2025 Awards Program
Committee is comprised of the two most recent Slattery/Trueblood Professional recipients in addition to the two most recent Dr. Carole J. Hanson New Professional recipients, along with one Board of Directors members.
Chair —
Geoff Hubbard
Parks and Recreation Director, Johnston
Term expires conclusion of Conference 2025
Vice Chair —
Mark Brewick
Retired, West Des Moines
Term expires Conference 2025; then chair until Conference 2026
Other Members—
Seth Staashelm -
Parks and Recreation Director, Marion
Term expires Conference 2025
Isaac Jacobs - Formally Bettendorf
Term expires Conference 2026
Colby Vlieger -
Board of Directors
Award Submission and Direct Questions
Any IPRA member in good standing may nominate candidates for each award. The nominees may be endorsed by other members of the IPRA with the exception of Awards Committee members. Awards Committee members may not nominate, sponsor, or write letters of support for nominees.
All nominations are to follow the appropriate criteria listed in the 2025 brochure. Following information is subject to change. Descriptions are for historical information only.
The nomination should be typewritten or legibly printed and include the appropriate information as stated for each award. Nominations should include any supporting data, such as letters of support, copies of news releases, etc. Each nomination must include the nomination cover sheet, as well as all applicable nomination criteria listed in this brochure.
Please note that nominees for the T. Ray Frame Park Maintenance, Claude Ahrens Community Service, Permanent Part-time Team Member, and Administrative Assistant awards need not be members of IPRA; however, they must be affiliated with a department or staff member that is an IPRA member.
Direct submissions and questions to:
Kelly Johnson Rose, CPRP, President & CEO
kelly@iapra.org
641-325-2164
2025 Award Nominations – update
It was brought to my attention last week that the criteria for the Dr. Carole Hanson award did not reflect changes that the IPRA Board of Directors voted on back in March of 2023. At that time, the board held a discussion to expand the eligibility of the award nominees as they felt there were many deserving members and the IPRA was missing out on good nominees with the limit of only being a professional member for seven (7) or less years.
At the time, the Board of Directors voted to expand to the following wording – “an individual member who is age 35 and younger with at least three (3) years of IPRA membership in good standing”.
The IPRA Bylaws were never updated to reflect this change nor the award nomination brochure, so IPRA has been publishing the old requirements of no more than seven (7) years in the 2024 and 2025 Awards Nomination Brochure.
Effective immediately, the criteria for the Dr. Carole Hanson award will be expanded to include an individual member who is age 35 and younger with at least three (3) years of IPRA membership in good standing.
We apologize for the error, and we will be extending all award nominations with a new deadline of Wednesday, February 12 at NOON to accommodate the gathering of information and writing letters of support.
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly at kelly@iapra.org or 641-325-2164.
DEADLINE: Noon, Wednesday, February 12, 2025