IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION - Key Persons
AsAdministrativeandHospitalityAssistant,partofAlicia'sworkistoprovidesupporttotheICUFExecutiveDirectorandICUFprograms.PriortojoiningtheICUFteam,AliciawasarestaurantmanagerindowntownDesMoines.AliciaisexcitedtojointhecreditunionindustryanduseherextensivebackgroundinhospitalitytohelpfurtherdevelopICUFgovernanceanddonorstewardship.AliciaservedtwoyearsasaYouthDevelopmentVolunteerwiththePeaceCorpsonthenortherncoastofPeru.ShehasaBachelor'sDegreeinSocialWorkfromtheUniversityofNorthernIowa.AliciaresidesinDesMoineswithherhusband,Sean,andthreeguineapigs-Meaux,Lotte,andBerry.
AsProgramManager,GraceMcKennaisresponsibleforhelpingtobringtheFoundation'sprogrammingandmission-driveninitiativestolife.PriortoworkingforICUF,Graceservedinanumberofroleswithinthepublic,privateandnon-profitsectorsinDesMoinesandacrossIowa.Herexperienceincludesprojectmanagement,customerservice,communication,design,victimrightsadvocacyandcommunityimpact.SheisaproudgraduateofDrakeUniversity,wheresheearnedaB.A.inHistoryandPolitics.GraceisoriginallyfromtheQuadCitiesandnowlivesinDesMoines.Inherfreetime,GraceparticipatesinandenjoysDesMoines'robustanddiverseartcommunity.
EnaBabicBarnesoverseesthestrategicexecutionofICUF'smissiondrivenprogramsandinvestments.Priortothisrole,EnaservedasaProgramManagerwithICUF,wheresheledICUF'sfinancialeducationinitiativesandfundraisingcampaigns,surpassingprojectedannualgoals.PriortocomingtoICUF,EnaspenthercareerinvariousleadershiproleswithnonprofitandtradeassociationorganizationsinSerbia.SheledthedevelopmentofprogramsandstrategiesfocusedonEuropeanintegrationandcommunitydevelopment.EnahasanundergraduatedegreeinInternationalRelationsfromtheFacultyofPoliticalSciencesattheUniversityofBelgradeandiscurrentlyenrolledatDrakeUniversitywheresheispursuinghermastersdegreeinpublicadministration.EnalivesinAltoona,IowawithherhusbandBrentandenjoysvolunteeringinhercommunity.