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
coursess 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.
CCTC
DMACC’s College and Career Transition Counselors work with students at specific high schools to assist students and families with the process of transitioning from high school to college and/or career.
Gail Zehr
District Coordinator, College and Career Transition Services
gmzehr@dmacc.edu
515-965-7094 Office
515-571-8286 Cell
Kara Donovan
CCTC
kdonovan2@dmacc.edu
Waukee High School
Waukee Northwest High School
Morgan Donovan
CCTC
mddonovan@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9557
Knoxville High School
PCM High School
Tracy Edwards
CCTC
taedwards3@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9564
Ballard High School
Colo-NESCO High School
Danielle Harris
CCTC
dharris20@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9552
Southeast Polk
Tara Gallardo
CCTC
tkgallardo@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-900-6206
East High School (DM)
Hoover High School
Lincoln High School (DM)
North High School (DM)
Roosevelt High School
Virtual High School (DM)
Kara May
CCTC
kamay1@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9556
Interstate 35 High School
Van Meter High School
Kenya Pruitt
CCTC
kpruitt@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9558
Johnston High School
West Des Moines (Valley HS and Walnut Creek Alt)
Jo Riley
CCTC
jriley9@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9560
Bondurant High School
North Polk High School
Steve Rude
CCTC
sgrude@dmacc.edu
Cell: 515-916-8577
Earlham High School
Panorama High School
Eric Sackett
CCTC
etsackett@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-964-6332
Ames High School
Collins-Maxwell High School
Michael Seufert
CCTC
mseufert@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9570
Ankeny High School
Ankeny Centennial High School
Brent Swanson
CCTC
bsswanson2@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9560
Boone High School
Ogden High School
Patricia Tice
CCTC
pktice@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9567
ADM High School
Perry High School
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