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Chris King
President

Chris King is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist with 10 years of experience in Human Resources. He specializes in assessment-based coaching, leadership development, and building effective teams. He has led hundreds of workshops and coaching sessions, with expertise in personality psychology, job analysis, talent selection, training and development, applied research, and change management. Chris currently serves as Learning and Organizational Development Manager for Kirkwood Community College.

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Erin Lego
Past President

Erin Lego is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation and a certified Enneagram coach who’s passionate about helping leaders and teams connect, communicate, and grow. Through her coaching practice, Erin Lego Coaching and Consulting, she brings over a decade of hands-on experience in leadership development, using tools like the Enneagram and automated coaching to deepen self-awareness and resilience within teams.

Erin’s approach is simple and practical: she believes development should be accessible to everyone on the team—not just executives. Her work centers on making growth a part of everyday interactions, turning insights into action that fits naturally into each workday. Erin’s workshops and sessions go beyond theory, empowering people to apply what they learn immediately so they can build stronger, more connected teams. Known for her engaging style and authentic approach, Erin has helped leaders across industries build cultures where learning and feedback are ongoing, empowering people to bring their best to every challenge.

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Jen Asplund
Vice President

For more than two decades, Jen Asplund has led transformational change inside some of the world’s most complex, high-performing organizations, including AT&T and RTX. A top 1% leader in both companies, she built a reputation for creating clarity in the midst of chaos—aligning siloed teams, elevating customer experience, and guiding organizations through high-stakes moments of reinvention.

Her work has spanned strategy, operations, sales, customer care, and enterprise transformation, and she has led global teams of more than 10,000 people through seasons of intense pressure, ambiguity, and change.

Today, Jen brings this experience to her coaching practice, partnering with senior executives who are leading major transformations or stepping into new chapters of purpose-driven leadership. She is known for her grounded presence, incisive questions, and ability to help leaders find clarity, courage, and momentum when the path ahead is uncertain.

Jen lives in Des Moines with her husband, their two children, and their Goldendoodle, Dash. Outside of work, she loves cooking with her family, traveling, serving in her community, and reflecting on the beautifully challenging work of raising kids while living out her calling.

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Erin Husmann
Treasurer

Erin Husmann (she/her) works in talent and leadership development for an international environmental services company based in West Des Moines. She facilitates training and coaching for leaders at various levels of the organization. Erin finds joy in guiding people to realize their potential and helping leaders build high-performing teams.

Erin has also worked in financial services, property management, and hotel management. Each role led to further study of business management, organizational behavior, and leadership dynamics. Erin earned an MBA from Wayne State College and holds a Psychology of Leadership Certificate from Cornell University. She is a certified facilitator for True Colors® Personal Awareness & Success Training, a strength-focused emotional intelligence program that builds communication skills and enhances teamwork.

Erin’s other interests include travel and the arts. She can often be found hiking, wandering a museum of any kind, or attending a musical or concert. Community interests include serving underserved populations, especially the LGBTQ+ community.

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Barb Ranck
Secretary

Barb Ranck is an experienced Certified Life Coach and Facilitator. Barb is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and activating motivated individuals to live their authentic purpose and leave a positive, lasting impact. Barb is a working mom and wife and held a career at a Fortune 500 company while also serving and giving back to the community. She “had it all”, but still felt empty and unfulfilled. Her solution? “Put her head down” and keep pushing ahead. It took a toll on her health, relationships, and energy. So, she embarked on a journey down the path of self-discovery. Her biggest realization was that you don’t have to “work harder” or wait for something (or someone else) to make your life more fulfilling. When she gained this clarity, the emptiness left and the energy returned, and she saw an improvement in her health and relationships. The discovery was so impactful that Barb made it her life’s mission to help others create a fulfilled version of their lives so they can have it all, too. She is a certified life coach through Bridges Coaching, specializing in the Enneagram, a personality profiling tool allowing for guided introspection and reflection.

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Scott White
Education Director

Scott has been immersed in learning and development for over 20 years with experiences that offer depth and breadth across industries, practices, and modes of delivery. Scott consults, trains, writes, and speaks about teambuilding and how to communicate well in both corporate and educational institutions. Emphasizing performance improvement and behavioral change, Scott develops a wide range of innovative solutions for domestic and international use, including award-winning mobile training platforms.

Scott is a certified facilitator of Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue and the behavioral self-assessment tool DISC. As a staunch believer in CliftonStrengths, Scott leads with positivity to appropriately push, nudge, and cajole teams and individuals to focus on what they can do and to best use their own strengths for the betterment of themselves and their colleagues.

Scott also is a leadership coach working with individuals and teams after receiving training through the Center for Coaching Excellence (individual coaching) and CRR Global (team coaching).

Scott lives in Iowa City, IA with his wife and mini golden doodle Gracie Mae. He enjoys spending his off hours consuming media in all forms, biking when the weather is nice, and tending (and adding) to his oversized music collection.

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Roxanne Galkin
Membership Director

Roxy Galkin, FLMI, PCS is a Leader Development Consultant at ChildServe. She works with organizational leaders to support and develop their skillsets to help move them from transactional managers to transformational leaders who empower, engage, and grow their team members. She has worked in both the corporate and non-profit sectors, and on the business side and in Human Resources. She has worked with leaders in the U.S., Chile, Mexico, India, and Hong Kong.

By providing Clifton Strengths assessment overviews, development planning, coaching, and various other learning opportunities, Roxy helps leaders gain insights and awareness to strengthen their approach to leadership.

Roxy is certified in Mentor Coaching and Leadership Development from Grand View University, is a Gallup-Certified Manager and practices Clifton Strengths coaching, and facilitates Crucial Conversations learning. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and serves as the Membership Director on the Board of her local ICF Iowa Charter chapter. Roxy also has a Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) designation and a Professional, Customer Service (PCC) certification.

In her spare time Roxy enjoys spending time with her family and friends, seeing live music, reading, cooking, and traveling to new places - especially to locations that involve sun, sand, and water.

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Brittany Titcomb
Marketing Director

For over a decade, Brittany has collaborated with businesses in the manufacturing, construction, engineering, and restaurant industries to enhance skills, improve performance, and achieve long-term business success through engaging training and business process standardization and optimization.

Brittany is a Certified Professional Coach who helps small business owners and entrepreneurs build confidence, gain courage, and fully live to their potential. She creates impactful coaching experiences that inspire growth and empower others to thrive, overcome obstacles, and achieve success.

Brittany holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and certifications as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), OSHA 30 General Certification, and OSHA 30 Construction Certification.

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Christine Clark
At-Large Board Member

Coach Christine Clark has forged her life in the fires of self employment. She brings over 55 years combined entrepreneurial experience to her clients. She addresses the internal mental & emotional blocks that stand between us and a life of significance. Those who work with Christine ignite their passion, gain clarity on their priorities, access their inner gifts, and breakthrough to greater flow, deeper relationships, and increased abundance.

“My mission is to empower entrepreneurs to create whole life success on their terms.”

Christine has been a full time coach since July 2015 and holds seven coaching certifications including I.G.N.I.T.E. Breakthrough Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Coach, and Neuro-Transformational Results Coach.

She lives with her husband Howard on their farm in the midwest United States. She has two amazing sons, two dogs, and four cats. Christine loves sunrises, sunsets, and star filled night skies. Her spirit animal is a hawk.

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Denise Kyle-Needs
At-Large Board Member

Denise Kyle-Needs has been with Farm Bureau Financial Services since 2018 and is currently Director of Talent Development. With over 17 years in the Property Casualty Industry and 15 years human resources experience, she realizes the importance of continuing education, leadership development and personal growth. Denise earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Buena Vista University and has a Master of Science degree in Adult Learning, Organizational Performance, Leadership and Human Resources from Drake University. She also holds several insurance designations, as well as HR certifications (Senior Professional Human Resources, SHRM-Senior Certified Professional, Kirkpatrick Certified Professional - Bronze Level). Her most recent achievement is becoming a Certified Professional Coach. Denise is primarily an internal coach, and she welcomes other coaching opportunities in the leadership development and career development space. Denise is the past-Chair of the Abilities Abound ERG, an advocate for the national Lymphedema Act and has served on the Gigi’s Playhouse Board of Directors. She is a member of the United Way Education Success Cabinet and an At-Large member for the Iowa ICF Board of Directors. Denise is an avid college football and college basketball fan and enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

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Natali Justiniano Pahl
At-Large Board Member

Natali Justiniano Pahl is a retired results driven executive with experience leading complex programs and new strategies to successful outcomes. She has more than 33 years of corporate experience including 29 years managing a broad range of human resource functional areas.

After retiring from her corporate roles, Natali earned her Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is self-employed as an Executive Coach and strives to help clients maximize their value and potential.

Natali is an active leader, volunteer, and advocate on the local and national/global level for education, financial stability, and human rights. She chaired Women United of Central Iowa United Way and served on the United Way of Central Iowa Economic Opportunity Cabinet, Iowa Public Policy Committee, Tocqueville Campaign Committee, and was a member of the United Way Worldwide Women United Global Leadership Council. Natali currently sits on the Board of Directors for One Iowa, Iowa ACES 360 (Vice President), Latina Leadership Initiative, KIAP Foundation (Vice President) and ICF Iowa Chapter. She also served on the UNI@DMACC Advocacy Council and was a mentor for the LEAD DSM Community Connect program.

Natali is a second-generation Latina, proud military wife and resides in Des Moines, Iowa with her husband and two children. During her spare time, she enjoys watching sports, photography, attending performing arts and practicing Taekwondo where she is a 4th Dan Blackbelt

Membership Ambassador Team

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Lisa Brovold
Membership Ambassador Team

Lisa Brovold is an intuitive listener who felt more ‘at home’ at the first exposure to coaches and coaching than at any other time in her life. A varied background from interior design to financial services and fraud investigation to administrative work in real estate and other industries led her to knowing a lot of what didn’t fit and the discovery of coaching DID fit/feel right.

She believes in building a firm foundation of what is working and taking appropriate steps (sometimes tiny and sometimes BIG!) to move toward a happy, fulfilled life. She created Breathing Space Coaching, LLC to help people quiet the noise so they can hear THEMSELVES. To help ‘busy’, overwhelmed ‘do-ers’ learn to slow down and put more LIFE in their life. Currently working toward her Associate Certified Coach credential through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), she is a graduate of the Center for Coaching Excellence and is a former Membership Director for ICF Iowa. Creating community and connecting/making connections are part of her passion.

Seeing that with the right tools and questions she can help others gain clarity, see possibilities they may not see for themselves, set goals (both large and small) and with ‘kind accountability’ help them move forward to reach those goals helped her create a vision for making the world a brighter place.