Recent Graduates
The Iowa School Business Management Academy (ISBMA or “the Academy”) was established by Iowa State University in 1991. It was designed to prepare school business managers, board secretaries and school administrators for performance of their business management responsibilities in accordance with prevailing standards and accepted practices.
ISBMA’s curriculum was developed based on Iowa’s standards and criteria for school business officials and has been approved by the Iowa Department of Education. The courses have been designed to improve management and leadership abilities of school personnel responsible for human resource services, business functions and finance operations in Iowa’s schools. Each of this year’s graduates completed a four-year sequence of classes that totals a minimum of 70 instructional hours.
Upon earning this diploma, recipients then have the opportunity to participate in graduate-level classes offered by ISBMA each spring. They also become eligible to teach classes for ISBMA and to serve as mentors to Iowa’s new school business officials.
Diploma
The following individuals are recent graduates from the Iowa School Business Management Academy at Iowa State University.
- Shashank Aurora – Des Moines Independent CSD
- David Berger – Des Moines Independent CSD
- Tami Brenneman – Clear Creek Amana CSD
- Carla Christensen – Audubon CSD
- Jennifer Danley – Murray CSD
- Tish Evans – River Valley CSD
- Pam Gehrls – Waukee CSD
- Adam Hubert – Roland-Story CSD
- April Hughes – Clarke CSD
- Samantha Jave – West Des Moines CSD
- Rachael Jorgensen – Waukee CSD
- Samantha Kopfmann – Alta-Aurelia CSD
- Lori Langreck – Keystone AEA
- Jerica Latcham – Grinnell-Newburg CSD
- Lori Lehan – Underwood CSD
- Michael Marshall – Mount Vernon CSD
- Amanda Miller – Des Moines Independent CSD
- Kerry Peyton – North Linn CSD
- Mindy Smith – Van Buren County CSD
- Katie Wedeking – Marion ISD
- Brett Zeller – West Des Moines CSD
Proficiency Plaque
Listed below are the 2023 individuals who achieved proficiency on all levels of the four-year sequence of classes offered through Iowa State University’s Iowa School Business Management Academy. Recipients must have earned an Academy diploma for completing a series of required classes in the areas of school finance, human resources, school law, technology, and school business management over the four-year period. In addition, recognition of proficiency is only awarded to those who have taken the initiative to complete annual assessments of the course content and have performed at the designated level of proficiency on each of the assessments for all four years.
- Shashank Aurora – Des Moines Independent CSD
- David Berger – Des Moines Independent CSD
- Tami Brenneman – Clear Creek Amana CSD
- Carla Christensen – Audubon CSD
- Jennifer Danley – Murray CSD
- Tish Evans – River Valley CSD
- Pam Gehrls – Waukee CSD
- Adam Hubert – Roland-Story CSD
- April Hughes – Clarke CSD
- Samantha Jave – West Des Moines CSD
- Rachael Jorgensen – Waukee CSD
- Samantha Kopfmann – Alta-Aurelia CSD
- Lori Langreck – Keystone AEA
- Jerica Latcham – Grinnell-Newburg CSD
- Lori Lehan – Underwood CSD
- Michael Marshall – Mount Vernon CSD
- Amanda Miller – Des Moines Independent CSD
- Kerry Peyton – North Linn CSD
- Mindy Smith – Van Buren County CSD
- Katie Wedeking – Marion ISD
- Brett Zeller – West Des Moines CSD
Co-directors of ISBMA
- Denise Ragias, dragias@iastate.edu, (cell) 641-821-8650
- Carla Schimelfenig, carlas1@iastate.edu, (cell) 515-745-9712