INVEST Health Leadership and Key Stakeholders

Pictured left to right: Pauline Taylor, City of Iowa City Council Member, Kathryn Dorsey, Program Manager at UIHC Department of Pediatrics, Maryann Dennis, Director of the Housing Fellowship, Vickie Miene, Interim Director of the Iowa Institute of Public Health Research and Policy, and Tracy Hightshoe, Neighborhood Services Coordinator at the City of Iowa City.
INVEST Health Leadership team, pictured left to right: Pauline Taylor, City of Iowa City Council Member, Kathryn Dorsey, Program Manager at UIHC Department of Pediatrics, Maryann Dennis, Director of the Housing Fellowship, Vickie Miene, Interim Director of the Iowa Institute of Public Health Research and Policy, and Tracy Hightshoe, Neighborhood Services Coordinator at the City of Iowa City.

The INVEST Health Leadership team guides and implements the work of the INVEST Health initiative.

Key Stakeholders – These Community leaders provide insight and advice to the INVEST Health initiative.  Stakeholders participate in meetings quarterly and are involved in small group committees to benefit the project. If you would like to be a part of this team please contact Vickie Miene.

  • Niki Prom, MidWestOne Bank
  • Stephen Trefz, Abbe Center for Community Mental Health
  • Dave Koch, Johnson County Department of Public Health
  • Kathyrn Edel, Johnson County Department of Public Health
  • Katie Knight, United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties
  • Barbara Vinograde, Free Medical Clinic
  • Joan Vandenberg, Iowa City Schools
  • Paul Johansen, Mercy Hospital
  • Taylor Buckingham, University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry
  • Latasha DeLoach, Community Partnership for Protecting Children, Johnson County Social Services
  • Brian Loring, Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County
  • Susie Poulton, Iowa City School District
  • Jerry Waddilove, Southgate
  • Lorraine Gaynor, Legal Aid
  • Jan Rutledge, Legal Aid
  • Tim Goody, Eastern Iowa Health Center
  • Joe Lock, Eastern Iowa Health Center
  • Ron Berg, Prelude
  • Teresa Stecker, Iowa City Compassion
  • Abby Anderson, First Assembly of God
  • Mary Anderson, Neighborhood Advocate
  • Joseph Lear, First Assembly of God
  • Angela Spencer, Neighborhood Advocate
  • Diane Hesseltine, Neighborhood Advocate
  • Edmond Bigaba, Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County
  • Tess Judge-Ellis Meadowlark Psychiatric Services
  • Angela Weekley, Veridian Credit Union