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Staff

If you are a high school student who has questions about Career Advantage classes at DMACC or at your high school, please email us,

Michael Lentsch
Director, Career Advantage
mjlentsch@dmacc.edu
515-965-7086 Office
515-249-8245 Cell
Michael oversees Career Advantage advisors to provide all enrollment services for Career advantage students.

Randy Gabriel
Director, Career Advantage
rgabriel1@dmacc.edu
515-965-6011 Office
515-238-7906 Cell
Randy works with high school faculty and counselors to set up shared programming in the areas of career/technical education.

Eddie Diaz
Director, DMACC Perry VanKirk Career Academy
ediaz@dmacc.edu
515-428-8120 Office
Eddie works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Perry Center.

Jeff Kelly
Coordinator, Ames Hunziker Center
jjkelly@dmacc.edu
Jeff works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Ames Career Academy.

Karen Swanson
Coordinator, Career Advantage
kswanson4@dmacc.edu
515-965-7347
Karen works directly with DMACC staff and high school faculty on concurrent enrollment requirements and processes, providing leadership and guidance to maintain NACEP accreditation.

Jose Lopez
Coordinator, Southridge Career Academy
jelopez6@dmacc.edu
515-322-9039 Cell
Jose works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Southridge Career Academy.

Alyssa Ploeger
Coordinator, Career Advantage
arploeger1@dmacc.edu
515-965-7172
Alyssa works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Ankeny Career Academy.

Marc Renning
Coordinator, Carroll Career Advantage
mjrenning@dmacc.edu
712-792-8323 Office
Marc works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Carroll Career Academy.

Bill Peters
Executive Campus Dean - Newton
wspeters@dmacc.edu
641-791-1721
Bill works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Newton Career Academy

Lisa Olk
Administrative Assistant
llolk@dmacc.edu
515-964-6422 Office

Megan Mudd
Coordinator, Online Course Access
mjmudd@dmacc.edu
515-965-7170 office
515-249-0560 cell

Staci Scholten
Online Course Access
slscholten@dmacc.edu
515-964-6316 Office

Jenn Ewalt
Career Advantage Specialist
jlewalt@dmacc.edu
515-964-7345 Office
Jenn works with a variety of areas in Career Advantage.

College & Career Transition Counselors (CCTC)

CCTC support students and families at select high schools as they transition from high school to college or a career. To find a CCTC assigned to your high school, visit this page.

Fore more information, contact:

Gail Zehr
District Coordinator, College and Career Transition Services
Email: gmzehr@dmacc.edu
Phone: 515-965-7094

Academic Advisors

The following staff provide academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

To find the advisor at your high school, select Classes at Your School.

Aly Cappaert
amcappaert@dmacc.edu
Cell 515-339-8874

Megan Doubleday
medoubleday@dmacc.edu
515-663-6707 Office
515-240-7845 Cell

Andrea Gotta
ajgotta@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-791-5161

Katie Heither
kfheither@dmacc.edu
515-964-6658 Office
515-720-8267 Cell

Kam Klaver
kcklaver@dmacc.edu
515-964-6361 Office
515-330-5366 cell

Tom Lipovac
tflipovac@dmacc.edu
515-428-8100

Amanda Magie
ajmagie@dmacc.edu
515-371-0438 Cell

Kirk Pohlman
kjpohlman@dmacc.edu
515-964-6840 Office
515-238-8350 Cell

Kaylee Rivera
knrivera@dmacc.edu
515-414-6274 Cell

Ellen Sandholm
emsandholm@dmacc.edu
515-964-6659 Office
515-201-1289 Cell

Maggie Steinkamp
msteinkamp1@dmacc.edu
712-792-8332

Paige Warden
pnwarden@dmacc.edu
515-287-8715 Office
515-380-4421 Cell