Meet Our Staff

If you are a high school student who has questions on Career Advantage classes at DMACC or at your high school, please email us at careeradvantage@dmacc.edu.​

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Michael Lentsch
Director, Career Advantage
mjlentsch@dmacc.edu
515-965-7086 Office
515-249-8245 Cell
Michael oversees Career Advantage advisors to provide all enrollment services for Career advantage students.

Randy Gabriel
Director, Career Advantage
rgabriel1@dmacc.edu
515-965-6011 Office
515-238-7906 Cell
Randy works with high school faculty and counselors to set up shared programming in the areas of career/technical education.

Melinda Tingle Williams
Southridge Site Director
mjwilliams12@dmacc.edu
515-287-8701 Office
Melinda works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Southridge Center.

Eddie Diaz
Director, DMACC Perry VanKirk Career Academy
ediaz@dmacc.edu
515-428-8120 Office
Eddie works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Perry Center.

Jeff Kelly
Coordinator, Ames Hunziker Center
jjkelly@dmacc.edu
Jeff works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Ames Career Academy.


 

Karen Swanson
Coordinator, Career Advantage
kswanson4@dmacc.edu
515-9​65-7347
Karen works directly with DMACC staff and high school faculty on concurrent enrollment requirements and processes, providing leadership and guidance to maintain NACEP accreditation.​

Jose Lopez
Coordinator, Career Advantage
jelopez6@dmacc.edu

Alyssa Ploeger
Coordinator, Career Advantage ​
arploeger@dmacc.edu

​Jennifer Wollesen
Coordinator, Carroll Career Advantage
jswollesen@dmacc.edu
712-792-8501​ Office
Jennifer works with high school faculty and counselors to coordinate concurrent enrollment courses in various areas along with operating the DMACC Carroll Career Academy.

Lisa Olk
Administrative Assistant

llolk@dmacc.edu
515-964-6422 Office

Megan Mudd
Coordinator, Online Career Academy
mjmudd​@dmacc.edu
515-965-7170 office
515-249-0560 cell

Staci Scholten
Online Career Academy
slscholten@dmacc.edu
515-964-6316 Office​​​

Alyssa Ploeger
Career Advantage Specialist
arploeger@dmacc.edu
515-965-7172 Office
Alyssa works with a variety of areas in Career Advantage.


CCTC

DMACC’s College and Career Transition Counselors work with students at specific high schools to assist students and families with the process of transitioning from high school to college and/or career.​

Gail Zehr
District Coordinator, College and Career Transition Services​
gmzehr@dmacc.edu
515-965-7094 Office
515-571-8286 Cell

Kara Donovan
CCTC
kdonovan2@dmacc.edu
Waukee High School
Waukee Northwest High School

Morgan Donovan
CCTC
mddonovan@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9557
Knoxville High School
PCM High School​

Tracy Edwards
CCTC
taedwards3@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9564
Ballard High School
Colo-NESCO High School​​

Danielle Harris
CCTC
dharris20@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9552
Southeast Polk​

Open
CCTA
East High School (DM)
Hoover High School
Lincoln High School (DM)
North High School (DM)
Roosevelt High School
Virtual High School (DM)

Kara May
CCTC
kamay1@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9556
Interstate 35 High School
Van Meter High School​

Kenya Pruitt
CCTC
kpruitt@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9558
Johnston High School
West Des Moines (Valley HS and Walnut Creek Alt)

Jo Riley
CCTC
jriley9@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9560
Bondurant High School
North Polk High School

Steve Rude
CCTC
sgrude@dmacc.edu
Cell: 515-916-8577
Earlham High School
Panorama High School

Eric Sackett
CCTC​
etsackett@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-964-6332
Ames High School
Collins-Maxwell High School

Michael Seufert
CCTC​
mseufert@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9570
Ankeny High School
Ankeny Centennial High School

Brent Swanson​
CCTC
bsswanson2@dmacc.edu​
Office: 515-289-9560
Boone High School
Ogden High School​​

Patricia Tice
CCTC
pktice@dmacc.edu
Office: 515-289-9567
ADM High School
Perry High School


 

Academic Advisors

The following staff provide academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

To find the advisor at your high school, click on Classes at Your School​​

Aly Cappaert
amcappaert@dmacc.edu
Cell 515-339-8874

Paige Bolton
pnbolton@dmacc.edu
515-287-8715 Office
​515-380-4421 Cell​

Andrea Gotta
ajgotta@dmacc.edu
Office:  515-791-5161

Katie Heither
kfheither@dmacc.edu
515-964-6658 Office
515-720-8267 Cell

Becca Henrichs
bhenrichs@dmacc.edu
515-964-6398​ Office
319-415-3416 Cell​

Kam Klaver
kcklaver@dmacc.edu
515-964-6361 Office
515-330-5366 cell​​​

Tom Lipovac
​​tflipovac@dmacc.edu​
515-728-8101​

Amanda Magie
ajmagie@dmacc.edu
515-371-0438 Cell​

Kirk Pohlman
kjpohlman@dmacc.edu
515-964-6840 Office​​
515-238-8350 Cell​

Ellen Sandholm
emsandholm@dmacc.edu
515-964-6659 Office
515-201-1289​ Cell​

Maggie Steinkamp
msteinkamp1@dmacc.edu
712-792-8332

Megan Doubleday
medoubleday@dmacc.edu​
515-663-6707​ Office
515-240-7845 Cell​