Our Donors
The generosity of our donors makes Leader in Me possible here in the Cedar Valley. The following businesses, organizations, and individuals have contributed to Leader Valley’s efforts to develop tomorrow’s leaders today.
GREATNESS ($500,000 – $999,999)
John Deere Foundation/John Deere Waterloo
Anonymous
SYNERGIZE ($100,000 – $499,999)






Tom and Ginger Penaluna
TALENTS ($25,000 – $99,999)






Eric & Lori Johnson
Kathy McCoy & Tim Hurley
Anonymous
INSPIRATION ($10,000 – $24,999)
Aspro Inc.
Black Hawk County Discretionary Grants Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
Cedar Valley Corp., LLC
Bryan & Lara Earnest
Dennis & Jennifer Eslick
Gordon Flesch Company, Inc.
Hogan-Hansen PC
Steve & Terri Jackson Family Fund
Ben & Dawn Jacobson
Steve & Jane Lindaman
Pauline R. Barrett Charitable Foundation
Peterson Genetics, Inc.
Scheels
Jason & Kristen Stanford
Target Corporation
Tyson Foods
VGM Group
Wayne Communications
Amy Wienands
EFFECTIVE ($1,000 – $9,999)
100 Men Who Care-Cedar Valley Chapter
Advanced Invoice Funding LLC
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
Dr. Linda Allen
A-Line EDS
American Color Imaging
AMPERAGE Marketing & Fundraising
Amy Wienands Real Estate
Anonymous
BCI Cedar Falls
Russ & Stacey Bentley
Bertch Cabinets, LLC.
Monte & Rebecca Berg
Bike Tech
BMC Aggregates LC
Bloom Manufacturing Inc./Collett, Mark J.H. & Deborah L.
Jane Bradley
CBE Companies, Inc. Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
Cedar Brook Dental Group
Cedar Valley Leadership Institute-Class of 2015-2016
Cedar Valley United Way
Chick-Fil-A, Waterloo
Joyce Coil
Mark J.H. & Deborah L. Collett
Community Cadillac Cedar Falls
Copyworks
CPM Holdings, Inc
Steve Corbin & Doris Kelley
Steve “Duke” Corson in honor of J.R and Eddie Corson & Paul and Elaine Kosbau
In Memory of John R. Creasey
Frank & Cary Darrah
Days Inn & Suites
Jerry and Ronda Den Herder
Jim & Amy Denholm
Denso International America, Inc.
Discerning Wealth
Dream Homes Construction & Design
Grant & Annette Duncan
Dupaco R.W. Hoefer Foundation
Duroe Family Foundation (Farmers State Bank)
Steve and Donita Dust
Chris & Megan Fereday
Hugh Field
Financial Decisions Group
First Presbyterian Church, Waterloo
Fober, Arensdorf, Power, Thoren Team- A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
Fortified Life by Western Home
Fosters Mattress
Grainger
Greenwood Drug, Inc.
Derek & Natalie Hamil
Harris Cleaning Service & Sales, Inc.
Hawkeye Alarm
Hawkeye Corrugated Box
Heartland Bank and Trust
Jennifer Heller
Luke and Katie Hillyer
Hydrite Chemical Co.
ISG
Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo
John Deere Employees
Bob Justis
Jordan and Marisa Kettner
Kirk Gross Company
Reid & Marsha Koenig
Dave & Joni Krejchi
Kathleen Krieg
Kryton Engineered Metals
Land O’Lakes, Inc. Foundation
Mark and Lisa Lane
Lockard Companies
The Locke Family
Troy & Susan Love
Marico Consulting
Martin Brothers Distributing Co. Inc.
Jeff Martin
Traci and Kent McCausland
Shanlee McNally
MCRE Operations, Inc.
Laura Meyer
Matt Meyers
MidWestOne Bank
Mark and Nancy Miller Fund (EX), a fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
John Monaghan
Dale Monroe
Mudd Group
Nagle Signs
Oak Park Estates
Omega Cabinetry/Masterbrand Cabinets
Josh and Steph Paxton
PDCM Insurance
Pixel Labs
Rebecca Poe
Professional Office Services
Melissa Reade
Andrew Reimer
Doug and Kathy Reimer
Kathy Reimer and Karen Wenstrand (In memory of Phyllis Sondergard)
Kendra Richman
Victoria Robinson
Walt Rogers
Marvin and Helen Schumacher
Scoopski’s & Urban Pie
Chuck & Alice Shirey
Kathleen Sinnott
Steve Sinnott
The Sinnott Family Foundation Fund
Skogman Companies
Storey Kenworthy
Spahn & Rose
Cale Stubbe
The Gym Crossfit Kilo
Justin & Connie Tolan
Lynn & Teri Trask
Jean Trainor
True North
TurnKey Associates
UScellular- Next Generation Wireless
Dee & Dave Vandeventer
Van Meter
Viking Pump
Vine Valley Real Estate, LLC
Vine Valley Real Estate- Taylor Cejvanovic, Zak Jenn, Kelsey Jorgensen, and Selvedina Nuhanovic
Warren Transport Inc.
Waterloo Community Foundation
Waterloo Tent & Tarp Company, Inc.
Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way
Gina Weekley
Molly and Brad Wells
Wells Fargo Foundation
Karen Wenstrand
Rick & Cathy Young
PROACTIVE ($999 and Under)
Adijan Abdic
Saba Abebe
ACES
John and Jolan Adams
Nate Alderman
Shelli Alstat
Brittany Ambrose
Mikhal Ambrose
Sheila Ambrose
JoAnn Anderson-Wright
Rodney Anderson
Anonymous
Sue Armbrecht
Julie Armstrong
KeAndre Armstrong
Kim Arnold
Nicole Arntz
Kelly Bachman
Toni Babcock
Barbie Bass
Denise Bauler
Maureen Bazan
Susan and Sean Beach
Corey Beem
Emsad and Edita Begic
Esnad Begic
Benton’s Ready Mixed Concrete, Inc.
Heather Bishop
B&K Lawn Care
Allison Blanford
Mike Bobeldyk
Ryan Bockes
Nick Bonewitz
Dawn Boone
Angie Boreman
Lynn Bowers
BoxDrop Waterloo Mattress
Joseph and Monica Boyer
Jay Bracken
Scott and Tracey Braun
Logan Brincks
Joy Briscoe
Bri Brown
Jim & Corrine Brown
Brown’s Shoe Fit
Ryan and Kelsey Burke
Gigi Burns
Nicki Burns
Michael Butler
Terry Butz
BW Contractors, Inc.
Sara Cahill
Ashley Caldwell
Qualyee Campbell
Cardinal Construction
Steve Carignan
Trish Carlson
Brooke Knutson Carter
Harrison and Felicia Cass
Anna Caughron
Ben Caughron
Cedar Falls Police Protective Association
Gigo Cejvanovic
Century 21 Signtaure
Megan Cheeseman
Clark Christensen
Ryan & Renee Christoffer
Andrea Christopher
Bob & Anne Classen
Katie Clausen
Jane Cline
Darrell & Christy Colson
Companion Animal Clinic PC
Barb Clouse-Rud
Conagra
Angela and Drew Conrad
Sue Cook
Christie Coral
Carolina Coronado-Park
Lindsay Cota
Lyn Countryman
Paige Cowing
KaOnna Creighton
Mary Crile
Rachel Crow
Bonetta Culp
Priscilla Culp
Michael Cunningham
Kati Curran
Troy and Tia Davis
Julie & Dan Deery
Jhanna DeHeck
Samantha Deines
Liz DeJoode
Denver Savings Bank
Julie DeSloover
Dave DeVault
Katie Devereaux
Discerning Wealth
Joanne Dierks and Nadine Kono (In memory of Marlie Kasemeier)
Amber Dietz
Laura and Andy Dobson
Julie Doeppke
Nick Dohlman
Marisa Dolan
Renae Drey
Lance Dunn
Rita Durchenwald
Marina Durinova
Angela Edgington
Alisha Eggers
Bret Eick
Nick Elliott
Becky Ellison
Kim Engels
Tina Engstrom
Nick & Kelly Evens
Farm Bureau Financial Services- Beau Jorgensen
Fat Cup Coffee
First Interstate Bank
First Security State Bank
Betsy Fisher
Jacqueline Fisher
Brenda Fite
Five Points Family Chiropractic
Anna Flanders
Charisse Folken
Jaime Foxen
Ozzie Foznoski
Marshall Frazier
Catharine Freeman
Leanna Frericks
Betsie Frey
Deonna Fritz
Andrew Frost
Angie Fuller
Carole Fuller
Jina Funk
Madison Gaffney
Kelly Gallagher
Carli Galligan
Taysha Galloway
Ronald Garris
Richelle Garrison
Dave & Tara Gettman
Stephanie Giachino
Patrick Gonzalez
Nalin Goonesekere and Deepanee Samarakoon
Anthony and Kylie Gougler
Jay Grabiec
David Grady
Kristie Grady
Mathew & Athena Grady
Audrey Wallican Green
Robert Green
Vicki Grimes (In memory of Geoffrey Grimes)
Grant Gubbrud
Jacob and Nicole Hackman
Travis & Betsy Haht
MaKenzie and Brady Hakeman
Derek Hamil
Helen Helen
Kris & Sue Hansen
Benjamin Hanson
Emily Hanson
Mayor Quentin Hart
Sunni Hart
Melissa Hardman
Sarah Grapp Hellman
Barbara and Michael Henning
Chris and Amy Hetherton
Tim and Michele Hilvers
Tim Hoekstra
Vicki Holler
Alicia Hollingsworth
Beth Cox Hollingsworth
Sheila Hollingsworth
Danica Holm
Taylor Hopkins
Barb Rutkowski Horstman
Joshua Horstman
Darla Hosch
Christine Hougas
Quint Howell
Huff Contracting Inc.
John and Kim Huff
Stacy Huhn
Autumn and Chris Hurley
Meg Husted
Mirsada Ibradzic
Hermina Ibricic
Invision Architecture
Linda Ireland
Aaron and Darci Jarnagin
Gordon Jefferson
Ashley Jenn
Zak Jenn
Randi Jo
Milora Johanns
Aaron & Corinne Johnson
Marty Johnson
Terry Johnson
Katie Johnston
Gary & Tami Jones
Kelsey Jorgensen
Sara Junaid (In memory of Raja and Susan Junaid)
Analise Junker
Kell & Tara Kabance
Sarah Kafer
Jessica Karcher
Justin Kasuske
Jill Katuin
John & Sunni Kegebein
Trent Keller
Heather Kendall
Michael Kennedy
Hanna Kerr
Derek Kimball
Keri Kinney
Kiwanis Club of Cedar Falls Rough Riders
Samuel Kleiss
Deonna Knudsen
Miranda Koch
Christian Koerner
Amy Kohlhaas
In Memory of Bob Kramer
Tom and MaryAnn Kramer
Kravve Gourmet Popcorn
Krumwiede Light Display
Timothy & Jean Kuethe
Tony and Marne Lackman
Zach, Nikki, and Emerson Ladage
Jesse Lahmann
Amanda Laity
Jeremy Langner
John & Laurie Larsen
Larson Construction Company
Jennifer Lassen
Terri Lasswell
Barb Leistad
Ryan & Luke Lindaman
Amy and Ryan Lockhart
Debi Lovegren
Chiquita Loveless
Hannah Luce
Tim and Kristen Mack
Magee Construction Company
Wayne Magee
Manatt’s
Allie Manske
Susan & Donald Mariano
Mike Marquart
Arienne Martinez
David Martinson
Kenna Martinson
Tiera Matlock
Rick Maynard
Anne McCabe
Lori and Matt McCallum
Traci McCausland
Armand McCormick
Margaret and John McCoy
Cindi McDonald
Cyd McHone
Jim McKernan
Gsmuve McNeal
Jill Mejia
Mary Rita Meyers
Tara Meyers
Leona Middleton
Kayla Miller
Keyaira Miller
Marlys Miller
Meagan Miller
Mind Links, LLC
Kashaunda Mhoon
Mark Mohr
Loleta Montgomery
Afton Morgan
Connor Moroney
Bailey Moore
Elijah Moore
Jayden Moore
Luke Moore in honor of Andy and Beckett
Matt Moore
Aaron Morris
Debbie Morris
Olivia Mrzlak
Becky Mudd
Donna Murphy
Shellie Murphy
Linda Nash
Linda Nedelcoff
Mary Nedoba
Bobby and Brenda Nelson
Ryan and Darcy Nelson
James Hanson and Patricia Nelson
Brian Neymeyer
Valerie Norman
Northeast Iowa Regional Board of Realtors
Northwestern Mutual- The Funk Group
Tom Novotney
Amel Nuhanovic
Selvedina Nuhanovic
Gretchen Ogden
Dan Olsen
Daniel and Brenda O’Malley
Ashley O’Neall
Overhead Door Company of Waterloo
Becca Ozegovic
Jamari Parker
Leonard Parker
Shantavia Parker
Chris & April Parkhurst
Andy & Allison Pattee
Sarija Patterson
Linda Payne
Peters Construction Corp
Shawn Pezley
Sophie Phillips
Diedre Pint
Kristin Plagge
Nancy Post
Michelle Prohaska
Krista Pugh
Rose Quirk
Tammy Randall
Chris Reade
Dane Reade
Liv Reade
Audra Rectenbaugh
Katie Reicherts
Misty Reinard
Schnique Williams Rembert
Ashley Reynolds
Casey Reynolds
Nick Rhoads
Don and Jean Richardson
Richman-Schweer Family Fund
Madelyn Ridgeway
David & Joyce Riley
Rhonda Riley
Riley’s Floors
Jerry Robinson
Alicia Rogers
Lyuda & Tyler Rogers
Josh Rokusek
Shelton Rowe
Bill Ruud
Jarred Ryherd
Thomas Salkeld
Aleksandra Sakotic
Nicole Sallis
Dzenan Samardzic
Kimberly Sanders
Jeff Sandvold
Lori Scalleat & Jeff Lapour
Lindsay Schaapveld
Jodie Schmidt
Josh and Amy Schmidt
Ryan Schmit
Jenna Schmitt
Jim Schmitt
Bart & Katie Schmitz
Jay Schmitz
Julie Schmitz
Stacy Schmitz
Vicki Schmitz
Emily Schneider
Kelly Schrock
Amber Schuchmann
Diana Scott
La’Kyiah Scott
See What I Mean LLC
Donna & Allen Sessler
Matt Seward
Jodi Shaner
Rikki Shaver
Paresh Shettigar
Becky Jo Shimp
Nancy Shirey
Maddison Shupe
Tammy Sink
Erik Skovgard
Lisa Skubal
Julie Smith
Lindsey Smith
Robert & Teresa Smith
Stacey Snyder
Sandi Sommerfelt
Standard Distribution Co.
Heather Sterrett
Steve & Teresa Sterrett
Melissa Steggall
Shannon Sterling
Deanna & Larry Stevenson
Vicki St James
Jan Stonewall
Ben Stroh
Cindy Stubbs
Linda Sutherland
Adam Talbert
Denise Tallakson
Talk To Me Technologies
Lindy Tentinger
Tara Theisen
Juliet Thurmond Dunn
Amy Timmins
Too Klean Lawn Care
Nicki Toy
Cadi Trask
Madonna Trask
Nick Trask
Shay Trask
Anna Trower
Robin Tuner
Robert Tyson
Megan Ung
Sharon Vanderkolk
Stacy Van Gorp
Harry Wach
Mary Jo Wagner
Allison Walz
George & Mary Ellen Warren
Tanya Warren
Waterloo Homecoming Association
Waterloo Police Protective Association
Wayne Claassen Engineering & Surveying, Inc.
Aaliyah Weekley
Angela Weekley
Anthony Weekley
Aysha Weekley
Karen Weekley
The Weekley Connection
Trinette Weidman
Brandy Welch
Tabitha Welter
Logan and Amber Wendland
Karen and Tom Wenstrand (In memory of Phyllis Sondergard)
Renee Weston Smart
Brandie White
James White
Roger and Maureen White
Kara Whitney
Cary Wieland
Kristina Wieland
Scott and Barb Wienands
Jeanne Wiesley
The Wild Hare American Bar & Grill
Ben Williams Jr.
James Wilson
John Wilson
Josh Wilson
Gary and Kim Winterhof
Michelle Witherspoon
Karmen Woelber
Matthew Wolcott
Jennie Wood & Adam Bartek
Alexis Wright-Davis
Robert Wright
Roger Yoder
Patty Youngblood
Your Pie
Sue and Rusty Zey
Kelsie Zimmerman
Zach Zimmerman