Iowa College Aid Staff Directory

EXECUTIVE

Mark Wiederspan Executive Director (515) 734-3420
Merima Dizdarevic Executive Officer 1 (515) 725-3411

RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS

RESEARCH
Meghan Oster Public Service Manager 1 Division Administrator (515) 725-3436
Joe Dullard Statistical Research Analyst 3 Institutional surveys, data requests, program research (515) 725-3406
Vacant Statistical Research Analyst 3 GEAR UP Iowa and community engagement program research and evaluation (515) 725-3438
Mitch Lingo Statistical Research Analyst 3 Financial aid program research and evaluation (515) 725-3440
COMMUNICATIONS
Ty Patton Information Specialist 3 Team lead, print publications, media relations, public information officer (515) 725-3417
Jamie Fisher Information Specialist 2 Graphic design (515) 725-3437
Reese Turner Information Specialist 2 Graphic design (515) 725-3435

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Christina Sibaouih Public Service Manager 1 Division Administrator (515) 725-3101
Thomata Doe Administrative Assistant 2   (515) 725-3441
GEAR UP IOWA
Karmon Long Program Planner 3 GEAR UP Iowa Coordinator (515) 725-3418
Amber Miller Program Planner 2 GEAR UP Iowa Facilitator (515) 725-1006
Christine Nguyen Program Planner 2 GEAR UP Iowa Facilitator (515) 725-3412
Graci Zeiger Program Planner 2 GEAR UP Iowa Facilitator (515) 725-3430
Vacant Program Planner 2 GEAR UP Iowa Facilitator (515) 725-3423
COURSE TO COLLEGE COACHING
Danielle Sampson Program Planner 2 Community Engagement Consultant, Course to College Coaching (515) 725-3446
Elizabeth Yaddof Program Planner 2 Virtual Coach Program (515) 725-0960
Vacant Program Planner 2 College Access & Success AmeriCorps Grant Management   
COURSE TO COLLEGE
Jamie Covell Program Planner 2 Course to College, FAFSA Completion Initiative 515) 725-3422
LCANS / IOWA CCR ACADEMY
Megan Sibbel Program Planner 2 Iowa CCR Academy, LCANs—Carroll, Dubuque, Franklin County, Mason City, Story County, OPT-IN (515) 725-3463
Anne Kaercher Thomas Program Planner 2 LCANs—Davenport, Latinos CAN, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Sioux City, Waterloo (515) 725-3404

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

Todd Brown Public Service Manager 1 Division Administrator (515) 725-3405
Tracy Davis Executive Officer 1 For-Profit Iowa Tuition Grant, Future Ready Iowa Grant, Health Care Recruitment Program, National Guard Service Scholarship, Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program, Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program; reconciliation; ICAPS (515) 725-3415
Tristan Lynn Executive Officer 1 Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship, Iowa Vocational-Technical Tuition Grant, Kibbie Grant; reconciliation; ICAPS (515) 725-3409
Trish Morris Executive Officer 1 Forgivable loans, GEAR UP Iowa Scholarship, Health Care Loan Repayment, Iowa State Fair Scholarship, Teach Iowa Scholar; ICAPS (515) 725-3457
Julie Voss Executive Officer 1 All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship, Not-for-Profit Iowa Tuition Grant; payment files; ICAPS (515) 725-3461

FISCAL, IT & AUTHORIZATION

Julie Ntem Public Service Manager 1 Division Administrator (515) 725-3414
ACCOUNTING/PROCUREMENT
Roscoe Lewis Accountant 3 Team lead, financials and budgets, audits (515) 725-3473
Alan Lewis Accountant 2 GAAP package, reconciliations, pre-audit of internal/external documentation, GEAR UP drawdowns (515) 725-2259
Brenda Edwards Administrative Assistant 2 Accounts payables, collections, PLP loans, travel request/expense processing (515) 725-3424
Crystal Woods Administrative Assistant 2 Accounts receivables, EFT information, GEAR UP and AmeriCorps claims, IowaGrants.gov, travel card purchases (515) 725-3421
COMPLIANCE
Jennifer Christensen Compliance Officer 1 Grant compliance, contract management, agency procurement, agency archivist (515) 725-3416
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Adam Messer Information Technology Specialist 5 Data warehouse, application/web development, research support, EPIC, data sharing (515) 725-3443
Alex Peck Information Technology Specialist 4 Salesforce, Network, printers, email, Google, PaperVision, equipment checkout, Zoom (515) 725-3466
Vacant Information Technology Specialist 3   (515) 725-3440
STATE AUTHORIZATION
Lisa Pundt Compliance Officer 2 Registration and SARA application approvals, student complaints (515) 725-3426
Keyli Keifer Compliance Officer 1 Exemption from Registration and SARA application approvals, student complaints (515) 725-3456
Victoria Archer Administrative Assistant 2 Financial responsibility approvals (515) 725-3425