Jordan Grimm
Continuous Improvement Specialist
Van Meter Inc.
AGE: 29
Who are your local mentors?
Barry Boyer, Alicia Murphy and David Borger-Germann.
What was the best advice you ever received?
“Turn your...
Jennifer Goings
Outpatient Pharmacy Manager
Mercy Medical Center
AGE: 34
What was your biggest break?
My current role was created after some departmental restructuring when my boss took her position....
Alissa Gardner
Owner & Principal Broker
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Corridor
AGE: 38
What was your first job?
Pollinating corn for the Pioneer Hybrid Marion research farm.
Who are...
Nkanyezi Ferguson
Doctor
University of Iowa Health Care
AGE: 35
Who are your local mentors?
Dr. Marta VanBeek, Dr. Janet Fairley and Dr. Sherree Wilson.
What is the best advice you...
Jenn Draper
Event Planner
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
AGE: 33
What was your biggest break?
Receiving a job offer after being laid off at the height of the 2008-2009...
Rose Danaher
Project Coordinator
Iowa County Soil & Water Conservation District
AGE: 32
What was your first job?
When I was 8, I did farm chores in exchange for horseback...
Tim Carty
Director of Talent Attraction
ICR Iowa
AGE: 34
What was your biggest break?
In 2012, I asked my boss (and good friend, Shawn Reineke) about some ways to...
Heath Brewer
Executive Director
Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity
AGE: 37
Who are your local mentors?
Jeffrey Capps, Jim Mondanaro and Mark Patton.
What was your biggest break?
The opportunity to join...
2018’s Coolest Places to Work: Clickstop
Clickstop
Urbana, Iowa
No. 1 Large Company, Coolest Overall
Sixth time on list (Second as No. 1 Coolest)
clickstop.com
By Steve Gravelle
[email protected]
As a perennial fixture on the CBJ’s Coolest...
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Absolutely Clean
Cedar Rapids
No. 1 Medium Company
Second time on list
www.absolutelyclean.org
By Katharine Carlon
[email protected]
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