Past Speakers
FFBC members enjoy breakfast and a speaker during our monthly gatherings. Breakfast begins promptly at 7:00am. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are at Hoyt Sherman Place. To view upcoming speakers, click here.
Hoyt Sherman Place (Web site)
1501 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines,IA 50309
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December 7, 2018
Rev. Debbie Griffin,
Downtown Disciples Church
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November 2, 2018
Cindy Axne,
US House Candidate
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October 5, 2018
Samuel Brinton,
Head of Advocacy & Government Affairs for The Trevor Project
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September 7, 2018
Brad Clark ,
Executive Director of Gill Foundation
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August 3, 2018
Teree Caldwell-Johnson ,
Board Chair, Des Moines Public Schools
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July 6, 2018
Tom Vilsac ,
Democrat, 40th Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007 and former United States Secretary of Agriculture.
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June 1, 2018
Nate Monson,
Executive Director of Iowa Safe Schools
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May 4, 2018
Keith Snow,
CEO of the personal data “mining” firm, B2E Data Marketing, Inc.
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April 6, 2018
Sergeant Paul Parizek,
Public Information Officer for the Des Moines Police Department.
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March 2, 2018
Ann Selzer,
founder of Selzer and Associates, a polling firm.
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February 2, 2018
Carol Hunter,
Executive Editor for the Des Moines Register.
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January 5, 2018
Matt McCoy,
Incumbent Democratic Iowa State Senator from the 21st District.