DMPS Honors 100+ Retiring Employees
More than 100 dedicated DMPS employees from a variety of departments were honored at a special luncheon on Wednesday at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines. Chief of Human Resources Dr. Anne Sullivan offered congratulations, and Superintendent Dr. Tom Ahart presented retirees with a golden apple for their service.
Students Aviva Adams-Wilk (Cowles Montessori School), Shakira Stiefvater (Callanan Middle School) and Courtnei Caldwell (Hoover High School) talked about the special teachers in their lives and the impact school has had on them.
In the end, Chair of the Board of Directors Cindy Elsbernd wrote and recited a DMPS Retirement Poem she wrote and dedicated to every retiring employee.
Please see a list of our retiring employees below. Congratulations to everyone!
Anderson, Rhonda
Andresen, Kimberly
Andrews, Kathleen
Balkema, James
Banks, Leane
Barnes, Steve
Bass, Cynthia
Behling, Denise
Bennett, Ronald
Berry, Mary
Blackford, Cynthia
Boal, Anne
Brandt, Marsha
Brier, Sandra
Brocksmith, Karen
Brones, Laura
Caligiuri, Mari
Callaghan-Mitchell, Barbara
Carlson, Philip
Carter, Shelley
Charron, Karen
Clausen, Katherine
Cockrell, Stephen
Collins, Melinda
Colton, Patricia
Cooley, Terance
Cooper, Janyce
Crandell, Kathleen
Cropp, Billie Jo
Cross, Karen
Culver, Peggy
Cusmano, Patricia
Dahm, Leslie
Day, Barbara
Decker, Mary
Dickerson, Donna
Dinsdale, Linda
Dunivan, Sandra
Durham, Dawn
Edwards, Pamela
Faust, Gloria
Fogle, Deborah
Forsgren, Thomas
Fritch, Marcia
Gaylord-Crispin, Marjorie
Gier, Kay
Graham, Kay
Grandanette, Joseph
Greiner-Glas, Susan
Hansen, Kathryn
Hanson, Steven
Harrington, Diane
Heideman, Julie
Henline, Thomas
Hetzel, Jannan
Hilger, Mary
Holmgren, Ronald
Holmgren, Teresa
Horn, Sarah
Hoyt, Lynne
Huston, Steven
James, Ethel
Jasso, Michael
Jefferson, Lucy
Johnson, Camille
Johnson, John
Johnston, Michael
Jones, Sarah (Jackie)
Jones, Karen
Jones, Melinda
Kerman, Lonny
Khalastchi, Barbara
King, Bonnie
Kitterman, Darrell
Kleinschrodt, Juli
Kulzer, Howard
Lehman, Kathleen
Leonetti, Juli
Lewis, Mary
Logsdon, Michael
Loux, Donna
Lowe, Julia
Lynch, Gene
Lynch, Nancy
Maass, Karen
Markle, Todd
Mattila, Lin
Mcdonald, Susan
Metge, Maria
Miller, Diann
Morain, Diane
Murillo, Janet
Murphy, Kathleen
Nemmers, Linda
Nemmers, Theodore
Neswold, Vicki
Nichols-Wood, Barbara
Nigro, Roberta
Nizzi, Jerry
O’lear, Laura
Parrish, Terry
Paul, Kathleen
Paulsen, Mary
Pearson, Genevieve
Reynolds, Kathy
Riordan, Therese
Robinson, Barbara
Rodriguez, Linda
Root, Valerie
Rosin, Julie
Schwering, Jeanette
Sircy, Katherine
Skinner, Peggy
Smith, Thomas
Smith, Birdie Mae
Smith, Jean
Smith, J Kirby
Stancel, Kenneth
Stark, Lee
Stetson, Deborah
Stinson, Donna
Stone-Flomo, Cassandra
Swanson, Carol
Swanson, Thomas
Sweet, David
Tebo, Janette
Thompson, Shari
Trullinger, Christy
Tursi, Madelyn
Van De Pol, Carol
Virden, Mark
Walag, John Michael
West, Sheila
Westover, Mary
Wilkinson, Rena
Williams, Patti
Wilson, Wanda
Winslow, Joanne