YPD Committees

To ensure the progression of YPD as a powerful and empowering group, five distinct sub-committees are the heart of YPD. This community of talented individuals is dedicated to making Dubuque an attractive place to live, work and play through five areas: professional development, community service, relationship building, marketing, and social and cultural opportunities.

Committees typically meet once a month and are a great way to not only get involved, but to take part in developing YPD’s future. Share your skills and creativity by getting involved with any of the following committees:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
The Professional Development Committee develops, connects and empowers young professionals through opportunities and resources to enhance professional development and businesses success.

Shelley Boland (sboland@premierbanking.com) Committee Co-Chair
Kelly Cooper (kellycooper76@hotmail.com) Committee Co-Chair

COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE
The Community Service Committee is dedicated to providing quality community service opportunities to YPD with a focus on young people and their families in Dubuque.

Stacey May (smay@honkamp.com) Committee Co-Chair
Kara Popp (poppk@nicc.edu) Committee Co-Chair

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING COMMITTEE
The Relationship Building Committee focuses on affording YPD members the opportunity to have genuine and meaningful interaction, both personally and professionally.

Melissa Turner (mturner@octhomaslaw.com) Committee Co-Chair
Jennifer Bockenstedt (jennifer.bockenstedt@cb-sisco.com) Committee Co-Chair

MARKETING COMMITTEE
The Marketing Committee concentrates on crafting the message and identity of YPD, and creates new ways to reach current members, possible members and sponsors for YPD.

Natalie Sacco (nsacco@hometechsystems.com) Committee Co-Chair

SOCIAL/CULTURAL COMMITTEE
The Social/Cultural Committee plans their events around YPD members to aid them in meeting new people. Events include: sports outings, networking nights, musical and theatre events, picnics, game nights and many more.

Susie Peterson (speterson@libertybankiowa.com) Committee Co-Chair
Scott Frost ( sfrost@libertybankiowa.com ) Committee Co-Chair

SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
The Symposium Committee brings passion and energy to Iowa's premier young professional development conference. Time commitment lasts from early spring to the Symposium in November, and different committees will have different time commitments during that period. The sub-committees include financial, event setup, logistics, marketing, publicity, and registration.

Official Symposium email (YPDSymposium@gmail.com)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee members are elected as the voice of those not on committees and they maintain the YPD vision, finances, strategic planning, committee communication and other duties as needed.

Todd Link (tlink@premierbanking.com)
Melissa Turner (mturner@octhomaslaw.com)
Matt Dodds (mdodds@dupaco.com)

To get involved in one of the YPD sub-committees, simply email one of the committee co-chairs for more information or to find out when a committee is meeting next.

STEERING COMMITTEE
The Steering Committee, the leading body of YPD, is made up of two co-chairs from each of the five sub-committees, plus the Executive Committee. To contact a Steering Committee member, please see the above contacts.