
Point Health. “Townsend has successfully built an integrated health<br />
system in Cedar Rapids, working with both UnityPoint Clinic and<br />
independent physicians. He was also responsible for developing one<br />
of the most comprehensive continuums of care within UnityPoint<br />
Health. And lastly, Townsend has a long history of working on<br />
multi-regional clinical collaborations as well as helping to evolve<br />
system relationships with rural communities, acute and behavioral<br />
health integration and productive partnerships with competitors<br />
such as the establishment of the Medical District in Cedar Rapids.”<br />
“I look forward to leading UnityPoint Health – Dubuque as interim<br />
President and CEO, said Ted Townsend, President and CEO of Unity-<br />
Point Health – Cedar Rapids. “During this transition, I’ll be working<br />
with the Board of Directors and UnityPoint Health to provide leadership<br />
but a big priority will be developing a long-term recruitment<br />
plan for Dubuque. I’m also looking forward to developing cross-regional<br />
opportunities to better support our patients and providers in<br />
several areas.”<br />
Townsend is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives,<br />
the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.<br />
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University<br />
and a Master of Science degree in healthcare administration from<br />
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.<br />
U.S. CELLULAR<br />
DONATES $10,000<br />
TO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE<br />
U.S. Cellular has donated $10,000 to the Boys<br />
& Girls Club of Greater Dubuque to provide<br />
K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and<br />
Mathematics (STEM) educational opportunities<br />
to youth.<br />
This is part of a $1 million donation to clubs<br />
across the country and $85,000 in Iowa. It is<br />
the fourth year U.S. Cellular has funded 57<br />
Boys & Girls Clubs to provide academic and<br />
after-school enrichment programs, with a<br />
focus on STEM programming.<br />
“U.S. Cellular is committed to enhancing<br />
youth learning experiences in our local<br />
communities and proud to continue working<br />
with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater<br />
Dubuque to invest in our future leaders,” said<br />
Mike Adams, U.S. Cellular’s director of sales<br />
for Iowa and Nebraska. “Throughout the year,<br />
we strive to provide youth with unique,<br />
interactive opportunities, which showcase<br />
real-world applications for STEM careers.”<br />
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