DSM USA Policy HQ

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, Lori Chesser, immigration attorney with Dentons Davis Brown, and Tej Dewan, strategic initiatives officer with Principal, discussed upscaling of talent, the need for workers and identifying new groups in the talent pool in Greater Des Moines (DSM).  

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 month’s podcast, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s public policy team, made up of Andrea Woodard, senior VP of government relations and public policy, Ryan Moon, public policy manager and a public policy intern, discussed previous episode topics and asked for input on upcoming 2022 DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast discussions. If you have feedback on past topics or an idea for a future topic and/or speakers, you can email Andrea Woodard at [email protected].  

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.  

One year into the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, conversations between Greater Des Moines (DSM) leaders and experts continue to shine a light on public policy topics affecting the region. In the latest installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Lance Schoening, director of policy at Principal Financial Group and Dr. Rayna Stoycheva, director of retirement security policy for The Harkin Institute at Drake University The Harkin Institute, discussed retirement security, including the government’s role in creating innovative legislation to make retirement planning and saving easier. 

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 latest installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Jamie Cashman, government relations manager of the Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC), and Robert Palmer, general counsel and director of government affairs for Iowa League of Cities, discussed the American Rescue Plan (ARP), including an overview of the bill, what uses are available to Iowa and potential impacts of money coming into the state.

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 10th installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Polk County Supervisor Robert Brownell and Liz Cox, CEO of Polk County Health Services discussed children’s mental health. This topic is an expansion on June’s discussion of statewide mental health efforts, following Iowa Legislature’s passage of a new funding model for mental health state. 

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) approximately 80,000 children and youth in Iowa have a serious emotional disturbance or mental illness that causes disability at school, home and in the community. Additionally, last year, 22% of Polk County Health Services’ mobile crisis calls were in support of children. 

The DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast guests discuss mental health funding in Greater Des Moines (DSM).

In the ninth installment of the DSM USA Policy HQ podcast, Polk County Supervisor Angela Connolly and Advocacy Cooperative Partner Amy Campbell discussed mental health funding. This topic is a timely issue — May is mental health awareness month and the Iowa Legislature just wrapped up, which led to passage of a new funding model for mental health state.

The DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast guests discuss affordable housing in Greater Des Moines (DSM). 

The DSM USA Policy HQ podcast guests share insight into the Cliff Effect and child care policy in Iowa.

The DSM USA Policy Headquarters podcast guests discuss tax increment financing, or TIF.

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.

The newest episode welcomes Matt Behrens, deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer for the State of Iowa Office of the CIO (OCIO), and Mike Colwell, recently retired executive director of entrepreneurial initiatives at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, to discuss broadband infrastructure.