Leadership
ISCPA is governed by a board of directors consisting of 13 elected officers and directors.
The board of directors provides strategic guidance and monitors changes within the profession.
![]() ChairMarty J. FredericksPartner |
BA, Wartburg College. Member, American Institute of CPAs. Member, ISCPA Legislative Committee. Past chair, ISCPA Public & Professional Relations Committee. Member, Iowa College Foundation Board of Governors. Current member and volunteer at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. |
![]() Vice ChairEmily E. HeerenManager |
BA, Drake University. Member, Business and Industry Committee. Past chair and member, ISCPA Member and Member Benefits Committee, Business and Industry Task Force. Member, Waukee YMCA Board of Directors. Past Member, ISCPA Family and Workplace Issues Committee and Career Awareness Committee. |
![]() TreasurerKevin J. Den AdelDirector of Undergraduate Accounting Program |
BA, Central College. Ph.D., University of Iowa. Member, American Accounting Association. Member, Central College Department of Economics, Accounting, and Management Advisory Council. Member, Accounting, and Management Advisory Council. Past member, ISCPA Governmental Auditing & Accounting Committee. |
![]() SecretaryAlison A. VanOtterlooVice President, Corporate Services |
BA & MAcc University of Northern Iowa. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). Associate in Reinsurance (ARe). Past member, ISCPA Insurance Committee and ISCPA Financial Literacy Committee. Member, LEAP Committee. Member and Leadership Program Graduate, American Institute of CPAs. Member, Institute of Internal Auditors. Past board member, Algona Rotary Club. Board member, Algona Community School Foundation. Board member, Kossuth County Economic Development. Member, St. Cecilia’s Church Finance Committee. Past Co-Chair, Kossuth County Economic Development Intern Program Advisory Council. |
![]() Past ChairRodney D. FosterPartner |
BA, University of Northern Iowa (UNI). Office leader for Des Moines and Mason City, west central market leader and member of RSM’s seven-state Central Region management team. Member, ISCPA Education Foundation Advisory Committee. Member, American Institute of CPAs. Member, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). Iowa chapter board member and national accounting and reporting committee member, Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). Current member and past chairman of the UNI Accounting Advisory Council. Member of the Drake University School of Accounting Advisory Council. Member, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Board of Directors. |
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BA, University of Northern Iowa. Member, AICPA, and Iowa Society of CPAs. Member, Peer Review Committee. Treasurer, Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Board of directors; past board member, Grow Greater Burlington. |
![]() DirectorErik K. BonstromPartner |
BSBA, Thomas Edison State College. Member, American Institute of CPAs. Member, ISCPA Financial Literacy Committee. Past member, ISCPA Legislative Committee. Board member, Easter Seals of Iowa. Graduate, West Des Moines Leadership Academy. Member and volunteer, Soteria Des Moines. |
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BS Iowa State University. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA); Institute of Internal Auditors. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Certified in Information Systems Assurance (CISA). Member, American Institute of CPAs. Member, Business and Industry Committee. Past chair and member, ISCPA Career Awareness Committee. Past member Financial Literacy Committee. |
![]() DirectorBenjamin D. HansenPartner |
BA, Buena Vista University. Member, ISCPA Financial Institutions Committee. ISCPA Key Person. Past member, ISCPA Financial Literacy Committee. Member, Dunlap Golf Course Board of Directors. Volunteer various area fundraisers and youth athletics.
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![]() DirectorBrian K. NewtonPartner |
BA, University of Northern Iowa. Member, Iowa CPAs Month of Service Committee. Past chair and member, ISCPA Family and Workplace Issues Committee. Past member, ISCPA Financial Literacy Committee. Graduate, West Des Moines Leadership Academy. Member, Young Women’s Resource Center Finance Committee; Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce. |
![]() DirectorDenise M. PiersonVice President, Sarbanes-Oxley and Model Audit Rule Compliance |
BBA, Iowa State University. Member, ISCPA Membership Task Force and Iowa CPA Education Foundation Advisory Committee. Past Chair and member, ISCPA Insurance Industry and ISCPA Family and Workplace Issues Committee. Past Member, ISCPA Career Awareness Committee and 100th Anniversary Celebration Task Force. Past mentor-facilitator, ISCPA Constructive Solutions, Graduate, West Des Moines Leadership Academy, Treasurer, Terrace Hill Partnership Board of Directors. |
![]() DirectorAngela R. SandersSenior Vice President and Controller |
BBA-Accounting and MA-Accounting from the University of Iowa. Member, American Institute of CPAs and Financial Executives International. Member, Des Moines Symphony Association Board of Trustees. Member, University of Iowa Professional Accounting Council. Volunteer, United Way Book Buddies. |
![]() DirectorSusan M. StutzelOwner |
BA, Coe College; Member, AICPA; Member, ISCPA Career Awareness Committee and Nonprofit Organizations Committee; Treasurer, Tipton School Foundation; Treasurer, Iowa City Hospice. Past Treasurer, Iowa Women’s Foundation; Past Member, Iowa Women’s Foundation Finance Committee; Past Adjunct Professor, Coe College; Volunteer, Tipton Community Schools and Workplace Learning Connection Financial Literacy Fair. |
![]() DirectorChristopher N. YuskaPartner |
BA, University of Northern Iowa. President, Faith Formation Council, St. Mary's Church. Past chair and member, ISCPA Insurance Industry Committee. Past member of the United States Tennis Association – Iowa District Tennis League Committee. EY Des Moines people and recruiting leader and past member of the inclusiveness steering and United Way committees. |