Living Beyond the Bars; Iowa Justice Action Network Sue Hutchins is a retired therapist and social worker, having worked in numerous sections of the human services system as well as having a private practice in Cedar Rapids for 20 years. When she retired her licenses in 2016, she soon found herself involved with loved ones […]
Category: Honorees 2022
Minouche Bandubuila
Cedar Rapids Community School District Minouche Bandubuila is a community school coordinator at Hoover Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. A resident of Marion, she works passionately to empower families through education and resources, and to build confidence and personal accountability for healthy and successful families. Through her work at Young Parents Network, she helps to […]
Dr. Shiny Mathewkutty
Mercy Medical Center Shiny Mathewkutty, MD, is a board-certified interventional cardiologist at Mercy Medical Center. She received her medical training at the University of Texas – Houston Medical School and UT Southwestern before traveling to New York City. There she received fellowship training in cardiology from the Mount Sinai Clinical Cardiology program and advanced to […]
Nancy Pacha
Rotary Projects A lifelong resident of Iowa City, Nancy Pacha has had ample opportunity to travel. She spent a year studying at the University of Madrid before earning her BA at the University of Iowa with a certification to teach Spanish. When her teaching career ended, Pacha worried about finding new purpose. She found it […]
Brianna Kim
African American Museum of Iowa Brianna Kim has been with the African American Museum of Iowa for nine years and is the museum’s deputy director, having previously served as curator from 2013 to 2017 and director of operations from 2017 to 2022. As deputy director, Brianna is responsible for the organization’s financial systems and reporting, […]
Jill Wilkins
NewBoCo Jill Watkins joined the Cedar Rapids Downtown District in 2007 to lead the newly established Downtown Farmers’ Market. In her 10 years as the events planner for the Downtown District and then Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, she grew the market from 50 vendors to more than 200, created Market After Dark, and ran […]
Jessica Kelly
Tanager Place Family, giving back and helping others are core values for Jess Kelly, vice president of operations at Tanager Place. A native of Marion, Jess came to Tanager Place in 2014 to focus on improving client success. She has worn many hats in her career and brought her data-driven eyes to the table in […]
Jackie Smith Duggan
Abbe Mental Health Center Jackie Smith Duggan is the senior director of crisis services for Abbe Center for Community Mental Health. This is a new line of service for Abbe Center that is available at both Access Centers of GuideLink in Iowa City and Linn County Access Center in Cedar Rapids. She also oversees one […]
Consuelo Steel-Cherry
We Care DayCare Inc. Consuelo Steel-Cherry was born in Chicago and moved to Iowa with her family in 2004. She has three children: a 17-year-old and two 10-year-olds. She received her BA from Kaplan University in 2008. She is currently the director of We Care DayCare in Eastern Iowa, where she creates and implements early […]
Dr. Lori L. Sundberg
Kirkwood Community College Dr. Lori Sundberg is the fifth president of Kirkwood Community College and the first female to serve in that role. Sundberg holds a Doctor of Business Administration in management from St. Ambrose University as well as an MBA in marketing from Western Illinois University. She received her BA from Knox College with […]