DSM USA Policy HQ

Kaity Patchett, District Director for Rep. Cindy Axne, and Josie Beecher, District Scheduler for Sen. Joni Ernst, discuss ways in which business owners and startup founders can work with congressional members to further their business goals.

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Nicole Crain, Executive Vice President for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI), and Jenny Klein, Director of Advocacy and Legal Counsel at Iowa Hospital Association (IHA), discuss the 2022 mid-term election and its impact on businesses in the short- and long-term.

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) and the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA), and Kami Rankin, Deputy Director for Polk County Conservation, discuss the Destination Iowa program and similar investments around the state. 

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Scott Raecker, Executive Director of The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University, and Joseph Jones, former Executive Director of The Harkin Institute and Member of the Windsor Heights City Council, discuss how local politicians and business owners can be effective through civil discourse. 

Kevin foley, Executive Director of the Des Moines International Airport, and Kirk Leeds, CEO of the Iowa Soybean Association join DSM USA Policy HQ and discuss the the Des Moines International Airport terminal project.

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Chaz Allen, Executive Director of the Iowa Utility Association (IUA), and Mike Fehr, Senior Vice President of Renewable Generation and Compliance at MidAmerican Energy Company, discuss energy policy for water, gas, electricity and more. Allen works with utility companies at IUA to grow customers, businesses and investors in the state through economic development and supporting local communities.

The DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast is a monthly conversation between experts on public policy topics impacting business and the relationship between government and the private sector.  

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast, Rob Mauritz, President and CEO of LBS, and Joel Anderson, Director at RSM US and former advisor to Gov. Kim Reynolds leading up to the 2022 legislative session, discuss pro-growth tax policy and the tax reform legislation signed by Governor Reynolds on March 1 this year. 

The DSM USA Policy HQ podcast is a monthly conversation between experts on public policy topics impacting business and the relationship between government and the private sector.  

In this installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ, Dustin Miller, Attorney at Nyemaster Goode, P.C., and Casey Nickel, Legislative Coordinator at Nyemaster Goode, P.C., recapped the 2022 Legislative Session. Both Miller and Nickel are also part of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s lobbying team and heavily involved in the day-to-day at the Iowa State Capitol. 

The DSM USA Policy HQ podcast is a monthly conversation between experts on public policy topics impacting business and the relationship between government and the private sector. 

In the first installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast 2022 season, Iowa Representative Brian Meyer (D – Des Moines) and Representative Eddie Andrews (R – Johnston) discussed the beginning of the 2022 legislative session, what it means to be bipartisan and how the local business community can be effective advocates for themselves. 

The DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast is a monthly conversation between experts on public policy topics impacting business and the relationship between government and the private sector. 

In the final episode of 2021, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s public policy team, including Andrea Woodard, senior VP of government relations and public policy, and Ryan Moon, public policy manager and a public policy intern, welcomed Government Policy Council (GPC) leadership, including Matt Ahmann, GPC chair and assistant vice president of government relations at Principal, and Onnalee Kelley, GPC co-chair and director of government affairs at MidAmerican Energy Company, to discuss policy highlights from the year and what they’re looking forward to discussing in 2022.