Sadie joined the NDC team in 2018 after serving on our board of directors for several years. She comes to us after 10 plus years-experience in the non-profit sector where she received her IOM, Institute for Organization Management. This is a four-year program that focuses on non-profit governance. As former CEO of a Des Moines chamber of commerce, she takes on the reigns as Executive Director at NDC where she will lead the organization in transforming blighted commercial nodes into vibrant community hubs and remain a trusted partner to the City of Des Moines and its residents.
Sadie is from Remsen, Iowa and has a degree from University of Northern Iowa. She moved to Des Moines in 2002.