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)
- Mollie Aronowitz (Ames, Iowa)
- Dave Austin (Ankeny, Iowa)
- Olivia Chalfant (Guthrie Center, Iowa)
- Andrea Corcoran (Des Moines, Iowa)
- Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph (Fairfield, Iowa)
- Wayne Frost (Waterloo, Iowa)
- Don Geiger (West Des Moines, 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: Roxanne Mehlisch at 641-751-1406 or mehlish@netins.net.
County Representative Coordinator: Craig Stephens cdstephens@fngi.net | 515-681-1009
- Allamakee:
Marlene Fenstermann
563-382-3439
dwf02@fenstermann.de - Appanoose:
Richard Stafford
641-390-0723
pinponwii@me.com
Richard Stafford II
641-203-0620
flintlockshotgun@gmail.com - Audubon:
Bob/Janet Nelson
712-304-5809
Save.Ross.Elevator@gmail.com - Benton County:
Scott Eggink
319-350-8103
scottrobin6978@yahoo.com - Blackhawk:
Wayne Frost
319-427-3531
frostwf@lpctel.net - Boone:
Steve Rimathe
515-290-5258
srimathe@collins-maxwell.k12.ia.us - Bremer:
Keith Oltrogge
319-984-5292
keitho@mchsi.com - Buchanan:
Jim Michels
319-551-2155 - Buena Vista:
Becky Bryant
712-213-0598 - Calhoun:
Larry Ellis
712-210-0423
redrockarabians@gmail.com
Deann Haden
515-576-5519
bradluke@lvcta.com - Carroll:
Kent Brant
712-830-2241
kbrant42@hotmail.com - Cass:
Dan Dorsey
712-249-2641 - Cedar:
Kas Kelly
563-260-0869
kaskelly@machlink.com - Cerro Gordo:
Dale/Judy Mills
641-424-1197
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 - Decatur:
Judi Partridge
641-344-2237
judipart1@yahoo.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 - Fayette:
Bob Jacobsen
563-422-1048
email robertjacobsen50@yahoo.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
tchizek@stellarindustries.com - Hardin:
Ken Starek
641-847-30l8
1stchurchlady@gmail.com - Humboldt:
Kurt Weinert
515-332-4467
karalyn.weinert@gmail.com - Ida:
Don Poggensee
7l2-364-349l
donpog@netllc.net - Iowa:
Bonnie Winslow-Garvin
319-626-7323
bwinslow@southslope.net - Jackson:
Caroline Bredekamp
563-689-4970 - Jasper:
Rodney J. Hassler
641-753-3276
rhassler@mchsi.com
Tyler Wilheim 402-525-1833
wilhelm_19@hotmail.com - Jefferson:
Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph
641-472-7810 - Johnson:
Wilford Yoder
319-338-6596
weyoder820@msn.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
pinponwii@me.com
Richard Stafford II
641-203-0620
flintlockshotgun@gmail.com - Madison:
Ginnie Hargis/Ron McBroom
515-834-2026
cabot1@hughes.net - Mahaska:
The Charles Oldhams
641-969-4272
oakknoll@iowatelecom.net - Marion:
Rob/Teri Vos
641-628-8396
robvos@yahoo.com - 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
Richard Stafford II
641-203-0620
flintlockshotgun@gmail.com - Montgomery:
The Montgomery County Historical Society
712-623-2289
mchsociet@qwestoffice.net - Muscatine:
Kas Kelly
563-263-1777
kaskelly@machlink.com - O’Brien:
Pamela Battaglioli
712-727-3612
dpjlioli@mtcnet.net - Osceola:
Carrie Jones
712-832-3227
carrie@joneslawofficeplc.com - 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 - Story:
Roxanne Mehlisch
641-751-1406
mehlisch@netins.net
Steve Rimathe
515-290-5258
srimathe@collins-maxwell.k12.ia.us - Tama:
Rodney J. Hassler
641-753-3276
rhassler@mchsi.com - Taylor:
Kelly Tobin
712-370-0321. kellyirene@gmail.com - Van Buren:
Darlene/David McQuoid
3l9-397-2340 - Wapello:
David Cobler
641-777-7202
coblerfarming@gmail.com - Warren:
Cheryl Eftink
641-297-2239
eftinks@gmail.com
515-229-3906 - Washington:
Jerry Strabala
319-461-0829
strabe@cloudburst9.net
Wilford Yoder
319-338-6596
weyoder820@msn.com - Wayne:
Richard Stafford
641-390-0723
pinponwii@me.com - Webster:
Deann Haden
515-576-5519
bradluke@lvcta.com
deann@legacytours.travel - Winneshiek:
Marlene Fenstermann
563-382-3439
dwf02@fenstermann.de - Woodbury:
Peggy Hanner
712-251-0405
rphanner@gmail.com