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Admission staff

The admission staff is here to assist you! Please contact us if you have any questions about the admission process by calling 515-271-1538 or email mhaadmit@dmu.edu.

Advisory board members

• Amber Raveling
  Student Representative
• Chris Blair
  Chief Administrative Officer
  Iowa Health Des Moines
• Jodi Cahalan
  Dean of the College of Health Sciences
  Des Moines University
• Kevin DeRonde
  Corporate Administrator
  Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Matthew Doré
  Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor
  Drake University Law School
• James Foreman
  Chief Financial Officer
  On With Life
• Jason Harrington
  President and CEO
  Lakes Regional Healthcare
• Samantha Brower
  Student Representative
• Stephanie Hultman
  President
  Iowa Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Kevin Kincaid
  Chief Executive Officer
  Knoxville Hospital & Clinic
• Dane Pelfrey
  Manager
  Optimity Advisors
• Jennifer Richards
  Assistant Vice President
  Performance Improvement/Risk Management
  Acute Care, Inc.
• Deann Sheppard
  Administrative Director
  The Iowa Clinic, P.C.
• Steve Simonin
  Chief Executive Officer
  Wright Medical Center
• Mikki Stier
  Senior Vice President of Government and External Relations
  Broadlawns Medical Center
• Carla Stebbins
  Assistant Professor and Director,
  Graduate Program in Health Care Administration
  Des Moines University
• Shannon Strickler
  Vice President, Federal & State Relations
  Iowa Hospital Association
• Dave Vellinga
  President & Chief Executive Officer
  Mercy Medical Center
• Tray Wade
  Vice President of Patient and Family Care
  Hospice of Central Iowa