Corridor Development

Jennifer Daly

President and CEO
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309-339-1388

Jennifer landed in Iowa after a childhood spent in Hawaii, California, and Tennessee. After graduating from the University of Iowa, she spent a decade co-founding the Iowa Children’s Museum. Her passion for community and economic development took her to southeast Iowa and Peoria, Illinois before her love of the Cedar Rapids Iowa City area brought her back to lead Corridor Development.

Jennifer and her husband Tim spend their down time (if you can call it that?) with daughter Nora at soccer games and son Aidan at jazz band performances. They both love supporting Corridor communities and can be found often in one of the many locally-owned eateries in the Cedar Rapids Newbo district or downtown Iowa City enjoying live music and a micro-brew.

Tom Banta

Business Attraction Strategist
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563-506-3280

Born and raised in the Mountain West in a state that boasts more antelope than people, Tom found his way to Iowa with the opportunity to play baseball. He graduated a Hawkeye with a degree in Economics before embarking on a diverse and winding path of business and relationship development opportunities.

Tom is a sharp dressed, smooth talking, Tough Mudder who between Crossfit workouts, Goruck challenges, and climbing the 14,000 ft peaks of Colorado spreads the gospel of the Cedar Rapids Iowa City Corridor in an effort to attract business to the region. From Automated Vehicles and Education Technology to Natural and Organic Foods, Tom takes his work seriously, but rarely himself. He found his way to Corridor Development via a unique career history with roles at Allsteel, Tippie College of Business, and community place-making with the Blue Zones Project. Along the way he has lived in Silicon Valley and Austin, TX, but proudly calls Iowa City his home.

Tom is married with two teenage step-sons, three dogs, and a handful of free range chickens that keep things interesting outside the office. He volunteers his time as a High School baseball coach, enjoys golf, cooking, and a good mountain bike ride. The simple things in life, like good beer, good food, and good conversations along with family and friends are what he finds the most rewarding.

Brian Crowe

Director of Business Attraction
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319-538-8845

Brian has a passion for helping people be successful, which is why companies, consultants, and partners enjoy working with him on their newest locations in the Corridor. His past work as an Economic Development Strategist at the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and with the Iowa Economic Development Authority where he worked with renewable energy manufacturing firms and businesses with operational headquarters in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic United States, and Europe, provided a substantial foundation of experience for his current role. Brian was also the program manager for the $100M Iowa Power Fund, a state of Iowa initiative that invested funds in new commercialized technology including advanced biofuels, wind, solar, algae and community efficiency projects.

Brian is a graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago and lives in Marion with his wife Amanda, and daughters Ellie and Lillian. He can sometimes be seen playing the bass guitar in a band. Brian travels quite frequently for work and play, he is a passionate Chicago Cubs fan, and was a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania.

Kate Moreland

Director of Career Development
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319-248-6916

Inspired by students, educators, and the opportunities to drive innovation in education, Kate leads Career Development for ICR IOWA. She graduated from the University of Iowa Law School in 1997 and worked as an attorney until 2005. Kate has been an adjunct faculty member at Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa College of Law and worked as the Development Director for United Action for Youth and Director of Community Relations for the Iowa City Community School District. As a member of the Superintendent’s Executive Cabinet she coordinated all district communication and developed and maintained active and productive relationships with key community leaders, the press and other organizations.

Kate is not only a regional advocate for career development, but serves as one at home too. Her sons Jack and Charlie and daughter Meg keep her home life busy with baseball, basketball, theatre and show choir activities. In her bit of free time she enjoys doing hot yoga, hiking with her husband Joe and their golden retriever Riley, and drinking good wine with great friends.