About the Iowa Taxpayers Association
Past Board Chairs
2022 - 2024
Todd Hendricks - RSM US LLP, Cedar Rapids
2020 - 2022
Kevin Gaede - Kent Corporation, Muscatine
2018 - 2020
Sharon Presnall - Iowa Bankers Association, Johnston
2018
Thomas Stanczyk - Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids
2015 - 2017
Richard Pullen - Principal Financial Group, Des Moines
2013 - 2015
Ann Stocker - Cargill, Eddyville
2011 - 2013
Thomas R. Hobson - Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids
2010 - 2011
Richard Wireman, III - Principal Financial Group, Des Moines
2007 - 2009
Myron R. Linn - Pella Corporation, Pella
2005 - 2007
Thomas K. Jarrett - Deere & Company, Moline
2003 - 2005
Steven R. Evans - MidAmerican Energy, Des Moines
2001 - 2003
Mickey J. Bladel - Bandag, Incorporated, Muscatine
1999 - 2001
Michael A. Eversmeyer - Varied Investments, Muscatine
1997 - 1999
Timothy M. Wilkinson - ALCOA, Bettendorf
1995 - 1997
Jerry L. Hadenfeldt - Meredith Corporation, Des Moines
1993 - 1995
Warren H. Heidbreder - Bandag, Incorporated, Muscatine
1991 - 1993
Leonard B. Allen - Deere & Company, Waterloo
1989 - 1991
Richard D. Spencer - Lennox Industries, Marshalltown
1988 - 1989
Sander L. Schoonover - Winnebago Industries, Forest City
1986 - 1988
John F. Shanafelt - Iowa Public Service Co., Sioux City
1984 - 1986
Stan R. Hill - M.A. Ford Mfg. Co., Davenport
1981 - 1984
Gregory M. Brown - KIOWA Corporation, Marshalltown
1980 - 1981
Jack E. Knapp - Northwest States Portland Cement Company, Mason City
1978 - 1980
John W. Brust - ALCOA, Davenport
1976 - 1977
Guy G. Gilchrist - Iowa Light & Power Company, Des Moines
1973 - 1975
Elmer E. Bloom - Grain Processing Corporation, Muscatine
1972 - 1973
John Munger - Deere & Company, Des Moines
1969 - 1971
Hugh H. Hannah - ALCOA, Davenport
1967 - 1968
Walter E. Brown - KIOWA Corporation, Marshalltown
1965 - 1967
Murray B. Nelson - Maytag Corporation, Newton
1960 - 1964
Walter R. Cochran - John Deere Tractor Works, Waterloo
1957 - 1959
Lyle R. Mercer - Aluminum Company of America , Davenport
1955 - 1956
Joseph P. Lawlor - General Filter Co., Ames
1953 - 1954
George E. Pike - Pike, Sias & Butler, Waterloo
1949 - 1953
John S. Heffner - farmer and banker, Webster City
1948 - 1949
Guy E. Logan - Standard Chemical Co., Des Moines
1942 - 1947
Don V. McLean - Marshall County Taxpayers Association, Marshalltown
1935 - 1941
Francis Johnson - Iowa Farm Bureau, Des Moines
Past Presidents
2017-2024
Tom Sands
2015 - 2016
Jeff Smith
2013 - 2015
Dustin W. Blythe
2012 - 2013
Richard M. Vohs
2011 - 2012
Nicole Crain
2007 - 2011
Edward T. Wallace
2002 - 2006
Stacey L. Johnson
1999 - 2002
Elliott G. Smith
1994 - 1999
Michael Ralston
1977 - 1994
Richard Phillips
1974 - 1977
Mel Grummert
1954 - 1974
Ray Edwards
1935 - 1954
Joe Long
