Contact Information for Making Connections

Office

Making Connections Des Moines
1111 Ninth Street, Suite 290
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
(515) 282-3561
Fax (515) 282-3593
info@makingconnectionsdm.org

Staff (housed at Making Connections Office unless otherwise noted)

Local Site Coordinator (Acting):
Linda Ferrell
United Way of Central Iowa
1111 Ninth Street, Suite 100
Des Moines, IA 50314
(515) 246-6528
Fax (515) 246-6522
lferrell@unitedwaydm.org

Communications Coordinator:
Ellen Hanusa Wonderlin
(515) 282-3945
ewonderlin@makingconnectionsdm.org





Resident Leadership Facilitation & TimeBanking :
Suzanne Holmes
Neighborhood Health Initiative
1801 16th Street
Des Moines, IA 50314
(515) 309-4798
Fax (515) 309-4796
shepherdess.1@hotmail.com

Active Resident Organizer:
(Youth, Faith, Fatherhood)
Ray Lewis
Neighborhood Health Initiative
1801 16th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
(515) 309-4799
Fax (515) 309-4796
rlewis@makingconnectionsdm.org

Operations Associate:
Jule A. Loy Gray
(515) 282-3561
jloygray@makingconnectionsdm.org

 

 

Resident Leadership Coordinator:
Tony Wilson
Neighborhood Health Initiative
1801 16th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
(515) 309-4797
Fax (515) 309-4796
Wilsonar@ihs.org

Neighborhood Grants for Growth (Small Grants):
R. Adin Davis, Coordinator
Neighborhood Health Initiative
1801 16th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
(515) 309-4795
Fax (515) 309-4796
adindavis@yahoo.com



Management Team

Site Team Leader:
Ira Barbell
Senior Program Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
1 (800) 222-1099
Fax (410) 223-3387
ibarbell@aecf.org

Site Liason:
Benjamin Butler
Community Development Associates, Inc.
64-31 Doudlaston Parkway
Little Neck , NY 11362
(718) 631-9758
cdaincbb@verison.net

Linda Ferrell, United Way, Des Moines

Charles Bruner, Child & Family Policy Center, CHAPSS Liaison, (515) 280-9027, ext. 115

Chuck Palmer, ISED Ventures, FES Liaison (515) 283-0940 ext. 28

Becky Miles-Polka, Health Liaison and TARC (Technical Assistance Resource Coordinator) liaison (515) 274-1330

Teresa Taylor-Wolf, United Way, Local Learning Partner, (515) 246-6529

Tony Wilson, Neighborhood Health Initiative, (515) 309-4797

Ellen Hausa Wonderlin, Making Connections, Des Moines

Making Connections Organizational Chart
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