Contact SAI Staff

Matt Carver, J.D.
Legal Services Director
mcarver@sai-iowa.org

Contact Matt for…

• member legal advice.*
• questions regarding legal training or events.

*Legal advice may only be given to active members of SAI.

Dave Daughton
Government Relations Director

ddaughton@sai-iowa.org

Contact Dave for…

• legislative priority information.
• new legislation from the past legislative session.
• the status of bills during the legislative session.

Laine Buck
Communications Director
lbuck@sai-iowa.org

Contact Laine for…

• district/school communications support.
• Administrator of the Year questions.
• SAI Report\It’s Been Said podcast questions.
• website questions. 

Megan Mertes
Administrative Assistant
mmertes@sai-iowa.org

Contact Megan for…

• annual conference exhibitor support.
• general inquiries.
• Corporate Partner program.

Al Neppl
Associate Professional Learning Director
aneppl@sai-iowa.org

Contact Al for…

• annual conference planning, speaker acquisition and content development.
• information related to Aspiring Administrator Institutes.
• leadership coaching.

Dana Schon, Ed.D.
Professional Learning Director
dschon@sai-iowa.org

Contact Dana for…

• professional learning (events, workshops, and in-district opportunities.)
• Mentoring Program information.
• leadership coaching.
• requests for research and information.
• member support.

Amy Swanson
Program Coordinator
aswanson@sai-iowa.org

Contact Amy for…

• Mentoring Program and professional learning support/questions.

• general inquiries.

Debbie Wrenn
Finance Director
dwrenn@sai-iowa.org

Contact Debbie for…

• membership and event registration. 
• accounts payable/accounts receivable questions.
• credit transcript support.