About Us

VISION

Iowa is a place where the arts and culture industry inspires its citizens, strengthens communities, enhances educational achievement, celebrates its diversity and is a catalyst for economic development.

MISSION

The Iowa Cultural Coalition (ICC) organizes Iowans to advocate for public investment in arts and culture.

MANDATE

As a statewide advocacy organization, the ICC serves as a strong and unified voice in promoting public funding, legislation, and policy beneficial to Iowa’s growing arts and culture industry.

WHO ARE WE

The ICC is a 501 c(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Iowa and governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

BACKGROUND

The Iowa Cultural Coalition was officially incorporated in 2004 after serving several years as an informal citizen advocacy group. The organization is being reinvigorated today to respond to the growing need for organized citizen advocacy on behalf of Iowa’s cultural community.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lindsay Bauer, President (Fairfield)

Matt McIver, Vice President (Des Moines)

Blaire Massa, Secretary (Des Moines)

Scott Buchanan, Treasurer (Algona)

Rachel Gulik, Director (Des Moines)

Kelly Lao, Director (Davenport)

Rosanne Malek, Director (Urbandale)

Akwi Nji, Director (Cedar Rapids)

LeAnne Phillips, Director (Akron)

Jenna Pollock, Director (Elkader)

Claudia Rivera, Director (Waterloo)

Andrew Sherburne, Director (Iowa City)

Anne Zwink, Director (Fort Dodge)

Lesley Wright, Honorary Director (Grinnell)

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