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October 2026

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The Members Make the Chapter

“You belong here. You’re one of us.”

It’s what I told a brand-new ICF Iowa member at the recent Midwest Coaches Conference in Des Moines.

I wasn’t the only one making our newest members feel included. I saw other chapter leaders and members doing the same.

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Chris King 

Midwest Coaches Development Conference Recap

Celebrating the 2026 ICF Iowa Chapter Award Recipients

At this year’s Midwest Coaches Development Conference, we had the opportunity to celebrate five incredible members of the ICF Iowa community whose contributions reflect the very best of coaching in our state.

Our inaugural Chapter Awards were created to recognize different kinds of impact — from the results coaches create with clients, to the ways they strengthen the profession, support fellow coaches, and help build the community around them.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients.

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Special Co-Hosting Event

Coaching with a Twist: Improv for Coaches To Evoke Awareness
Presented by Amy Warshawsky, MCC, NBC-HWC and Betsy Salkind, PCC, NBC-HWC
October 21, 2026  |  2:00 - 3:30 pm CT

As coaches, we are improvisers; we have structures and skills (competencies), but to apply those most effectively, we must be in the moment, listening, connecting, and co-creating.

In this 90-minute session, we use improv rules and structures from theatre and comedy, as well as those tailored just for coaches, to experiment, play, and learn. You’ll get comfortable with not pre-planning or getting ahead in your coaching conversations, and trust in the bottomless well of ideas and possibilities that we can all (coaches and clients) access.

CCEs: 1.0 Core Competency, 0.5 Resource Development
ICF Iowa members: $20 | Non-members: $25

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Save the Date — December Eastern Iowa Holiday Social

Tuesday, December 8  |  5:00 - 7:00 pm TBD

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Save the Date — December Central Iowa Holiday Social

Thursday, December 17  |  5:00  - 7:00 pm TBD

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Internal Coaches and Coffee

Our special interest group for internal organizational coaches will be held (via Zoom) on the fourth Thursday of each month, from 12-1:00 PM. Please join us to share, collaborate, and learn about all things internal coaching!

Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events

Welcome New Members

  • Rie (Lee) Kise, Bondurant
  • Allie Jones, Colfax

Member Credential Congratulations

  • Kay Anderson, PCC, Story City
  • Brittany Titcomb, PCC, Marshalltown

New Member Orientation

The new member orientation will be on the second Wednesday of each month, from 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM.

Meeting Recordings

Past meeting recordings are available on our website under Event > Meeting Recordings.  Please log in to view.

Exploring ICF’s New Specializations

The online session will provide an overview of ICF’s newest Credentials and Standards offerings: the Mentor Coach Specialization (MCS) and the Coaching Supervisor Specialization (CSS); the session will also offer practical guidance, key application information, and direct access to ICF staff expertise during a live Q&A; two session dates are available: Thursday, October 8 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern and Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern

2026 ICF Credentialing Webinar Series

The annual, on-demand webinar series explores the ICF credentialing process and helps individuals gain insight into the value of ICF credentials; the final session (Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern) focuses on the renewal process for ICF credentials – ACC, PCC, MCC, or ACTC; recordings are uploaded to the ICF Learning Portal after each live session

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2026 ICF IOWA CHAPTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Chapter
President:
Chris King
Vice-President /
President Elect:
Jen Asplund
Chapter Past
President:
Erin Lego
Treasurer:
Erin Husmann

Secretary:
Barb Ranck
Membership
Director:
Roxanne Galkin
Marketing
Director:
Brittany Titcomb
Education
Director:
Scott White

At-Large
Board Member:
Christine Clark
At-Large
Board Member:
Denise Kyle-Needs
 
At-Large
Board Member:
Natali Justiniano Pahl