Founded in 1997, the Iowa Barn Foundation is dedicated to preserving Iowa’s rural buildings, symbols of Iowa’s early agricultural heritage. The Iowa Barn Foundation is an Iowa non-profit corporation with tax-exempt status under paragraph 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
The Iowa Barn Foundation, its board of directors and county representatives work to preserve Iowa’s agricultural history and endangered barns by educating people in Iowa – and beyond – about our rural heritage and the importance of barn preservation. This is being accomplished through the bi-annual Iowa Barn Foundation Magazine, the Iowa Barn Foundation website (this website), the annual All-State Barn Tour, and through picnics, open meetings, and through worldwide publicity in newspapers, magazines, and television.
We provide matching grants to property owners to help restore qualified barns. Also, the Iowa Barn Foundation gives Awards of Distinction icon to those property owners who restore or rehabilitate their barns at their own expense.
Board of Directors
- Ober Anderson (Ankeny, Iowa)
- Dave Austin (Ankeny, Iowa)
- Olivia Chalfant (Guthrie Center, Iowa)
- Andrea Corcoran (Des Moines, Iowa)
- Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph (Fairfield, Iowa)
- Wayne Frost (Waterloo, Iowa)
- Tom Hertz (Ames, Iowa)
- Dwight Hughes (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
- Carrie Jones (Ocheyedon, Iowa)
- Paul Kruse (Granger, Iowa)
- Steve Lawler (Urbandale, Iowa)
- Roxanne Mehlisch (Zearing, Iowa)
- Kurt Meyer (St. Ansgar, Iowa)
- Craig Pfantz (State Center, Iowa)
- Carole Reichardt (Clive, Iowa)
- Roy Reiman (Greendale, Wisconsin)
- Jacqueline Andre Schmeal (Houston, Texas)
- Jack Smith (Epworth, Iowa)
- Craig Stephens (Pleasantville, Iowa)
- Steve Sukup (Clear Lake, Iowa)
- Kelly Tobin (Ames, Iowa)
County Representatives
For more information about County Representatives or if you would like to volunteer to fill a county rep position for a county that is unfilled, please contact our County Representative Coordinator.
County Representatives Coordinator – Craig Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net
County Representatives
Allamakee: Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.de
Appanoose: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com
Appanoose: Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.com
Audubon: Bob & Janet Nelson, 712-304-5809, save.ross.elevator@gmail.com & beccaben7@gmail.com
Black Hawk: Wayne Frost, 310-427-3531, frostwf@lpctel.net
Boone: Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe89@gmai.com
Buena Vista: Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.net
Calhoun: Larry Ellis, 712-210-0423, redrockarabians@gmail.com
Calhoun: Deann Haden , 515-571-7196, bradluke@lvcta.com
Carroll: Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.com
Cass: Dan Dorsey, 712-249-2641, mjd4dsl@hotmail.com
Cedar: Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.com
Cerro Gordo: Dale & Judy Mills, 641-420-9227, cupolainn@gmail.com
Cherokee: Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.net
Clarke: Ginnie Hargis & Ron McBroom, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.net
Clay: Kelli Ireland, 507-320-0542, kellbell45@yahoo.com
Clinton: Dan/Jolene Witt 563-212-1307 jowitt@gmtel.net
Davis: Sharon & Bill Hardy, 641-680-2427
Delaware: John Heffernen, 563-920-5826, Johnheffernen@gmail.com
Des Moines: Dale & Julie Bartelt, 319-759-0591, bartelt@mepotelco.net
Dubuque: Jack Smith, 563-599-3061, jackwsmith@icloud.com
Emmet: Terrence Jensen, 515-230-8972, tcjensen52@gmail.com
Grundy: Rebecca Engelking, 641-366-3150
Guthrie: Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.com
Hamilton: Ron Adams, 515-368-1678, ronadams144@gmail.com
Hancock: Thomas Chizek, 641-430-4456, chizeklandandcattle56@gmail.com
Humboldt: Kurt Weinert, 515-332-4467, karalyn.weinert@gmail.com
Ida: Don Poggensee, 712-364-3491, donpog@netllc.net
Iowa: Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, h)319-626-7323 c)319-360-4832, bwinslow@southslope.net
Jackson : Caroline Bredekamp, h)563-689-4970 c)563-689-3581, caroline.bredekamp@yahoo.com
Jasper: Tyler Wilhelm, 402-525-1833, wilhelmacres@gmail.com
Jefferson: Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph , 641-472-7810, jfrcorp@gmail.com
Jones: David McDonald , 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.com
Keokuk: Kyle Morrison, 319-330-1001, kdm.enterprises@gmail.com
Lee: Brian Foecke, 319-470-0329, bjfoecke@ft.newyorklife.com
Linn: David McDonald, 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.com
Lucas: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinpomwii@me.com
Lucas: Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, pinponwii@me.com
Madison: Ginnie Hargis & Ron McBroom, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.net
Mahaska: Charles Oldham, 641-969-4272, oakknoll@iowatelecom.net
Marion: Craig & Shiela Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net
Marshall: Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.com
Monona: Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.com
Monroe: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com
Monroe: Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.com
Montgomery: Montgomery County Historical Society, 712-623-2289, mchsociet@myfmtc.com
Muscatine: Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.com
O’Brien: Pamela Battaglioli, 712-727-3612, dpjlioli@mtcnet.net
Osceola: Carrie Jones, 712-832-3227, carrie@joneslawofficeplc.com
Page: Dave Williams, dcwill@myfmtc.com
Plymouth: Ken Wright, 712-786-5542
Pocahontas: Terry Ferguson, 712-845-4978, ctferguson@ncn.net
Polk: Ober Anderson, 515-964-0964, ojanderson@aol.com
Poweshiek: Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, 319-626-7323, bwinslow@southslope.net
Sac: Jack & Jane Hogue, 712-668-4663, jhogue@netins.net
Scott: Susan Frye, 319-936-1216, susanjanefrye@gmail.com
Shelby: Dennis & Linda Heflin, 712-744-3660, jewelray@fmctc.com
Sioux: Ron & Nance Vos, 712-203-8709, nvos72@yahoo.com
Story: Roxanne Mehlisch, 641-751-1406, mehlisch@netins.net
Story: Norma Johnson, 515-707-4428
Story: Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe89@gmail.com
Tama: Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.com
Taylor: Kelly & Irene Tobin, 712-370-0321, kellyirene3133@gmail.com
Wapello: David Cobler, 641-777-7202, coblerfarming@gmail.com
Warren: Craig & Shiela Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net
Washington: Jerry Strabala, 319-461-0829, strabe@cloudburst9.net
Washington: Wilford Yoder, 319-338-6596, weyoder820@msn.com
Wayne: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com
Webster: Deann Haden, 515-571-7196, bradluke@lvcta.com
Winneshiek: Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.de
Woodbury: Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.com
Counties Without A Representative
Adair, Adams, Benton, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Dickinson, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Kossuth, Louisa, Lyon, Mills, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Union, Van Buren, Winnebago, Worth, Wright