Denise Rathman has served as the Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) – Iowa Chapter since 2013. Prior to working for NASW Iowa, she worked on the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Partnership for Central Iowa Works, served as the Executive Director of the Iowa Innovation Gateway, and was project manager for the Siouxland Tri-State Regional Innovation Grant. Her campaign experience includes working on US Senator Tom Harkin’s 1990 re-election campaign and 1992 presidential campaign and working in the fundraising office of the Committee to Re-Elect Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. Her specialties include project management, coalition building, strategic planning, grant administration, feasibility studies, legislative strategy, grassroots organizing and advocacy, program development, research, and evaluation. Rathman serves on Drake University’s Arts and Sciences National Advisory Committee and on Grand View University’s Social Work Program Advisory Committee. She grew up in a small town in western Iowa. She holds a B.A. from Drake University in International Relations and an MSW in Social Policy, Planning, and Administration from the Catholic University of America.