Board of Directors

James Blessman, MD
FCI Founder & Board Member Emeritus
Blessman Ministries

Stephen Eckstat, DO
CEO, Mercy Clinics Inc. & Vice President, Primary Care Services
FCI Board President & Medical Director
Mercy Clinics Inc.

James Hobson
National Director
FCI Treasurer
Christ-Life Ministries

Jeff Dumermuth
Chief
FCI Vice President
West Des Moines Emergency Medical & Communication Services

Kenneth Butters, JD
Attorney at Law
FCI Secretary
Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze & Levis, PC

Pamela A. Duffy, PT, PhD, OCS, CPC
Assistant Professor, MPH Program
Des Moines University

David Lyons
CEO, CoOpportunity Health
President, The Iowa Institute

Kendall Reed, DO
Department of Surgery
Des Moines University

Robert Zeff, MD, FACS
Medical Director
Vein Center at Iowa Heart

Thomas Mulrooney, FACHE
Assistant Vice President
Iowa Health – Des Moines

Larry Severidt, MD
Director of Medical Education & Family Medicine Residency Program
Broadlawns Medical Center

Jill Hamilton
Corporate Communications Manager
Delta Dental of Iowa

Dr. Steve Fuller, DDS
Iowa Dental Association
Fuller Associates Family Dentistry

Beth Cross
President/CEO
Sigler Companies

Steve Chapman
President/CEO
Ruan Transportation Management Systems

Tim Gutshall, MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield