Dave Jones

Dave Jones is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kent Corporation in Muscatine, Iowa. Dave and his wife Alice, have two daughters, two son-in-laws and five grandchildren. Dave’s outdoor endeavors include fly fishing, kayaking and cycling. He served on the Muscatine County Conservation Board for 13 years, two years as board chairman.

Kate Lodge

Kate Lodge’s outdoor interests have led her to be involved in a number of conservation organizations. As a member and treasurer of the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association of the Quad Cities, she also became a director of Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association, an affiliate of Fly Fishers International. She also served two years as State President and is currently on the board as Past President. Kate involvement with Spring Creeks Trout Unlimited Chapter 716 includes serving as secretary/treasurer and currently director. Trout Unlimited, State Council, positions include Secretary and Diversity Co-Chair. Kate and Willa Campbell are co-founders of Iowa Women Fly Fishers. Kate also participates in Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishers, Dubuque Fly Fishers, Geneseo Izaak Walton League, and Minnesota Women’s Fly Fishers.

Liz Siepker

As a high school science instructor in Northeast Iowa, Liz works to educate the next generation of Iowans on the importance of science and biology in their everyday life. Using the “Trout in the Classroom” curriculum is just one way that Liz helps students understand science by relating it to natural resources.
Liz grew up along Lake Erie in Pennsylvania and has degrees in natural resource conservation from Edinboro and Michigan State Universities and a teaching degree from Missouri State University. As a conservationist herself, Liz is particularly interested in the opportunity to mentor the next generation of conservationists. Since moving to Iowa in 2015, she has taken to exploring many of the natural areas that the Driftless Region has to offer. One of her goals in life is to “make a difference” and Liz looks forward to serving on the ICC Board to help protect coldwater resources in Northeast Iowa.

Tim Wagner

Tim Wagner grew up on an Iowa farm. He spent 23 years in Utah working on a range of environmental issues, including public lands and air and water quality, before moving to the Decorah area in 2016 with his wife, Shawna. He currently serves as agriculture outreach coordinator for the Izaak Walton League. His many loves of the outdoors include biking, kayaking, hiking and fishing.

Dave Collins

Dave discovered his love for fly fishing on Big Mill Creek near Bellevue, IA somewhere around the age of 10. He has fished ever since and for several years was employed as a guide for the Mountain Angler in Breckenridge, CO where he introduced and shared his love for the outdoors and fishing with people from all over the US and other parts of planet.

After holding marketing positions at Amana Refrigeration, Decisionmark and IES, Dave chose to leave the corporate world to teach marketing at the University of Iowa. He was a Lecturer in Marketing for 23 years in the Tippie College of Business. There he taught courses in general marketing, direct marketing, non-profit marketing, supervised field studies projects and was a founding board member of the Marketing Department’s Marketing Institute.

During his last 10 years, Dave primarily focused on sustainability issues in business: teaching Marketing and Sustainability and Sustainable Product Innovation and Management. He served on numerous university committees and state boards that deal with environmental and social issues. Dave firmly believes that business can be a significant agent for positive change and can be used to bring entrepreneurial solutions to the environmental crisis.

He is also a strong believer in holistic approaches to regenerating ecosystems. He was involved in the original founding of the Iowa Coldwater Conservancy and is former a board member of the Burr Oak Land Trust.