Jane Schadle RNC, MSHA, Director, Iowa Department of Public Health, Office for Healthy Communities
Jane Schadle is the director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, Office for Healthy Communities and is a community health improvement consultant. Until 2005 she was a director in strategic relations with the Wellmark Foundation, helping communities improve health status through foundation grants. She provides consultation and technical assistance to community health planners and coalitions. Prior to joining the Wellmark Foundation, she was a community health consultant at the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH.. Her forte is health policy and community health planning. She was a member of the Clinton Health Task Force in 1993 and was staff to the Iowa Health Reform Council work in 1994. She is past president of the Iowa Rural Health Association and chair of the Harkin Nursing Advisory Committee. She was honored by the Iowa Public Health Association with the Richard Remington Award in 2004 and now serves on the IPHA Board. She is a lecturer and adjunct faculty member in the Des Moines University public health program. She chairs its Community Advisory Committee. She also is on a number of boards and is part of the state consultant team for the North East Iowa Foot and Fitness Initiative.