Iowa Business Hall of Fame inductees announced
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:58 PM Tom Koehn, Tom Mahoney and Wendy Wintersteen will be inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Sept. 7 at the Meadows Events and Conference Center. Their selection as the 2020 inductees was announced today.
The Iowa Business Hall of Fame, founded in 1975 by the Greater Des Moines Committee, honors the achievements of Iowans who have made outstanding contributions to Iowa’s business climate.
Koehn is the chairman of the board of the Waldinger Corp.. He began his career at Waldinger in 1975. He became chief financial officer in 1979, and purchased the company as part of a group of employees five years later. The company now has nearly 3,000 employees in 12 states. His son, Jon, became CEO in 2019. Koehn and his wife, Linda, have volunteered their time to many organizations in the Des Moines area. He has served on the boards of
National sheet metal, air conditioning group names Gast contractor of the year Monday, December 14, 2020 3:36 PM Guy Gast, president of the Waldinger Corp. Iowa Division, has received the Contractor of the Year Award from the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association. In a news release, Gast’s commitment to volunteering, workforce development and labor relations advocacy work were cited as the reasons for his receiving the award. Gast served as president of SMACNA’s board of directors from 2015 to 2016, and was a board member from 2007 to 2011. He is currently chair of the New Horizons Foundation, SMACNA’s member foundation and research entity. Locally, Gast is a former chair of the Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa-Central Iowa as well former as president and board member of the Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa.