At Advance Iowa, Annette develops multi-channel communication strategies and creates digital and print publications and social media marketing. Before continuing her career at UNI, she gained extensive professional design experience in agencies and while owning and operating businesses of her own. This fact substantiates her connectedness and attraction to entrepreneurship and family businesses, which have always been a prevalent aspect of her life. Annette is a UNI graduate. She has a passion for community and instructs various art classes in her free time.