Ivy Sales Innovation Summit

Kathryn Wieland is the director of Business Career Services at the Iowa State University Ivy College of Business and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. Kathy joined the ISU community in 1997 as the experiential learning coordinator for the colleges of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences. In July 2003, she was named director of Business Career Services. Kathy received the Iowa State University Provost’s Award for Professional and Scientific Excellence in 2010 and 2022.

Originally from Waterloo, Iowa, Kathy earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and a master’s degree in counselor education from the University of Iowa. She attended her first CliftonStrengths training in 2015 and became a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach in 2017. Kathy is a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

A learning specialist and expert in performance psychology, Mark Schwab has coached wrestling at the college level for more than 23 years, coaching 77 All-Americans and nine NCAA champions. He coached two NCAA Division I championship teams, was named assistant coach of the year, and was recognized as head coach of the year in the Iowa Conference.

Mark was a three-time NCAA Division I wrestling All-American at the University of Northern Iowa, a four-time Iowa state champion at Osage High School, and  a three-time national freestyle champion. He is also a distinguished member of six wrestling Hall of Fames.

Dan Cosgrove is the chief administrative officer and general counsel of Benson Hill, a publicly traded company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

He recently served on the investment committee of InnoVenture Iowa, the state’s first publicly funded venture capital fund, and is a venture partner at Radicle Growth, a venture capital fund focused sustainable, early-stage agriculture and food tech startups located in San Diego, California. He also sits on the Iowa Innovation Council, an advisory group comprised of business leaders, public universities, state representatives, and community college officials.

Dan was previously the chief executive officer of Growers Edge, a company that offers crop plans, embedded finance solutions, land valuation, and proprietary software and data analytics tools to the ag industry. Prior to his role at Growers Edge, he held leadership roles at Corteva Agriscience, including global leader for corporate development and licensing, vice president of business development, chief patent counsel, and various internal legal team roles. Dan earned an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a law degree at Drake University, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering at Iowa State University.

It was a battle to the end when Christina Moffatt appeared on The Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” but not only was she battling it out on live television, she was in her own personal battle behind the scenes.

Christina took all the lessons learned in these battles and put them to use helping to promote and grow entrepreneurs. In addition to owning her own small business, Crème Cupcake + Dessert, she has served as the regional director for the Mid Iowa Small Business Development Center and the director of small business development for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, and she helped launch a new division of a bank focusing on women and minority-owned businesses. She currently is focusing on customer growth strategy for a Fortune 500 business in the financial industry, with a special focus on small to mid-sized businesses.

Christina is a graduate of DMACC, Iowa State University, and the University of Toledo Certified Business Advisor Program. She has been recognized as a Business Record Forty Under 40 honoree, the 2012 Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneur Achievement Award winner by the Iowa Small Business Development Center, and the 2015 Women Business Owner of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners Iowa Chapter.