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Leading our Community Foundation

The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque's 15-member volunteer Board of Directors is made up of civic and community leaders responsible for managing the Foundation's assets, developing new funds and making grants to the organizations that the Foundation and its donors support.


Phillip Ruppel
Chair

Tim Conlon
Chair Elect

John C. O'Connor
Vice Chair

Ken Townsend
Treasurer

Donnelle Fuerste
Secretary

Jim Theisen
Immediate Past Chair

Charlie Glab
Executive Committee

Dick Friedman
 

Ken Furst
 

Eldon Herrig
 

Stephen J. Juergens
 

W.R. Klauer, Jr.
 

Jeanne Lauritsen

Walt Pregler

David Wm. Rusk


 

Our Current Board:

Phillip Ruppel, Board Chair
Retired Business Owner

Tim Conlon, Chair Elect
Conlon Construction

John C. O’Connor, Vice Chair
O’Connor & Thomas P.C.

Ken Townsend, Treasurer
Former CEO, Barnstead Thermolyne

Donnelle Fuerste, Secretary
Metrix Company

Jim Theisen, Immediate Past Chair
Theisen’s Home-Farm-Auto

Charlie Glab, Executive Committee
Morrison Brothers Co.

Dick Friedman
Retired

Ken Furst
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP

Eldon Herrig
Herrig and Herrig Financial Services

Stephen J. Juergens
Fuerste, Carew, Juergens & Sudmeier, P.C.

W.R. Klauer, Jr.
Klauer Manufacturing

Jeanne Lauritsen
Women's Giving Circle, Leader

Walter Pregler
Retired

David Wm. Rusk
Julien’s Journal