Developing Public Leaders
The State of Iowa, with Drake University, offers a nationally-accredited Certified Public Manager® (CPM) program. Through this program, we seek to maintains Iowa's high level of commitment to professional development and public service.
About CPM
CPM is an intensive learning experience for supervisors, managers, executives, management staff, and project managers. Participants include employees from federal, state, county, and local governments. The program includes discussion, traditional classroom experiences at Drake University, and online learning. Participants also complete one team project related to a real-life situation, problem, or concern in their job. This gives them the opportunity to apply the theories, principles, and techniques they learned in the CPM program.
History
In 2002, the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, Human Resources Enterprise (DAS-HRE) and Drake University partnered to offer a Certified Public Manager Program® (CPM) for Iowa.
CPM is an intensive learning experience unlike anything offered before by the State. The program places emphasis on problem solving and teamwork. It was built on the direction established in the Governor's Leadership Agenda and the Iowa Excellence Initiative.
The Iowa CPM program is accredited by the National Certified Public Manager® Consortium. The program focuses on professionalizing the practice of public management in much the same way as other occupations.
Today we face tight budgets, increased accountability, and a drain of our talent and knowledge as workers retire. Organizations that invest in employee development through CPM will benefit from the participant's enhanced skill set. They will also strengthen their workplace by having fully-developed managers in critical support roles. The CPM program offers a comprehensive educational experience and leads to enhanced performance. It's affordable, too!
Benefits of participation
Graduates receive:
- CPM designation
- Best-practice management strategies and enhancement of personal leadership strengths
- Increase in intergovernmental networks and communication
- One year's experience for some state job classifications
- Nine hours of graduate credit from Drake University, which may be applied toward a Master of Public Administration degree
Organizations receive:
- Work-related projects that enhance research, problem-solving, and planning
- Improved efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-saving skills and knowledge
- Enhanced skills to build a high performing workplace
- Innovative approaches
- Improved intergovernmental communication
- Strengthen organizations through improving the performance of Iowa's public managers
- Encourage the recognition of public management as a profession
- Establish a course of study by which knowledge about self, groups, and organizations may be acquired
- Foster and maintain high educational and ethical standards in the practice of public management
- Establish an objective assessment for a public manager's professional knowledge and performance
- Provide enhanced professional recognition of management development by public managers
CPM Schedules
Congratulations, Graduates!
CPM Cohort 38 graduated in December, 2023:
CPM Graduates
Eric Alaniz, Polk County
Clint Carpenter, City of West Des Moines
Jason Etnyre, City of Des Moines
John Foster, Black Hawk County
Sara Grier, Department of Administrative Services
Karyn Hartwig-Evans, Department of Corrections
Samira Ikeljic, Health & Human Services
Julie Johnson, Department of Transportation
Shellie Klommhaus, Health & Human Services
Brandon Lafrenz, Department of Transportation
Mark McCulloch, City of West Des Moines
Lindsay Offenburger, City of Norwalk
Manisha Paudel, City of Des Moines
Kimberly Pierson, Health & Human Services
Megan Reedy, Department of Public Safety
Ryan Rivas, City of Des Moines
Clint Robinson, Waukee Fire Department
Heather Semke, Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System
Paul Stagg, City of Walcott
Mak Suceska, Health & Human Services
Hali Van Velzen, Des Moines Fire Department
Jenny Veale, Department of Transportation
Ty Wheeler, Granger Fire Department
Ann Baughman, Department of Corrections
Anna Thomas, Department of Natural Resources
Erin Casella, Health & Human Services
Herbert Doudney, City of Oelwin
Joshua Duden, Department of Public Safety
Cail Fletcher, Grimes Public Library
Traci Furstenau, Department of Transportation
Kelly Greenfield, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Travis Heaton, Health & Human Services
Fionnuala Hutchins, Grimes Public Library
Amethyst Keeling, Department of Transportation
Deanne Krumm, Alcoholic Beverages Division
Callie Le'au Courtright, City of Des Moines
Dani Lisk, City of Des Moines
Michael Mauro, Polk County Sherriff's Office
Jessica McBride, Health & Human Services
Chad McCluskey, City of Windsor Heights
Chad Nicolino, City of Des Moines
Mindy Norwood, Health & Human Services
Heather Redenius, City of Des Moines
Garret Reeder, Department of Transportation
Diana Ronk, Judicial Branch
Madeline Schmitt, Department of Transportation
Amy Seyffer, Department of Natural Resources
Kaylynn Short, Iowa PBS
Jennifer Steenblock, Health & Human Services
David Stierman, Department of Transportation
Jessica Turba, Health & Human Services
Kirk Bagby, Des Moines Police Department
Chad Bell, Department of Transportation
Mykala Beard, Health & Human Services
Leisa Bertram, Alcoholic Beverages Division
Aaron Blass, Department of Administrative Services
Cassie Chia-Oatts, Polk County Sherriff's Office
Carl Dietz, Secretary of State
Mindy Burke, Health & Human Services
Norman Edgington, Health & Human Services
Nicki Enderle, Health & Human Services
Zachary Engstrom, Department of Transportation
Zachary Goodrich, Iowa Public Information Board
David Guthrie, City Grimes
John Hagener, City of Des Moines
Joshua Kasibbo, Iowa Finance Authority
Suzanne E. Laurence, Health & Human Services
David Malo, Des Moines Fire Department
Jesse Martinez, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Tom Meyer, Cerro Gordo County
Haley Nichols, Law Enforcement Academy
Kera Oestreich, Health & Human Services
Sarah Okerlund, Department of Transportation
Heath Osberg, Polk County Sherriff's Office
Tasha Rooks, Department of Corrections
Faith Sandberg-Rodriguez, Health & Human Services
Todd Shepherd, Department of Transportation
Thomas Vlach
Stephanie Weisenbach, Iowa Economic Development Authority
Susan Woody, Des Moines Public Library
Brian Worrel, Department of Transportation
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