THE HARKIN INSTITUTE 2019 Annual Report

CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH POLICY Connecting People with Policy 2

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement exists to inform citizens, inspire creative cooperation, and catalyze change on issues of social justice, fairness, and opportunity.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT Connecting People with Policy 3

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Connecting people with policy. It is a concise tag line that tells a lot about the work we do here at The Harkin Institute. I’ve thought about those connections a lot while reflecting on our past year, from students and the public to jobseekers, business owners and policymakers, we constantly seek out opportunities to serve as a catalyst. This annual report highlights several of the many connections we’ve made over the past year.

We kicked off the year connecting with our largest audiences ever with three events carried on C-SPAN in September and October, including Senator Tom Harkin’s (retired) Constitution Day Lecture at the Robert C. Byrd Center in Shepherdstown, WV; Drawn Out: How got Redistricting Right, an event put on by the Institute at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.; and our fall Sussman Lecture at Drake, featuring NASA Chief Historian Bill Barry, who highlighted 60 years of space exploration.

In August, we welcomed Amy Bentley as the Institute’s first policy director, and she immediately began making connections with experts and the public on our issue areas of labor and employment, people with disabilities, retirement security and wellness and nutrition. Amy and Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, associate director of wellness and nutrition, have created a robust portfolio of ongoing research, events and publications.

Our fiscal year ended as strongly as it began, with the announcement and ceremonial groundbreaking for a new home for The Harkin Institute on the campus. As you’ve likely heard by now, this state-of-the-art accessible building will provide many more opportunities for all people to connect with the Institute and our work. It will also serve as a model of universal design and raise the bar for what it means to create an inclusive workspace and gathering place.

I am proud of all that has been accomplished at The Harkin Institute and am excited to carry this momentum into the coming year and years to come as we continue to work tirelessly to connect, engage, and catalyze individuals around issues of social justice.

Joseph Jones Executive Director Table of Contents

Leadership 5 2018-19 Institute Events 6 Public Policy 8 People with Disabilities 10 Wellness and Nutrition 12 Archives 14 Student Program 16 D.C. Experience Scholarship 17 Outreach 18 Thank You to Our Supporters 19 Connecting People with Policy 5 LEADERSHIP National Advisory Council

MARSHA TERNUS (CHAIR) SENATOR TOM HARKIN (RETIRED) Former Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Counselor to the board Inaugural Executive Director, The Harkin Institute JAMES W. HUBBELL III CHARLES E. COOK, JR. Chairman, Hubbell Realty Company (Retired) Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report RACHEL R. MCLEAN Columnist, National Journal Ruan Companies ANGELA L. WALKER FRANKLIN SALLY J. PEDERSON President, Des Moines University Former Lieutenant Governor of Iowa MICHAEL G. GARTNER STEPHEN W. ROBERTS Principal Owner, Retired, Davis Brown L.L.P. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Former Iowa Republican State Chairman Former President, NBC News MARY SELLERS RUTH R. HARKIN Former U.S. President, United Way Worldwide Former Senior Vice President, United Technologies Corporation Past Member, Staff JOSEPH JONES STEPHANIE SINOVIC Executive Director Senior Advancement Officer, BRENDA KOLE Drake University Advancement Operations Director HOPE BIBENS AMY BENTLEY Political Papers Archivist Assistant Professor, Drake University Policy Director MEG JOHNSON LYNDI BUCKINGHAM-SCHUTT Administrative Assistant Associate Director of Wellness and Nutrition Policy EMILY SCHETTLER Communications Manager ZACHARY MECHAM VISTA Special Projects Coordinator Connecting People with Policy 6 2O18-19 INSTITUTE EVENTS

September 17, 2018 Constitution Day Lecture ft. Senator Tom Harkin (retired) Robert C. Byrd Center Shepherdstown, WV September 18, 2018 Drawn Out: How Iowa got Redistricting Right Washington, D.C. October 9, 2018 D.C. Experience Scholarship Open House The Harkin Institute October 17, 2018 Handicap THIS! Drake University

October 18, 2018 Senior Lecture ft. Aditi Mukherji, Bourlaug Field Award Recipient November 1, 2018 Drake University Sussman Lecture ft. Dr. Bill Barry, NASA Chief Historian Drake University November 15-16, 2018 Harkin International Disability Employment Summit Washington, D.C.

November 28, 2018 Student Lunch with Tiffany Tauscheck The Harkin Institute

NASA Chief Historian Bill Barry delivers the fall Sussman Lecture to a sold-out audience in Sussman Theater.

November 29, 2018 An Evening with Charlie Cook Drake University

Political analyst and NAC member Charlie Cook answers questions during An Evening with Charlie Cook. Connecting People with Policy 7 February 12, 2019 A Conversation with Eric Holder Drake University

February 26, 2019 Student Lunch with Drake University President Marty Martin The Harkin Institute Former Attorney General Eric Holder is interviewed by former Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, chair March 12, 2019 of The Harkin Institute NAC. Student Lunch with Drake University Provost Sue Mattison The Harkin Institute March 12, 2019 Shifting the Balance of Power Drake University March 26, 2019 Policy on Tap Des Moines, IA April 3, 2019 Harkin on Wellness Symposium Drake University April 8-9, 2019 Harkin International Disability Employment Summit May 1, 2019 Paris, France Sussman Lecture feat. Guadalupe Sánchez Salazar, Consul of Mexico in Omaha and Ariel Delouya, Consul General a.i. at the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis Drake University

May 17, 2019 Ceremonial Groundbreaking Drake University

June 12, 2019 Harkin on Wellness Report Release Leaders of The Harkin Institute and Washington, D.C. Drake University break ground at the site of the new Harkin Institute building. Connecting People with Policy 8 PUBLIC POLICY Connecting Research with Policy The Harkin Institute continues Senator Tom data-driven research and analysis for decision- Harkin’s (retired) commitment to advancing makers and the public. Each focus area has an opportunities for people with disabilities, advisory committee comprised of experts in wellness and nutrition, retirement security, and their key policy areas. These diverse groups help labor and employment. Our initiatives in these define the Institute’s research agendas. policy areas provide high-quality, nonpartisan,

Labor and Employment Advisory Committee Retirement Security Advisory Committee Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget Michael Kreps, Principal, Groom Law Group and Policy Priorities Donna Mueller, CEO, Iowa Public Employees’ Heidi Shierholz, Senior Economist and Director of Retirement System (IPERS) Policy, Economic Policy Institute Alicia H. Munnell, Director, Center for Retirement David Weil, Dean and Professor, Heller School of Research at Boston College Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University Larry Zimpleman, Retired Board Chairman, Principal

On March 12, 2019, The Harkin Institute partnered with the Labor Center, Iowa Federation of Labor and the Iowa Chapter of the American Constitution Society to host the event, Shifting the Balance of Power, exploring the value unions provide to communities and how organizing efforts are reshaping workplaces in Iowa and across the U.S. Connecting People with Policy 9 Meet new Policy Director Amy Bentley

employment, people with disabilities, retirement security, and wellness and nutrition.

Prior to joining The Harkin Institute, Bentley worked as an executive officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources focusing on water quality issues. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Northern Iowa and a Bachelor’s in law, politics, and society from Drake University. Policy Director Amy Bentley speaks at the 2019 Harkin on Wellness Symposium. “Having worked in government, nonprofit, and more traditional academia, I am excited by the Amy Bentley joined The Harkin Institute as Policy unique position the Institute is in to overcome Director in August 2018. Bentley oversees all some of the natural limitations to policy work public policy in which the Institute engages. This conducted in these sectors,” Bentley said. “I look includes management of all research areas, the forward to being a part of policy research and policy team, policy-related events, and research analysis that is useful to both decision-makers fellows. She leads the Institute in engaging and the general public in understanding and in our four primary research areas, labor and moving forward complex social issues.”

Meet our newest fellows

Julie Shannon Myers Christensen Research Research Focus Areas: Focus Area: People with People with Disabilities Disabilities Wellness and Nutrition

Dr. Julie Christensen has spent her 20- Shannon Myers is a certified rehabilitation year career working to improve quality of counselor, integrative health coach and life outcomes for at-risk youth, including small business owner. Myers recently youth with intellectual and development completed a contract with West Des disabilities, through promoting employment Moines-based genomics company and access to leisure and recreation Rx-Precision, where she created and opportunities in inclusive settings. oversaw clinical case management.

Research: Dr. Christensen will conduct Research: Myers is studying the barriers research and programming around federal that pregnant women with disabilities face disability policy in areas such as employment, when accessing health care. quality of life, and education. Connecting People with Policy 10 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Connecting People with Employment

The Harkin Institute and several partner “Hosting the Harkin Summit in countries around organizations hosted two Harkin International the globe helps us to connect with more people Disability Employment Summits in fiscal year in truly meaningful ways, helping to spread 2019, including the first Harkin Summit overseas momentum, not just to new individuals but new in Paris, France, in April. countries and communities as well,” said Harkin Institute Executive Director Joseph Jones. The 2019 Harkin Summit in Paris added global momentum to the issues of access and To date, 603 individuals from more than 50 employment for people with disabilities. The countries have attended at least one Harkin event drew 180 people from 27 countries – many Summit, including representatives from business, of whom were able to attend for the first time. government, disability advocacy, education, foundations, and NGOs. (Continued on next page)

The Harkin Challenge

Over that time, he became increasingly focused on one area – helping people with all types of disabilities participate fully in their communities by working in a competitive labor market. Yet, three decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect, 60 percent of Americans with disabilities are unemployed. In some developing countries, that number increases to 80-90 percent.

“I believe that the world is at a tipping That is why Senator Harkin issued a bold challenge at the 2017 Harkin Summit to double point on this issue of competitive, the labor force participation rate of people with integrated employment for hundreds of disabilities in the United States and around the millions of people with disabilities,” world in 10 years. Senator Tom Harkin (retired), 2019 Harkin Summit, France Tackling this problem will require collaboration and partnership across sectors with a common goal of generating new approaches that bring In his 40 years in Congress, Senator Harkin sectors together to re-imagine what is possible. played a leadership role in enacting a legislative agenda that advanced the civil and human Learn more about the Harkin Challenge and rights of children and adults with disabilities. how to get involved at harkinsummit.org. Connecting People with Policy 11

Left: Claudia Gordon of Sprint Accessibility shares highlights from a breakout session. Right: Senator Tom Harkin (retired) interviews Senator Tammy Duckworth.

The 2019 Harkin Summit was put on in close Disability Policy Advisory Committee partnership with Humanity & Inclusion, a Kelly Buckland, Executive Director, National Council France-based non-profit organization that on Independent Living (NCIL) works alongside people with disabilities and Candace Cable, Nine-time Paralympian and leader vulnerable populations in situations of poverty, in the adaptive sports movement exclusion, conflict and disaster. Caroline Casey, Founder of Binc, social entrepreneur and speaker The Summit addressed how to mobilize participants to accelerate global change in the Michael Gamel-McCormick, Disability Policy disability employment space and encourage Director, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging a mobilized audience to connect and build Claudia Gordon, Director of Government and partnerships with other stakeholders. Compliance, Sprint Accessibility Bob Kafka, Disability activist and organizer for Attendees also discussed how to navigate ADAPT global disability employment policies, best Leah Katz-Hernandez, Communications Manager, practices for businesses, building a disability- CEO Office, Microsoft inclusive talent pipeline and how to implement David Mitchell, Administrator, Iowa Vocational disability employment initiatives in small- and Rehabilitation Services medium-sized companies. Charlotte McClain-Nhalpo, Global Disability Advisor in the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (GP SURR) “It is my hope and the intent of The Harkin Global Practice of the World Bank Institute that this work continues to evolve Bobby Silverstein, and grow,” Senator Tom Harkin (retired) told Government relations and disability rights expert and attorney, former Harkin Summit attendees in Paris. “We need to move legislative staffer this work forward so that we can achieve that goal of doubling the labor force participation Susan Sygall, CEO and co-founder, Mobility rate among people with disabilities globally, International USA and then we can set a new goal, to have even Terry Wilding, Superintendent, Minnesota State more people with disabilities not only working, Academies but serving in senior roles and leading their own Alex Watters, City Council, Sioux City, IA; Advisor, organizations.” Morningside College Connecting People with Policy 12 WELLNESS AND NUTRITION Connecting Resources with Initiative

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) disease burden, minimizes the impact on the Food Pantry Network supplies food to 14 environment and distributes healthy, nutritious neighborhood pantries in the Des Moines Metro food in an equitable manner to communities Area. across the nation,” said Lyndi Buckingham- Schutt, The Harkin Institute’s associate director Its innovative Food Pantry 2.0 initiative earned of wellness and nutrition policy and author of the DMARC a 2019 Harkin on Wellness (HOW) Harkin on Wellness Report. designation and then-Executive Director Sarai Rice presented about the program and its success at the 2019 Harkin on Wellness Symposium.

The HOW Report was established to highlight “DMARC is a perfect example programs and organizations that have had of how one organization can act success advancing wellness and nutrition on a community level. The report is meant to as a change maker at multiple share best practices and offer resources with points in the traditional food individuals who are looking to make an impact in supply chain.” their communities but don’t know where to start.

DMARC was one of 10 programs recognized in - Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt the 2019 HOW Report for their work strategically Associate Director of Wellness and Nutrition Policy connecting food systems with health and wellness.

“Creating a more sustainable approach to our food Food Pantry 2.0 is DMARC’s effort to combat the system helps to ensure better health outcomes increasing rate of diet-related chronic conditions for individuals and reduces the growing chronic reported by its clients. The program provides low- income individuals with fresh produce and healthier choices through a signature point system. It is the only known food pantry in the State of Iowa that has successfully and significantly resulted in increased fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income individuals.

The foundation of Food Pantry 2.0 is a custom point system that assigns values to food items based on nutritional content. The healthier the food, the lower the assigned point value. Clients Food at DMARC pantries carry points and clients who who select healthier choices are able to expand select healthier choices are able to expand and extend and extend their monthly food supply. their monthly food supply. Connecting People with Policy 13

“DMARC is a perfect example of how one the DMARC network, and the organization plans organization can act as a change maker at to incorporate additional elements into the Food multiple points in the traditional food supply Pantry 2.0 design, including medical tracking, chain,” Buckingham-Schutt said. “The success health coaching, nutrition education, physical of Food Pantry 2.0 has increased demand for recreation opportunities and more. healthy food, working back along the food supply chain to increase procurement of nutritious food.” Wellness and Nutrition Advisory Committee A survey of pantry clients at a pilot location found that nearly all clients reported an appreciation for Bill Dietz, Director, Sumner M. Redstone Global increased access to healthier foods like fruits and Center for Prevention and Wellness, Milken Institute vegetables that are otherwise inaccessible and School of Public Health, The George Washington University unaffordable. Risa Lavisso-Mourey, Former President and CEO, During the first year of the pilot, selection of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fruits and vegetables in monthly food allotments Dean Ornish, Founder and President, Preventative increased by about 20 percent, and the total Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of number of overall points that clients are using Medicine, University of San Francisco has decreased even while selection of fruits and Michael T. Roberts, Founding Executive Director, vegetables has increased. Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law What started as a pilot project in one food pantry Andrew Weil, Founder and Program Director, has now expanded to two additional pantries in University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

2019 Harkin on Wellness Report Release

The Harkin Institute 2019 Harkin on Wellness Designees celebrated the HOW • Boulder Valley School District School Report in an event at Food Project the National Press Club • Colorado Children’s Hospital in June 2019. • DC Central Kitchen HOW Designees • Detroit Food Academy Stephen Ritz, • DMARC founder of the Green • The Farm at St. Joe’s, Saint Joseph Bronx Machine, and Mercy Health System Alex Moore, Chief • Food Commons Development Officer at DC Central Kitchen • Green Bronx Machine both spoke at the event, along with Senator • Main Street Project: Sharing Our Roots Tom Harkin (retired) and Bill Dietz, Director of Program the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for • New Haven Farms Prevention and Wellness at the Milken Institute of Public Health at George Washington Read the full 2019 Harkin on Wellness University. Report on our website, harkininstitute.org. Connecting People with Policy 14 ARCHIVES Connecting People with the Past

The Drake University Archives and Special “When the person whose papers you have in your Collections and the School of Occupational collection did so much for people with disabilities, Therapy (OT) are teaming up to provide job you want to make sure they can come in and use training for students in transition from high school the materials too,” Bibens said. “That was really to the workforce. important to us from the very beginning, that the Archives be accessible.” Political Papers Archivist Hope Bibens, occupational therapy doctoral candidate Allen-McHugh said their goal is to go beyond Carrie Behrends and transition student Hannah the general requirements of the ADA and be an Corkrean collaborated in the Archives to help example for other schools and organizations to Corkrean gain job skills. go the extra mile in accessibility. In the Archives, Corkrean works on skills such as typing and The formal partnership data entry, which she between the OT school and will need when she joins the Archives began in the the workforce, Behrends fall of 2018 when a first-year “When the person whose said. OT class did an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) papers you have in your “Carrie helps Hannah accessibility assessment collection did so much for adapt her workspace so on the Archives and Cowles people with disabilities, she can make sure the Library. desk and the computer you want to make sure and everything are Rachel Allen-McHugh, they can come in and use working for her,” Bibens professor and occupational said. therapy learning facilitator, the materials, too.” said hosting Senator - Hope Bibens On their first day, Tom Harkin (retired) in Political Papers Archivist Behrends and Corkrean the occupational therapy took a tour of the building inspired the Archives and had the collaboration. Senator opportunity to look at Harkin was the principal author of the ADA the ADA. Then, they worked on data entry and and established The Harkin Institute for Public typing. Policy & Citizen Engagement at Drake in 2013. The Institute continues to do work in the area “We work through our challenges together and of disability policy, particularly as it relates to we work through the potential barriers she may competitive integrated employment for people face when she lives independently,” Behrends with disabilities. said. “It’s really exciting for us that we were able to be the first ones here to hopefully open the Allen-McHugh said Senator Harkin’s work with door for many more students to come.” the ADA aligns with OT’s mission of helping people live purposeful, engaging, meaningful One of the most memorable moments of working lives. with Corkrean was when she was able to access Connecting People with Policy 15 the large moving shelving units in the Archives, Bibens said.

They initially were worried the shelving units would not be accessible, and were excited when Corkrean had no problem using them. Working on problem-solving situations like those create a unique experience for Corkrean tailored to her specific needs, Allen-McHugh added.

Corkrean said of her experiences at the Archives, “It has been awesome, and Carrie was so helpful and so fun to work with. I’m going to miss her so much.”

One of Senator Harkin’s goals is to increase the employment of people with disabilities, and this program is another step in the right direction, Bibens said.

“We love working with The Harkin Institute and with the Archives here,” Allen-McHugh said. “It has been really positive and I feel that hopefully it is a win-win that we can really use our skills as occupational therapists in the space and just really bring the essence and the passion behind the ADA to life.” Ruth Harkin donates papers to

The program has also allowed other visitors to the Drake Archives the Archives to see people of all abilities who are In 2018, Ruth Harkin donated her papers to living the ADA mission and empowering people to the Drake Archives and Special Collections, envision themselves doing the job or occupation including photographs, clippings, awards, they want to do, Allen-McHugh said. and other memorabilia from her career.

Corkrean graduated from high school in 2018 and Ruth Harkin was the first woman elected Story is currently involved in Project Search, a program County Attorney in 1972. She was appointed that connects her to opportunities. President of the Overseas Private Investment Bibens said this collaboration aims to bridge the Corporation by President Bill Clinton in gap between high school and the workforce, 1993, becoming the first female to lead the providing students in transition with the skills organization. She was inducted into the Iowa they need to work in an office setting. Women’s Hall of Fame in August 2018.

The next steps are to keep working to solve In addition to materials from Senator Tom problems and fill the need for work for students Harkin (retired) and Ruth Harkin, the Drake in transition, Bibens said. Archives is home to collections from Governor Robert Ray, Congressman Neal Smith and Bibens said there is still room to grow, and she Wayne Ford, among others. hopes to work with more transition students who are looking for a place to practice their skills. Connecting People with Policy 16 STUDENT PROGRAM Connecting Students with Experience

Students Kayla Garrigan and Alex Hassel present HRH Prince Mired with an infographic detailing key components of Jordan’s landmark disability legislation at the 2018 Harkin Summit.

Drake University students play an integral role in “It was an interesting experience to not only The Harkin Institute’s work. During the 2018-19 learn about the Jordanian law but also design school year, The Harkin Institute employed 18 a document I knew would be used to help undergraduates and one law educate individuals about the student who helped conduct importance of the legislation,” research, coordinate events Fall 2018 Graduate said Student Communications and manage the organization’s Alex Hassel Manager Kayla Garrigan. communications. Spring 2019 Graduates Garrigan and Student Research In 2017, the government of Manager Alex Hassel hand- Jordan passed landmark Catherine Anderson delivered the infographic to His disability legislation modeled Allyson Miller Royal Highness Prince Mired after the U.S. Americans with Maiya Mindoro bin Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Disabilities Act. Harkin Institute Peter Larson (Drake president of the Higher Council Executive Director Joseph Law School) for the Rights of Persons with Jones knew representatives Disabilities in Jordan, and his from Jordan planned to attend advisors at the 2018 Harkin the 2018 Harkin Summit, and Summit. wanted to do something to commemorate their monumental achievement. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet HRH Prince Mired and provide him with the Students translated the legislation from Arabic infographic,” Garrigan said. “Attending the Harkin to English and identified key sections. They Summit and learning about the true impact it will translated the summary back to Arabic and have for people in Jordan is something I’ll never turned it into a compelling infographic. forget.” Connecting People with Policy 17 D.C. EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP Connecting Talent with Opportunity

from The Harkin Institute, which helps Drake undergraduate students with financial need cover housing and travel costs for summer internships in Washington.

At CSPI, Uram contributed to several ongoing projects, including conducting interviews with key informants of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Iowa, gathering D.C. Experience Scholarship recipient field data about sugary drink placement and Julie Uram attending a Fourth of July price promotion in grocery stores, and attending celebration in Washington, D.C. meetings of the D.C. sugar-sweetened beverage tax coalition. Julie Uram joined The Harkin Institute’s student staff in 2018 eager to work on food policy issues. “My internship at CSPI was extremely helpful in terms of preparing me for future work in the Uram got to continue her federal nutrition food and nutrition policy sector,” Uram said. “I policy research over the summer as an intern in gained skills in qualitative analysis, interviewing, Washington, D.C., at the Center for Science in literature review, survey assessment, and data the Public Interest (CSPI), a leading consumer organization, and learned about public nutrition advocacy organization focused on food safety issues I previously knew nothing about.” and nutrition access. The Harkin Institute is working directly with CSPI “I am drawn to the complexities of food system on the SNAP project, and Uram has been able to work, and my time at the Institute and CSPI have continue her work on the project in the fall. provided me real-world experiences that have opened my eyes to the career possibilities within Meet our 2019 D.C. Experience food and nutrition public policy.” Scholarship Recipients

The CSPI internship was unpaid, but Uram Ivy Beckenholdt received a D.C. Experience Scholarship Congresswoman Cindy Axne’s Office

Rachel Fritz D.C. Experience Scholarship Committee Bread for the World Zach Nunn, Iowa State Senator Paula Dierenfeld, Mayor of Johnston, IA Sloan Nickel Ray Walton, Former Harkin Staffer National Women’s Law Center Denise Stowman, Assistant Director of Financial Aid for Drake University Julie Uram Senator Tom Harkin (Retired) Center for Science in the Public Interest Connecting People with Policy 18

OUTREACH Connecting Campus with Our Work

Harkin Institute VISTA Special Projects Coordinator Zach Mecham speaks to attendees at Handicap THIS!, an event co-hosted by The Harkin Institute in October 2018 about addressing stigmas surrounding disability.

Zach Mecham has become a common figure on to establish and oversee a robust student the Drake University campus, first as a student outreach program at The Harkin Institute. He has and then, for the past two years, as the outreach helped to raise the Institute’s profile on campus coordinator for The Harkin Institute. through class visits, meetings with Drake student organizations, faculty and staff, and coordinating “I was excited to have the opportunity to be a Institute participation at various Drake events. part of an organization that is dedicated to the Mecham has helped to grow the student staff legacy of Senator Harkin,” Mecham said. “Being into a diverse group of dedicated employees and involved in disability advocacy, I knew how his increase applications for the D.C. Experience work on the ADA promoted inclusion for people Scholarship. with disabilities. To do equity and inclusion work for an organization that bears his name was a “I couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity true honor.” to work and grow at The Harkin Institute,” he said. “As I move on to new opportunities and Mecham worked at the Institute as a member of adventures, I will take with me many new skills AmeriCorps VISTA, a national service program and fond memories.” designed to help alleviate poverty. Mecham’s VISTA term at The Harkin Institute Mecham has spent the last two years helping concludes in February 2020. Connecting People with Policy 19 Thank You to Our Supporters Our friends of The Harkin Institute make what we do here possible. We thank them for their generous support of our mission. This is an honor roll of donors who have made a gift in fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019.) $50,000+ Barbara and Michael Gartner MidAmerican Energy Company

$10,000-$49,999 Anonymous Anonymous Anthem, Inc. Anita Bared and Luis Bared Jr. Myron & Jacqueline Blank II Fund Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey Comcast Corporation Roxanne Barton Conlin (LA’64, LW’66, GR’79) Patty and Jim Cownie Charitable Fund Delta Dental of Iowa Galt Foundation Julie Gammack and Richard Gilbert Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation Senator Thomas and Ruth Harkin Leo Hindery Jr. and Patti Wheeler Frederick and Charlotte Hubbell Harriet Hubbell Jim and Ellen Hubbell Hy-Vee, Inc. International Association of Fire Fighters Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly Family Foundation MAXIMUS Microsoft John and Mary Pappajohn Virginia Rodgers Janis and John Ruan III Ruderman Family Foundation Julie and Michael Sanjenis SMART - Intl Assoc of Sheet, Metal, Air, Rail, Trans Workers Mr. Richard J. Sussman (LA’51) Tufts University A/P Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Frederick Weitz II and Margaret Weitz Larry and Kathleen Zimpleman (Larry, BN’73, GR’79; Kathleen, LA’76) Connecting People with Policy 20 $5,000-$9,999 $500-$999 Marilyn Brubaker Dr. Richard Deming Elliott E. Cooper Jr. (JO’68) John Cacciatore and Robin Ahnen- Cacciatore Carter Eskew James and Martha Fifield Bonnie J. Campbell (LA’82, LW’84) Elizabeth Garst Deborah Gitchell Larry Grisolano Lila and Gary Capps Trudy Holman Hurd James and Mary Carey Iowa Cancer Consortium Stephen and Dawn Roberts Emily Schettler Linda and Robert Carpenter John and Dianne Liepa Richard and Jacquelyne Seibert Reverend James Carstensen Poses Family Foundation (Richard, BN’71) Judy and Earl Check W. Mark and Janet Rosenbury Matt and Stephanie Sinovic Dr. Abdul Chughtai RPC, Inc Charitable Foundation Susan Spencer David and Alicia Claypool Thomas Scott Timothy and Toni Urban Patrick and Nancy Corkrean Donald Stanley Jr. and Debra Moore Teresa Vilmain Don Corrigan (ED’72, GR’78, GR’83) (Donald, LW’00; Debra, GR’87) David Yepsen and Mary Stuart (David, Jeffrey Couch The JP Morgan Chase & Co GR’85) Linda and Richard Craddick (Linda, GR’17) Dr. Kevin and Jeanne Cunningham $1,000-$4,999 $250-$499 DCM Policy Consulting Alliance Enterprises Dr. Donald V. and Carol A. Adams Tim DeLong Stephen and Rosemary Anderson Hope and Robert Bibens Richard Diegel (Stephen, BN’84; Rosemary, JO’84) Kay Casstevens Cathy Dodds (ED’71, GR’84) Cory Claussen (AS’99) Baird Foundation, Inc. Patricia L. and Douglas S. Dornacker Bery Engebretsen (Patricia, GR’96) Brandeis University Frances Fleck (GR’74) Dr. Ralph Carlson (LA’63) Jane and Robert Downer Beth Freeman (JO’78) Eldridge and Linda Drury Yoshiko Dart Sharon and Dennis Goldford (Sharon, Fred and Kathy Eastman (Fred, GR’86) Denny Drake and Marsha Ternus PH’89, GR’95) Michael English (Denny, LA’73, LW’77; Marsha, LW’77) Vicki and Andrew Hano (Vicki, ED’78) Annelise Escher (AS’18) Gregory Gustafson and Peggy Susan Keith Dr. Scott and Kathryn Escher Armstrong-Gustafson (Gregory, GR’90; Dr. Stephanie Mercier Sally and Gordon Faber (Sally, PH’67) Peggy, GR’90) Amy and Doug Moore Charles and Margaret Felling Joseph Jones II (GR’08) Gerry and Mary Lou Neugent (Gerry, Anonymous Dr. I. and Linda Jordan LW’75) Diana and Gary Findley (Diana, JO’90) Mr. Robert E. Josten and Ms. Susan Paula and Ned Skinner Douglas Finnemore Judkins Jack and Sandra Fleishman Kathleen Lillis $1-$249 Loran and Jo Fletchall Jean Lloyd-Jones Mary Acton Jeffrey Foster Kathleen Garrison (LA’71) President Emeritus David and Dave Affeldt Jonathan Andelson Victoria and Ronald Gauerke (Ronald, Madeleine Maxwell Barrie Anderson PH’91) Elizabeth Mumford and Joe Gitchell Linda Appelgate (GR’90) Joey and Karen George Major Zachary and Kelly Nunn Larry and Ann Bakerink Robert Gernes (Zachary, AS’02) Jeremy Barewin (JO’97) Thomas Gibbons The Honorable Leo Oxberger and Rob Barron Virginia Gibbs Monarae Merryman (Leo, LA’54, Edward Barwick and Marcia Fulton Judy Gilbert LW’57) Natalie Battles Mary Giliberti Robert W Baird and Company Lori and Margaret Baux Christopher and Nina Gill Christopher Roosevelt Gerald and Lori Beary John and Denise Girardi Darci Vetter (AS’96) Lary Belman Jay Gold Leisa and Kent Walker Betty O’Flaherty Kent Rev Trust Richard Goodson Jr. John and Margery Graves (Margery, Ray and Joanne Walton Karil and Steve Bialostosky Theodore Boesen, Jr and Connie GR’91) Boesen Marjorie Greene Cynthia Bowen Rebecca and Orb Greenwald Kai Brost (Rebecca, GR’94) Connecting People with Policy 21

Robert and Chery Greenwood Joyce Mears (FA’60) Karen and Robert Scott James and Elsie Grisolano Representative Brian and Ann Meyer Twila Seibert (ED’65) Kathleen Halloran (Brian, LW’02) Dorene and Patrick Sell Thomas Hamilton Jr. (LA’83) Helen Miller Larry Severidt Michael Hanna Lawrence and Mary Miller William and Faith Sherman Robert and Janet Hardin (Robert, Thomas Miller Leah Shimp Vass (AS’99) ED’73, GR’87; Janet, ED’73) Betty and J. Craig Miller (Betty, FA’72) Marvin and Jan Shirley John Harding (LW’88) David and Kim Mitamura (David, Dr. Robert and Cherie Shreck Marc Harding BN’86) Kelly Simon Richard Harkin Michael Myers John and Mary Kay Smith (John, Michael Harkin Bob Nash and Janis Kearney AS’92, GR’00; Mary Kay, AS’91, Scott Hartsook Charlotte Nelson (GR’83) GR’07) Karen R Hawkins Nancy Nichols (ED’67, GR’72) Francis and Jean Smith Doran Haywood Lance and Deborah Noe (Lance, Edward Soenke Penny Heaberlin and Ken Bayliss III GR’94; Deborah, GR’96) Representative Sharon and Alan (Penny, BN’79, LW’93, GR’93) John and Jacqueline Norris Steckman (Alan, GR’00) Philip Heckel Alisa O’Brien Patrick and Maria Steele Curt and Sharon Heidt Derry and Thomas O’Connor Angelo Stefani Jeffrey and Cynthia Heland David and Jennifer Oman Stephen Stenstrom and Donna Mueller Thomas Henderson and Nan Horvat Barbara Opheim Al Sturgeon (Thomas, LA’77, LW’80; Nan, LW’81) David Osterberg Mara Swanson (BN’65) Sonja Hoover Michael and Deborah Owen Kevin Techau Galen and Katherine Howsare (Galen, Cynthia Paschen and John Paschen, Ernest and Karen Thomsen GR’95) MD Thomas and Dr. JoAnn Tully (Thomas, Peggy Huppert and Marty Parrish Richard Pates LW’10) (Peggy, JO’80) Janis Peak Darren and Erika Uhlenhopp Brad Hurst Jr. and Shelley Hurst (Brad, Tim and Pam Pepper (Pam, GR’09) Donald and Deloris VanRyswyk AS’01, GR’06, GR’17; Shelley, ED’05, Janet Petersen (GR’99) Pamela and Dennis Vogel GR’14) Virginia Petersen Steven Wachtel Mohammad and Shafqat Iqbal Michael Peterson Barbara and Wesley Walker Lindsay Jones Steve Petty Dr. Angela Walker Franklin and Jerry Kearns Shirley Pfeifer Thaddeus Franklin Jr. Betty Kent Jeffery Pietan Connie Waller Bradley Knott Herman Quirmbach John Washburn Brenda Kole (GR’10) Sarah Ramsey Keith Whipple Lee Konfrst and Professor Jennifer Clark and Joanne Rasmussen (Clark, Shelly and Jim Whitmire Glover Konfrst (Lee, JO’96, LW’06; BN’58) La Donna and Gary Wicklund Jennifer, JO’96, GR’98) Janice Reinicke Dawn Willging Representative Mark and Denise Kuhn Robert Riley Jr. and Kay Riley (Robert, Dean and Sherry Williams (Sherry, Cari and Lloyd Larsen (Cari, BN’96) ‘74) GR’84) Michael Lavalle Susan Robinette (JO’76) Drinda Williams Russell Lett Alan Robinson (‘79) Ann Williams-Flood (BN’11, AS’17, Margaret Linak Jennifer Robinson and Michael GR’19) Larry and Sharon Long Muellerleile Kathryn Wisecarver Linda and Nicholas Lucy Alice and Byron Rovine Julia Wolf (AS’18, JO’18) Alex Lynch Klaus Ruedenberg Andrea Woodard Caryl Lyons Howard Sachs Jani Wren Dr. Frederick and Roberta Maharry Marilyn and Duane Sand Cecilia Wright (Frederick, GR’82, GR’95) Leon and Lucy Sanderson Lisa-Marie and Simon Wright Michael and Dorothy Mauro (Michael, Ruth and Ralph Scharnau Allan and Beverly Yeager ED’70) Sam Scheidler Dr. Allen and Gail Zagoren (Allen, Paul McAndrew Allan Schmidt GR’04) Drs. Daniel and Andrea McGuire V. K. Scott Connecting People with Policy 22 Support our mission. The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement was founded on the premise that good public policy is best achieved when policymakers have access to high-quality information, political processes are open and well- understood, and citizens are informed and active participants.

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