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Dennis Barnum, President
Since retirement 16 years ago has served:
Currently serving as:
Patti has worked for more than 25 years as a medical, mental health and hospice social worker. She has an MSW from the University of Iowa and is both an ACSW and a LISW. She has also been a newspaper reporter and columnist and is currently pursing a Masters of Science in journalism and mass communication at Iowa State University. As a Catholic, she embraces a consistent ethic of life, often called “the seamless garment,” which was a guiding teaching of Chicago’s late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin and of Pope John Paul II in his encyclical The Gospel of Life. Patti has been a long-time IADP volunteer and activist. She and her husband, Bill, have five children and live in Des Moines. Dennis Steele, Treasurer Dennis lives in Des Moines and works in Johnston. He has over twenty years of experience working with children with multiple disabilities. Dennis has been an activist within Amnesty International USA filling various volunteer roles on the local, statewide, regional and national levels. He also has been involved as a volunteer in prison ministry for nearly twenty-five years. Dennis’ commitment to opposing the death penalty comes from his sense of Catholic social justice teaching and personal relationships with both murder victims and death row inmates. Lori Baux, Communication and Public Education Lori Baux is principal of a grassroots public affairs and public relations consulting firm based in Ames. A native of Marion County and graduate of Iowa State University, Lori began her professional career working as a political organizer in Iowa. She moved to Washington, D.C., serving in the Carter Administration’s office of Presidential Personnel. Lori continued to be active on the political front, while working in the private sector as a grassroots, strategic communications specialist on a broad range of non-partisan issues. After years in Washington, Lori returned home to Iowa, continuing her work as a strategic communications and grassroots consultant. A long-time supporter of abolishing the death penalty, Lori began working with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in 2005 and currently serves as a senior consultant to the organization. Rev. Jim Davis, Membership Rev. Jim Davis is the Administrative Pastor of Countryside Ministry, a rural, ecumenical, cooperative ministry comprised of six congregations representing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) and the United Church of Christ (UCC). He has served as a pastor in the ELCA since 1989 and is also on the clergy rosters of the PCUSA and UCC. Jim is committed to seeking justice for marginalized people in our communities and globally. He has served on a number of boards that provide advocacy and service to at risk youth, mentally ill and developmentally challenged adults, the sick and dying. His passion is to find ways to sustain and improve the quality of life for rural Iowans. Jim lives in Gowrie with his wife, Tami, and their five children. Ed O’Leary, Membership Ed O’Leary continues to offer a lifetime of service:
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