Following the natural disasters of 2008 the Governor of Iowa convened a task force to advice him and the General Assembly of issues critical to historic architecture and cultural history. I had the honor of being appointed to that task force and was able to comment during meetings on potential outcomes for flood proofing historic properties among other comments.

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Cultural Heritage and Records
Retention Task Force
Task Force Chair:
Karris Golden – Waterloo, Executive Editor, W&A Publishing;
member, Generation Iowa Commission.
Contact: 319­553­2148 or e­mail
TASK FORCE MEMBERS
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Records Retention
Melissa Bird, Recorder, Keokuk County, Sigourney
Senator Nancy Boettger, Harlan
Representative Carmine Boal, Ankeny
Alan Clausen, Director ­ Industrial Training and Development, Hawkeye
Community College, Hudson
Michael Dargan, Network Administrator and Reference Librarian, City of
Waterloo ­ Public Library, Waterloo
John Goerdt, Deputy State Court Administrator, Iowa Judicial Branch, Des
Moines
Bernardo Granwher, Deputy State Auditor, Iowa State Auditor's Office, Des
Moines
Amy Groskopft, Associate Director,, Davenport Public Library, Davenport
Gordon Hendrickson, State Archivist and Division Administrator, State
Historical Society of Iowa, Clive
Senator Wally Horn, Cedar Rapids
Marian Karr, City Clerk, City of Iowa City, Iowa City
Nancy Kraft, Preservation Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries, Cedar
Rapids
Joan McCalmant, Recorder, Linn County, Cedar Rapids
David McCartney, Archivist, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Representative Helen Miller, Fort Dodge
Nancy Parrott, Recorder, Jasper County, Newton
Cyndi Pederson, Director, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines
Diane Rauh, City Clerk, City of Des Moines, Des Moines
Hilary Seo, Preservation Librarian, Iowa State University, Ames
Tom Shepherd, Iowa Department of Administrative Services ­ Information
Technology Enterprise, Des Moines
Lorna Truck, Library Consultant, West Des Moines
Mary Wegner, State Librarian, State Library of Iowa, Des Moines
Tanya Zanish­Belcher, Archivist, Iowa State University, Ames
Cultural Heritage
Arbe Bareis, Fine/Performance Arts Specialist/Adjunct Instructor, Kirkwood
Community College, Cedar Rapids
Representative Carmine Boal, Ankeny
Senator Nancy Boettger, Harlan
Douglas Elliott, Executive Director, East Central Iowa Council of Governments,
Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids
Samantha Erickson, Vice President/Historic Preservationist, Community
Housing Initiatives, Inc., Pleasant Hill
Jason Follett, Chair, State Historical Society Board of Trustees, Ankeny
Martha Hayes, Collections Supervisor and Database Entry, Theatre Museum
at Midwest Old Threshers, Mount Pleasant
Michael Hayes, Managing Editor, Poweshiek Publications/Gannett, Malcom
F. John Herbert, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids
Laura Hoover, Executive Director, Amana Colonies Historical Sites
Foundation, Swisher
Senator Wally Horn, Cedar Rapids
Sheriffa Jones, Architectural Historian, Iowa Lakes RC & D, Spencer
James Kern, Executive Director, Brucemore, Cedar Rapids
Rosalyn Middleton, Inventory Analyst, John Deere, Waterloo
Representative Helen Miller, Fort Dodge
Thomas Moore, Director, African American Museum and Cultural Center of
Iowa, Cedar Rapids
Robert Neymeyer, Historian, Grout Museum District, Parkersburg
Joseph Nolte, Museum Director, Fort Des Moines Museum and Education
Center, Des Moines
Sue Olson, Vice Chair, National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library,
Cedar Rapids
Cyndi Pederson, Director, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines
Steven Peters, Founder and President, VenuWorks, Ames
Tom Smull, Advertising Sales, Associations Inc., Des Moines
Timothy Weitzel, Consultant ­ Historic Preservation/Photo/Database
Management, Iowa City
Inkyung Westfall, Executive Assistant to the Mayor, City of Council Bluffs,
Council Bluffs
Sandra Yoder, President, Iowa Museum Association, West Des Moines
RESOURCE GROUP MEMBERS
(Name and, if available, Title, Organization and Hometown)
Records Retention
Phil Kenealy, President, Aces, Cedar Falls
Steve Petersen, Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids
Gordon Smith, Sales Manager, Involta, Cedar Rapids
Tim Soderholm, Operations Risk Consultant, Wells Fargo, Ankeny
Jeff Stein, Archives of Iowa Broadcasting, Denver
Vicki Walch, Executive Director, Council of State Archivists, Iowa City
Cultural Heritage
Tricia Bender, Web Designer, Office of State Archaeologist, Coralville
David Bernstein, State Steel, Sioux City
Jim Cross, Library Director, Riceville Public Library, Riceville
Todd Garner, Architect, Substance Architecture, Des Moines
Kathy Gourley, Historical Preservation Specialist, State Historical Society of
Iowa, Johnston
Janet Green, Executive Director, East Des Moines Chamber, Des Moines
Sue Grosboll, Director, University of Northern Iowa Museums, Cedar Falls
Gordon Hendrickson, State Archivist and Division Administrator, State
Historical Society of Iowa, Clive
Wendi Laake, Office Assistant, Generations AAA, Davenport
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Barbara Mitchell, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, State Historical
Society of Iowa, Johnston
Russell Novotny, Vice President/CTO, Virtual Interactive Families, Cedar
Rapids
Scott Ourth, Director, Warren County Board of Supervisors, Ackworth
Ned Ratekin, Retired from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Ryan Russell, Logistics, Limolink, Inc., and Volunteer, Brucemore, Cedar
Rapids
Roderick Scott, Self­Employed Contractor, Iowa Falls
Rob Smith, Principal, Architects Smith Metzger, Des Moines
Mary Sundet Jones, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines
John Swanson, Executive Director, Science Station, Cedar Rapids
Jerome Thompson, State Curator, State Historical Society of Iowa, Johnston
MEETINGS
October 20, 2008
The Cultural Heritage portion will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m., and
the Records Retention discussion from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Iowa Department for the Blind – Assembly Room
524 Fourth St., Des Moines
Cultural Heritage Agenda
Cultural Heritage Notes
Records Retention Agenda
Records Retention Notes
July 30, 2008
Cultural Heritage ­­ 9 a.m. ­ 1:15 p.m.
West Des Moines Learning and Resource Center
3550 George Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
Records Retention ­­ 1:30 ­ 5:30 p.m.
West Des Moines Learning and Resource Center
3550 George Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Notes
REPORTS
Unified Task Force Report ­ October 2008
Records Retention and Cultural Heritage Task Force Report –
August 2008
Supplemental Information to the August 2008 Records
Retention and Cultural Heritage Task Force Report
Rebuild Iowa Office closed permanently on June 23, 2011. Content on this website has not been updated since that time.
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Professor Charles Connerly at (319) 335­0039 or charles­connerly@uiowa.edu with any technical issues you may have with the site.
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