Brad Parks (brad@poweredby365.com)
Co-Founder, Chairman & Director of Consulting Services

Brad Parks is recognized as a leader in Iowa’s efforts to recruit and retain a growing workforce. He was an original member of the Vision Iowa Board and over five years was involved in over 1.8 billion dollars of development projects in the state. He is also Chairman of the Iowans for a Better Future Board, the group responsible for the fulfillment of Iowa’s 2010 vision initiative.

In his fifteen year financial career Brad served as a Correspondent for Lloyds of London representing professional sports, entertainment and Fortune 500 companies. He continues to consult with many of America’s top insurance and finance companies. He has appeared in numerous financial and risk management magazines including Bloomberg Wealth Manager, National Underwriter, Consumer Reports, and Street and Smith’s Sports Business. Brad was awarded the Outstanding Young Iowan Award for 2004.

Brad has had the rare opportunity to work with both hundreds of companies and communities nationwide. It is this experience in multiple types of business and social communities that lead to his understanding that unlocking the power of community in any organization reaps great rewards.

In addition to serving ten years in the U.S. Army Reserve Brad holds a political science and economics degree from the University of Iowa and is working on his PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. If you ask him, after all that, if he knows more or less than he did ten years ago his answer will be, “Yes.”