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FY23 Officers
MARC S. MORES
Chair Original term expired ’22 Term extended ‘24 Exercise and Sport Science, B.S. 1995 Spouse: Jennifer Mores Life Member Sustaining Donor
Email: marcmores@gmail.com
Current Hometown: Johnston, Iowa Original Hometown: Harlan, Iowa
Marc Mores is the executive vice president of Favor & Company, an insurance agency and cover holder for Lloyds of London. He specializes in working with social and professional fraternities and sororities to adopt appropriate health and safety policies and practices. He is an underwriter for many large fraternity accounts and a frequent speaker at client and industry leadership events. Mores was previously employed by Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, where he played an integral role in implementing alcohol-free housing. As an ISU student, he was a Cyclone Guide and served as president of the Interfraternity Council Judicial Board and of his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. Mores has also been involved with ISU's Cincinnati and Denver alumni clubs. He serves as president of the board of directors for HazingPrevention.Org. He graduated from Xavier University with a M.Ed. in 2004. Mores and his wife, Jennifer, live in Johnston, Iowa, with their youngest daughter, Stephanie, who is a high school junior at Johnston High School. Their oldest child, Ashley, is a sophomore at the University of Iowa studying nursing. Mores and Jennifer are season ticket holders for football and men’s and women’s basketball and love to support Iowa State.
ISUAA Board Work: CEO Evaluation, Executive (Chair, Vice Chair of Records, Vice Chair of Finance), Finance (Chair), Governance (Chair), and Officers Nominating Committees.
CATHY MCCALL SCHMIDT
Chair-Elect Term expires ’23 Marketing, B.B.A. 1988 Spouse: Mark Schmidt (’88 agricultural business) Life Members Sustaining Donors
Email: cschmidt4120@gmail.com
Current Hometown: Plymouth, Minnesota Original Hometown: Shoreview, Minnesota
Cathy Schmidt is the President and CEO of Stahl Construction. Previously, Schmidt led lFullerton Building Systems, Surfacequest, CEO Roundtable, and Stahl Construction. Schmidt was highly involved as a student at Iowa State in organizations such as Cardinal Key, Student Alumni Association (now SALC), Delta Zeta sorority, and VEISHEA. She has been a community leader throughout her career and is currently working with Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women as co-chair of the signature event committee. Schmidt holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota. She is married to Mark Schmidt (‘88 agricultural business) and together they have two children and a sonin-law who attended Iowa State: Caroline (‘17 psychology), Preston Jasper (‘17 finance and marketing), and Jonathan (‘18 anthropology and international studies). Schmidt’s parents also attended Iowa State: Edward McCall (‘60 chemical engineering) and Judith (Judy) Bohn McCall (‘60 home economics).
ISUAA Board Work: CEO Evalauation, Executive (Vice Chair of Records), Governance (Chair), and Strategic Plan Goal 1 Constituent Engagement Committees; Constituent Engagement (Leader) and Financial Health (Leader) Advisory Work Groups.
TIMOTHY R. QUICK
Immediate Past Chair Original term expired ’21 Term extended ‘23 Marketing/International Business and Spanish, B.S. 2001 Life Member Sustaining Donor
Email: Tquick@tworivers.bank
Current Hometown: Clive, IA Original Hometown: Ankeny, Iowa
Tim Quick is the central Iowa market president for Two Rivers Bank & Trust in West Des Moines, Iowa. In this role, he leads a team in central Iowa that primarily focuses on commercial banking. Before joining the board of directors, Quick served as a board associate for the ISUAA Finance Committee. Quick is heavily involved with his church board and other community-based organizations. Quick was selected for the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute's class of 2010 and in the same year was named as a “Forty Under 40” honoree by the Des Moines Business Record.
ISUAA Board Work: Audit, CEO Evaluation (Chair), Executive Committee (Chair), Finance (Chaired twice), Governance (Chair), and Officers Nominating Committees.
CHAD HARRIS
Vice Chair of Records Term expires ’23 Political Science, B.S. 2001 Life Members Sustaining Donors
Email: ceharrisisu@yahoo.com
Current Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri Original Hometown: Shenandoah, Iowa
Chad Harris is the chief development officer for Cornerstones of Care, a healthcare nonprofit focused on the mental and behavioral health needs of children and families across the Midwest. He manages the annual giving campaign and targeted appeals to grow the organization’s endowment and unrestricted funding of $4 million annually and leverages annual special events for community engagement and donor growth. As a student at Iowa State, his myriad leadership activities ranged from Student Alumni Leadership Council and FarmHouse fraternity to the University Honors Program and University Museums. He received the Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award, served as a Cyclone Aide, and was the student representative on the Iowa 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees. Harris was a charter member of the ISUAA Young Alumni Council and received the ISUAA Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2013. His community involvement has been no less vast, with full integration into the Kanas City not-for-profit environment. He received the 2017 Fraternity Executives Association Award for community contributions following a 10-year tenure serving as the executive director of FarmHouse fraternity. Harris holds a MSEd from Indiana University and received his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Missouri.
ISUAA Board Work: Awards Review and Selection (Chair and Chair-elect), Executive (Vice Chair of Records), and Strategic Plan (Chair) Committees; Alumni Giving Advisory Work Group; and Strategic Plan Task Force (Leader).
FY23 OFFICERS CONTINUED
SCOTT T. BAUER
Term expires ’24 Business Management, B.S. 1985 Spouse: Denise Bauer Life Members
Email: scottb@fnb247.com
Current Hometown: Ames, Iowa Original Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Scott Bauer is the president of First National Bank in Ames. As president of FNB, Bauer focuses on the areas of operations, auditing, and lending. He has previously served as a board associate on both the ISU Alumni Association’s finance and audit committees and was a longtime member of the Ivy College of Business’ Management and Marketing Executive Advisory Committee. He is also active with the Ames-based Center for the Creative Justice’s audit committee and the Ames Economic Development Commission. He currently holds board positions for the Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corporation and the City of Ames Electrical Utilities Operations Review and Advisory Board. Bauer and wife, Denise, have two children. Their oldest son is married with two daughters living and working in the Chicago area, and their younger son is living and working in the St. Louis area.
ISUAA Board Work: Executive (Vice Chair of Finance) and Finance (Chair) Committees; and Financial Health Advisory Work Group.
BONNIE WHALEN
ISUAA Board Treasurer Ex-officio-Voting Finance, B.S. 1992; Public Administration, MAP 2012 Spouse: Sean Whalen (’99 animal ecology, ’04 MA English) Life Members
Email: whalen@iastate.edu
Current Hometown: Pilot Mount, Iowa Original Hometown: Delmar, Iowa
Bonnie Whalen is currently the associate vice president for Institutional Financial Strategy, University Treasurer and University Secretary at Iowa State University (ISU). Her responsibilities at ISU include leadership of the controller’s office, treasury operations, investments, debt management, budget development, financial planning and analysis, and institutional financial reporting. Whalen is a member of the Association for Financial Professional, the Treasury Institute of Higher Education, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Whalen has been employed at ISU for 33 years since she began as a work-study student, serving roles in Environmental Health & Safety, Information Technology, Ames Laboratory, and 15 years as the chief financial officer in the ISU Division of Student Affairs. Whalen serves on several community and local 4-H committees. Whalen received her BBA degree in finance from ISU in 1992 and her MPA from ISU in 2012. Whalen met her husband, Sean, at ISU. He is also an ISU employee an ISU graduate (MA ‘04 English, ’99 animal ecology). Whalen and Sean have two daughters, Emma and Claire, who are both ISU grads.
ISUAA Board Work: Executive and Finance Committees.