Board of Directors

Free Clinics of Iowa's OFFICERS

James Blessman, MD

FCI Founder & Board Member Emeritus

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Blessman International

Stephen Eckstat, DO

FCI Board President &

Medical Director

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Emergency Room Physician & Health Care Consultant

Tim Gutshall, MD

FCI Vice-President

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Vice President, Chief Medical Officer

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Kenneth Butters, JD

FCI Secretary

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Attorney at Law

Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Shwartz, Stoltze & Levis, PC

Karl Vilums

FCI Treasurer

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Chief Financial Officer

Broadlawns Medical Center

Wendy Gray, MS

FCI Executive Director

Jeff Dumermuth

FCI Member Services Coordinator

Free Clinics of Iowa's MEMBERS

Richard L. Deming, MD

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Medical Director

Mercy Cancer Center

David Drake, DO

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Des Moines Psychiatrist

Pamela A. Duffy, PT, PhD, OCS, RP-R, FAPTA

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Associate Professor & Vice Chair, MPH Program

Des Moines University

Jill Feilmeier

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Corporate Communications Director

Delta Dental of Iowa

Jack Hatch

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President

Hatch Development

James Hayes

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Executive Director

Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center 

James Hobson

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National Director

Christ-Life Ministries

Bob Russell, DDS, MPH

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Chief, Oral & Health Delivery Systems

Iowa Department of Public Health

Larry Severidt, MD

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Director of Medical Education & Family Medicine Residency Program

Broadlawns Medical Center

Tess Young, JD

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Young Consulting Inc