Photo from our 2021 Symposium

Dave Becker

CEO, Cottingham & Butler

Dave Becker

CEO, Cottingham & Butler

Codi Putnam

Origin Design

Meet the face behind YP Dubuque events! Codi Putnam is our new YP Director of Signature Events. She has planned great events, such as Explore and Restore Chaplain Schmitt Island and our upcoming YP Symposium on November 16, 2022. We don’t know

how we feel about her hating the smell of coffee, but we sure know that we love having her on YP Board.



OCTOBER LUNCHEON

Gisella Aitken-Shadle



Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Equity is to make sure people have equal opportunities, giving people access regardless of barriers.

• Participate in equity by joining organizations, participate in local events, educate yourself and others, attend city meetings, attend conferences.

• Don’t participate in the same type of conferences and professional development sessions you always do, get out of yoru comfort zone to learn.

• Collaborate with others. Bring trainers or consultants to your organization to help with DEI efforts.

• Make clear, realistic, measurable goals for equity and inclusion.

Young Professoinals Dubuque is a program of the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce