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Wes Ehrecke, FASAE, CAE

President and CEO of the Iowa Gaming Association (IGA)

Wes Ehrecke

Wes Ehrecke is the President and CEO of the Iowa Gaming Association (IGA), a position created in April 2000. Ehrecke is a 44-year veteran in the association management profession. Other positions held include

• Executive Vice President & CEO, Minnesota Bankers Association 1995-2000
• Executive Vice President and General Manager, Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives 1991-1995
• Iowa Bankers Association, 1978-1991, including the role of Senior Vice President from 1987 – 1991

Board & Foundation Leadership Ehrecke currently serves on the Board of the Iowa Travel Industry Partners. He has served as a director as well as an officer on several other foundation and professional boards: 

• Iowa State Parks Foundation
• Travel Federation of Iowa 
• Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation
• American Gaming Association 
• President of the Iowa Society of Association Executives (ISAE) 
• American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) 
• Chairman of ASAE Fellows 
• Chairman of ASAE’s Local State and Regional plus Future Leaders Committees.
• Leadership Iowa
• President, Iowa 4-H Foundation
• ISU Greenlee School of Journalism Advisory Council
• St. Francis Pastoral Council
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Graduate School of Banking at Madison
• President Valley High School Athletic Booster Club 

Honors & Education

  • Recipient of the Leadership for Iowa award 2016 
  • Recipient of the ISAE Distinguished Executive award 2011
  • Designated as a Fellow by ASAE 1991
  • Received ASAE’s Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation 1991 
  • First recipient of the ISAE Professional Excellence Award & is a two-time honoree of the ISAE Presidential Award for Management Achievement
  • Received Iowa 4-H Foundation’s highest honor: Meritorious Award
  • Iowa State University, BA in Journalism and Mass Communication 
  • Leadership Iowa Program 1990-91