Powers to head GHAEA board

At their Oct. 27 organizational board meeting, the GHAEA Board of Directors elected Jere Ann "Jake" Powers as president and Kenneth Lee, vice president.
     Powers represents Director District 9 Council Bluffs precincts of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17; Carter Lake precincts 1, 2 (within the Council Bluffs CSD). Lee represents Director District 6 which is East Mills, Essex, Farragut, Fremont-Mills, Hamburg, Red Oak, Shenandoah, Sidney and South Page. 
     Powers came "on board" July 24, 2012, filling the term vacated by Nancy Coziahr. She was already familiar with the agency as her daughter, while in elementary school, received services from the AEA. Powers believes in the power of volunteerism, having served as the adult volunteer coordinator for Jennie Edmundson Hospital and as volunteer director for the American Red Cross and Union Pacific Railroad Museum.
Photo: Board members Karen Thomsen, Raymond Storm, Jere Ann "Jake" Powers, Marland Gammon and Ed Gambs were re-elected and sworn in on Oct. 27.