JEDCO announces it 2022 Board Officers
24 Jan 2022
At its meeting on January 18, the Jasper County Economic Development Corporation (JEDCO) Board of Directors elected its 2022 officers.
David Mast, Mayor, City of Colfax, will serve as JEDCO’s Board Chair. Chad Alleger, City Council member from Prairie City, will serve as the Board’s Vice Chairperson. Teryl Ver Ploeg of Sully, Iowa, will continue his service as Board Treasurer, and Kim Thomas, City Administrator of Monroe, will serve as the Board’s Recording Secretary.
The JEDCO Board expressed their appreciation to Doug Bishop, Jasper County Treasurer, who announced his retirement from the JEDCO Board of Directors after twenty-two years of service.
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