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Samantha Dahlby NewBoCo Selected for the Reciprocal Exchange Component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship

August 12, 2024

Samantha Dahlby, Director of K–12 Education at NewBoCo, is proud to announce that she has been selected for the Reciprocal Exchange component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring,

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Jill Wilkins

Jill Wilkins named Executive Director of NewBoCo

December 5, 2023

Chief Operating Officer had held position on interim basis in 2023 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Dec. 5, 2023) – NewBoCo has announced that Jill Wilkins – who has been serving as interim Executive Director since April – has now been named to the position on a permanent basis. “Jill is an

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A note from our Executive Director

April 3, 2023

I wanted to share some personal news with you all that I will be stepping down as Executive Director on April 30th, 2023 to take a new position as Chief Information Officer with Benchmark, Inc, a national roof and pavement consulting firm based in Cedar Rapids.

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New program to cover all costs for up to 8 students in new Cybersecurity training

February 11, 2022

Funding from Future Ready Iowa will cover tuition and supplies in an effort to bring more underrepresented Iowans into tech industry When DeltaV Code School announced plans for a brand-new cybersecurity class earlier this year, a key goal was to bring more women, minorities, and low-income individuals inro Iowa’s tech

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Eric Engelmann to transition out of role as NewBoCo Executive Director

November 5, 2020

Aaron Horn, Jill Wilkins to assume leadership as Engelmann shifts focus to ISA Ventures in 2021 CEDAR RAPIDS (Nov. 5, 2020) – The growth of ISA Ventures has required changes to NewBoCo’s leadership, with founder Eric Engelmann transitioning into a new role. Engelmann will step down from his role as

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Updates on our events and programs due to COVID-19

March 19, 2020

NewBoCo hosts a number of events that are affected by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. We are making every effort to continue fulfilling our mission while also keeping people safe. With that in mind, here are updates on what’s coming, including how to experience these events online where possible. Friday,

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