Central / Western Iowa Staff Directory
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Dave Turnball Area Director |
Dave is a native Iowan, growing up in Waverly where he was a multi-sport athlete that earned 8 varsity letters in four sports. He went unto Cornell College where he earned his Bachelor's degree while lettering in football and baseball. Dave also holds a Master's Degree from Truman State University. Before joining FCA staff in 1985, he spent 12 years teaching and coaching at the high school and small college levels. He lives in Indianola with his wife, Kathy, an eighth grade American History teach. He has two daughters and four "outstanding" grandchildren! |
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Trisha Gray Administrative Assistant
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Trisha grew up in Norwalk and attended Northwestern College in Orange City attaining a BA degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Management. She started working for FCA in September of 2011 after moving back to the Des Moines area from Estes Park, CO where she had been in an administrative position for over 16 years with the YMCA of the Rockies.
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Ashley Lewis Administrative Assistant |
Ashley grew up in Oskaloosa, IA, where she was active in her high school FCA huddle. Following high school, she attended college at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where she received a BA in Business Administration. Before joining FCA in February of 2007, she was a youth director at a church in Pleasant Hill, IA. Ashley enjoys working out, playing racquetball, and spending time with family and friends. She and her husband Ted live in Marshalltown with their son Theo. |
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Dave Applegate
Des Moines Metro Area Representative |
Dave was born in Des Moines and graduated from Hoover High School in 1980. He played football at ISU for one year before transferring to Drake where he finished out his college carrier graduating in 1986. He has been one of the adult leaders for the Urbandale FCA huddle for the last 8 years and has served on the Area Leadership Board for at least 15 years. He currently owns FitnessWorld 24 in Urbandale and is working part-time for FCA as an Area Representative. However, he is working to build his Home Team so he can be a full-time Area Representative with FCA. Dave and his wife, Brenda, live in Urbandale with their son Sam. They also have two daughters in college, Molly & Cass. |
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Randy Hendrickson
North Central Area Representative
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Randy was born and raised in Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he attended Fort Dodge schools and graduated in 1971. Over the past 40 years he has worked for various companies including Fareway, Fort Dodge Roofing, Hormel, and Superior Siding. He came to know the Lord Jesus Christ at an early age and had a hunger to know the Bible and serve Christ in church. Now he feels God calling him to serve through the ministry of FCA, where he came on staff Oct. 1st. He and his wife still reside in Fort Dodge with their youngest of 3 sons and they are the proud grandparents of 10 grandkids. |
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Northwest Iowa Staff Directory
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Jeremy
Strasser
Northwest
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Born and raised in Coon Rapids, Iowa, Jeremy comes to FCA from a career in law enforcement, where he specialized in impaired driver detection and testing. Prior to working as a deputy, he served as a scout in the United States Army. He has completed tours in Bosnia and Iraq, and continues to serve in the Iowa Army National Guard. He is working on completing his BS in General Psychology from Capella University, and hopes to continue toward a Masters in Counseling Psychology. His heart for serving coaches and athletes comes from having lifelong educators for parents. Jeremy enjoys running, outside activities and spending time with his family. He lives in Holstein with his wonderful wife, Kayla and two awesome children, Autumn and Colin.
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Eastern Iowa Staff Directory
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Carl Gonder Area Director |
Carl grew up in Cedar Rapids and was a standout at Washington Senior High School where he captained his team to a 21-4 and 3rd place finish at the 1980 State Tournament. He attended Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD) where he majored in journalism and communications. He is the school's all-time career scoring leader in men's basketball, establishing 10 school records. He is a member of both the Washington High School and Augustana Colleges Halls of Fame. Nicknamed "Goose" he played 10 years professionally in France, England and Australia. While Down Under, Carl set numerous club and league records, averaging 29.9 points per game (1st all time) and 13.7 rebounds per game (2nd all time). Upon retirement in 1991, his number 11 jersey was retired. Prior to moving back to Iowa, he worked as administrative associate at Churchlands Christian Fellowship with duties in men's ministry, leadership development, mentoring, administration, preaching, volunteer management and event coordination. Carl became the first Area Director for Eastern Iowa FCA in June 2004. Married to an Australian, Sheralee, they have two children, Shanay and Jabe. He has a passion and desire to see young people come to Christ and to build into, mentor and minister to coaches through FCA. |
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Sheralee Gonder
Special Events Coordinator |
Sheralee began as the first Eastern Iowa Administrative Assistant in June 2004 and brings an extensive background in event management and administration to the role. A trained physical education teacher, Sheralee taught for many years in the private girls system in Western Australia and for the past nine years served as Executive Officer for the independent girls schools with responsibilities to oversee and coordinate all major sporting events. Born and raised in rural Western Australia, Sheralee was actively involved in the local church in Perth through several areas. An avid sportsperson, Sheralee played field hockey at the highest club level in Western Australia. |
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Lauren Ferg Special Projects Coordinator |
Lauren is our newest edition to the FCA Staff Team starting in September 2011. She is originally from Racine, Wisconsin and went to college at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. Lauren graduated in 2011 with a degree in Recreation Management and a minor in Business Administration. At UW-La Crosse, Lauren was involved with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and became the Large Group Coordinator. She moved to Cedar Rapids after marrying her high school sweetheart Adam, who was already there working for Rockwell Collins. Lauren enjoys being outdoors, going for walks, and experiencing the natural beauty of creation. Being a Wisconsinite, she loves all Badger sports, the Green Bay Packers and cheese.
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Katie Hansen
Office Manager
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Katie is delighted to have recently joined the FCA family and is eagerly anticipating all that the Lord has planned for us. She believes this appointment is a combination of all 'the good stuff' in her background in the graphic design/communication field and 5 years serving in her home church office. "The last time I played basketball competitively, it was 6on6 in small Iown Alburnett, Iowa! It is likely that my competitor gene' was exchanged with a double portionof the 'cheerleader gene' when my husband, Bob and I became parents." Now that their 2 children are grown, you are likely to find Katie hiking, biking, digging in the garden or a good book, at a bonfire, or cheering on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Little is more sweet to her than sharing the hope she has found in Jesus, especially with the younger generation. |
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Dan Dickel
Coaches Ministry Coordinator
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Dan grew up in Kalona, Iowa and attended Mid-Prairie High School. He participated in football, basketball and track. His senior year the football team was undefeated, and the basketball team finished runner-up in the state tournament in 1970. Dan received a football scholarship to play at the University of Iowa. In 1972 he was named Iowa's MVP and awarded the Nile Kinnick Scholarship and was named co-captain of the 1973 football team. In 1974 Dan was drafted by the Baltimore Colts and played 5 years in the NFL as a linebacker. Dan had earned his degree in Elementary Education and began his coaching and teaching career in 1979 as the Head Football and Track coach at Kewanee, Illinois. In 1984 he took the Head Football coaching position at Iowa City West and was there until 1991. He coached at City High and Iowa City Regina before taking the Head Football job at Highland/Lone Tree from 1994-2005, from 2006 -2008 he was the Highland head coach. He helped one year at West Liberty in 2009 before retiring in 2010 after 46 years of fall football responsibilities. He is currently Head Boys and Girls Track coach at Highland. Dan has been married to Denise his high School sweetheart for 37 years. They have four sons Daren, Daniel, Drew (with Jesus in Heaven) and Devin with three daughter-in-laws Leah, Kara, and Brianna. Dan became a part-time FCA staff member in the fall of 2009 and works with the Coaches Ministry. |
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Ken Trautmann
Area Representative
Greater Cedar Valley Area
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Ken was born in Winona, Minnesota and participated in high school cross country and track. He was recruited to run at UNI and ran for one season there. He met his wife, Lynn, while in college. They have five children (four girls and one boy), along with one grandchild. Ken worked as an elementary school teacher for 28 years before being called into fulltime ministry with FCA. He has been active as a FCA Huddle Coach and in his church for many years. Both Ken and Lynn have a passion to see coaches and athletes impacted for Jesus Christ. |
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IlIowa/Quad Cities Staff Directory
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Tim Schneckloth Area Director |
Tim was born and raised in Eldridge, Iowa. He graduated from North Scott High School in 1986 and St. Ambrose University in 1991 with a BA in History. He owned and operated GT Sports Unlimited, which is an embroidery and customized apparel business, from 1994 to 1999. Tim has been Area Director for Illowa FCA since November 1999, serving the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River valley. Tim is a licensed professional snow ski instructor at Chestnut Ski area. His family, wife and three girls are avid skiers as well. |
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Mary Jo Donahoe Administrative Assistant |
Like many children, Mary Jo was born…in Davenport, Iowa. Mary Jo studied Music Education at Augustana College (RI) with emphasis in vocal and piano. Following college she worked in the financial services industry for 25 years prior to being called into the ministry. Mary Jo joined FCA in 2007 as Administrative Assistant in the Illowa area. Mary Jo enjoys softball and snow skiing with her husband, Tom. Mary Jo and Tom have two Schipperke dogs. The nickname for the breed is “little black devils” and they keep them on their toes. |
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Dan Pearson
Area Representative
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Dan Pearson joined the Illowa FCA Staff in August 2011. After 29 years as a television sports journalist, 24 in the Quad Cities television market, Dan combines ministry and journalism as an FCA Area Representative. Dan was the first Quad City journalist to win a regional Emmy Award. His work on the popular KWQC "Highlight Zone" was one of many broadcast awards in his career. The relationships already built with hundreds of area coaches and athletes through his work in broadcasting is an obvious plus as he follows God's call to the FCA ministry. Among his duties at FCA, Dan will produce video reports on area athletes and coaches which can be viewed at www.illowafca.org. He will serve current Illowa FCA Huddles and help create new ones. He will help equip and enable Huddle coaches and student leaders to present the Gospel message and disciple FCA participants. Dan has eleven years of experience as a huddle coach in Geneseo, IL as he enters full time ministry. That commitment to serving Christ brings momentum as an Area Representative. Dan and his wife Gina live in Geneseo where Gina is a Kindergarten teacher. They have two grown daughters, Amanda and Katie, who were both active in FCA during their high school years. |
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