The ISE receives governance from its Board of Directors, and advisement from two other Boards, the Board of Trustees - and the Board of Community Advisors.
The ISE Board of Community Advisors is comprised of leaders elected from across the community who posses “laser sharp” insights and abilities with very specific, focused elements of the overall ISE mission.
The BCA is thus a group of people who are continually invited to provide targeted, explicit feedback in their specific areas of expertise, which ranges from expertise in multi-cultural outreach to expertise in theatre to expertise in festivals and other elements critical to the success of the ISE mission.
BOARD OF COMMUNITY ADVISORS:
Mary Brubaker
2007 Women of Influence Award
Founder, Drama Workshop
James Collier
Community Philanthropist
Charles Fuller
Special Events
Dr. Julia Goodin
Chief Medical Examiner, State of Iowa
Stephen King, CFEE
Certified Festival & Event Executive;
CEO Des Moines Arts Festival
Elvin McDonald
Des Moines Botanical Center Friends, Director
Bruce Nuzum
Vice President of Finance, Iowa Area Development Group
Paula Plasencia
CEO, Latino Heritage Museum
Claudia Schabel
Diversity Specialist, The Principal
Maxwell Schaeffer
KIOA Radio; Founding Member, Stagewest Theatre
Rudy Simms
Director, Des Moines Human Rights Commission
Margaret Zacharias, Ph.D.
Author, Educational Consultant, and Community Cultural Leader