CC1 - Thursday

Twenty years ago Ben Buenzow got his insurance license, and the rest is history…. Just kidding! A lot has happened in the last 20 years! Seventeen of those years Ben owned a captive insurance agency, while simultaneously becoming an expert in his field, and being recognized for his achievements along the way. Ben integrated himself into the Urbandale community serving on the Urbandale Chamber Board, and volunteering with the Urbandale Police Department. Six kids and a puppy later.  Ben realized the potential to help even more people! So in May 2021 Ben launched his own independent agency Buenzow Insurance Group.

• Auto Insurance
• Home Insurance
• Property Insurance
• Business Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Insurance

I’ve been a Head Hunter since 2015 and love it! Previous to that, I have 25+ years of Human Resources management experience, with Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. My full range of HR knowledge, coupled with a multitude of business and professional connections, ensures my success in identifying top talent to meet my client's needs. Here at Career Search Associates, we help businesses fill full time positions ranging from the front desk to the CEO. We specialize in Administration, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Human Resources, Project Management, Call Center Management and Retail Store Management. We are respected recruiters who also help the passive candidate that wants to explore opportunities in a confidential manner.

Greetings! I'm Dee Mable, the Area Manager for First American Home Warranty!  I am eager to help sellers, buyers, homeowners and realtors find the protection they need for their homes and their client's homes.  We offer a service contract that protects a home's major systems and appliances.  Reach out if you would like more information....thank you! 

After moving around for most of my life, I settled into Des Moines in 1999, minus a 5-yr stint in Colorado to get my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. I share a Couples Counseling practice with my husband of 27 years, Rick. We are co-therapists: a couple that, as a couple, works with other couples to help build healthy relationships. We moved back in November 2016 with a heart to change marriages for the better here and are actively pursuing that at Real Connections Counseling in Urbandale. 
Our counseling office expanded into a group practice the fall of 2022 and hired a team of counselors to do co-therapy: Cora Drew Ritter & Jess Hall.
I have one adult daughter, Alyssa, that works in our office as a program administrator and two shelties that work in our office as therapy dogs: 8-yr female Zylie & 3-yr male Mozzie. Besides working, I like to travel, watch movies, play board games, read, and go to conferences. 

Commercial real estate agent licensed in Iowa offering services to tenant and landlord rep. for office, retail space, and industrial asset classes with a focus on the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Kathy Evert is a small business owner, owning KJ Signs LLC (dba Signarama-Ankeny and YESCO Des Moines) and KJE Solutions, LLC.  She started KJ Signs in 2016 and KJE Solutions in 2014.  She currently employs 7employees under KJ Signs, LLC and is the sole owner of both companies.  She and her team have received several awards and recognitions already from Signarama and United Franchise Group.  The business is a Certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and a Certified Iowa Targeted Small Business.
 
She is a member of the Ankeny Area Chamber of Commerce, Grimes Chamber and Economic Development, Urbandale Chamber of Commerce, Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI), Master Builders of Iowa, Women’s Reciprocity Group (WRG), Central Iowa Networkers, Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association, and an associate member and official sign sponsor of the Iowa Chiropractic Society.
 

You deserve to work with someone who listens to your concerns and puts together customized solutions for you.  Penny will explain things in understandable terms. We won’t talk about bulls and bears, we’ll talk about your values and priorities. 

Penny loves helping people understand their finances. She will help you get to the heart of it because your future is worth it.

One thing she wishes people knew about money: You are probably doing better than you think you are, let’s find out! 

Courtney Buhrow graduated from Des Moines University in May 2018 and has been practicing physical therapy ever since. She has worked in a variety of settings before ultimately opening up her own practice. Being active and a runner herself, she enjoys working with runners, fitness enthusiasts, postpartum women who are returning to sport, busy professionals, and golfers. She currently runs her practice in Fitness Sports in Clive. Courtney has extra certification in Women's Pelvic Health and dry needling. 

When Courtney is not in the office, she enjoys spending time with her family, working out, a night on the golf course, and volunteering with the Waukee NW Girl's Basketball team. 

As a Business Consultant with MMIT (formally M&M Sales and Imaging Technologies), I help our clients find a realistic approach to smooth out and improve their day-to-day. My services include helping people find practical solutions to everyday problems by offering cutting-edge IT solutions, printing equipment, and network solutions.

Home Finder. Dog Mom. Jeep Driver. I grew up in SW Iowa where I learned that hard work pays off. You learn to respect animals as they provide a food source and sometimes they were your best friend or even your county fair project. You’ll most likely master driving a stick shift by age 13! I hold a Bachelors of Science in Management and worked in the corporate world before pursuing my dream job in real estate. I excel in resolving challenges with innovative solutions to increase customer satisfaction. I strive to be the best full-service REALTOR by building a reputation of choosing the ethical way by my commitment to honesty and integrity for my clients. I have 2 crazy but loveable goldendoodles Gigi & Roxy.  In my free time I enjoy trying new restaurants and traveling to new places.

I am Sean with Innovation Refunds and we give small and medium businesses access to the same tools as a large company. We specialize in recovering money from the CARES act.

Since 2004, Tiffany Menke, IOM, has been the President of the Urbandale Chamber of Commerce. She has served on the boards of and is a Past President/Past Chair of ICCE, CITR, and IMA.  She currently represents Iowa on the MACE Board of Directors and serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Council through the Greater Des Moines Partnership as well as participates in a pilot program through the Evelyn K Davis center to mentor exoffenders.

In 2017, Tiffany was honored as a Woman of Influence through the Des Moines Business Record. Other honors include 40 under 40, and Ovation award from the Iowa Women's Foundation. She grew up in Newton and went on to Grand View University in Des Moines where she earned a degree in Mass Communications, Journalism and a minor in Photography.

To schedule a meeting with me, calendly.com/tmenke