The CBJ’s Most Influential list recognizes the people who have made the biggest mark on the Corridor within the past year, whether through their leadership, business accomplishments or philanthropic efforts.
The CBJ asked readers in October to cast their votes for the Corridor’s most influential business leaders, and then tallied those votes to build our final list of the top 25.
Here is our list:
- James Klein – President, CRBT
- Tiffany O’Donnell – Mayor, Cedar Rapids
- Nick AbouAssaly – Mayor, Marion
- Michelle Niermann – President & CEO, UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids
- Jason Smith – CEO, TrueNorth Companies
- Doug Neumann – Executive Director, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
- Tom Cilek – Senior Vice President, West Bank
- Duane Smith – Executive Chairman, TrueNorth Companies
- Lura McBride – President & CEO, Van Meter Inc.
- Barbara Wilson – President, University of Iowa
- David Tominsky – Chief Relationship Officer, The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo)
- Jack Evans – Chair of the Board, Hall-Perrine Foundation
- Jeff Pomeranz – City Manager, Cedar Rapids
- Lisa Bluder – Head Coach, University of Iowa Women’s Basketball
- Noreen Bush – Former Superintendent, Cedar Rapids Community School District
- Ryan Waller – City Manager, Marion
- Steve Shriver – CEO, Eco Lips
- Willie Ray Fairley – Owner, Willie Ray’s Q Shack
- David Sorg – Principal, OPN Architects
- Kalvin Grabau Keele – Managing Partner, Northwestern Mutual
- Sandy Steil – Director of Business Development, Bishop Engineering
- Kelly Hayworth – City Administrator, Coralville
- Josh Schamberger – President, Think Iowa City
- Mugisha Gloire – Executive Director, United We March Forward
- Janet Godwin – CEO, ACT
