CEDAR RAPIDS METRO ECONOMIC ALLIANCE - Key Persons
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- Membership Growth Specialist
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- DIRECTOR of ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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- Finance and Accounting Contractor
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- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Meet Our Executive Director
Doug Neumann is in his 18 th year at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, where he has served as Communications Director, Downtown Director, Executive Vice President and now Executive Director.
His work in the Cedar Rapids area began more 30 years ago as a newspaper reporter and editor at The Gazette. He also has served on staff for the Mayor and City Council of the City of Cedar Rapids. His career highlights include numerous community development, public policy, communications and organizational initiatives that have helped shape the region.
Doug serves on the executive committee of the statewide Iowa Chamber Alliance, and also chairs the board of directors at Brucemore, Iowa's only National Trust Historic Site. Among many civic and volunteer activities, he has served on the board of directors of the Linn County Housing Fund, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the Arc of East Central Iowa, the Cedar Rapids Kernels Foundation and the NewBo City Market Board.
Doug graduated with a degree in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Doug and his wife, Jen, have two college-aged daughters, Grace and Anna.
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- Maintenance Supervisor
- Member of the TALENTED TEAM
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- Economic Development Relationship Manager
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- SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS and Marketing MANAGER
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- Finance Cultivates Connections and Financial Education
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- Community Development Specialist, Iowa BIG
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- Economic Development Project Manager
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- DIRECTOR of STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
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- Administrative and Project Coordinator
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- MedQuarter Executive Director
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- Vice President of Economic Development