Constance Combs:  

Life Thought I would go to college after high school graduation, but instead, married young, went to Grand View College part-time and had my two children by age 21 years. Thought I wanted to escape small town life for the big city of Des Moines. Owned a home interiors and flooring store for several years. After getting tired of working 24/7, I got interested in Human Services and went to college full time. First marriage ended and I continued going to college. I spent the rest of my career life in not-for-profit organizations trying to better the world and help mankind. Hope I did help in some small ways during my career. Worked in various capacities within these organizations in public relations, public & professional education, fundraising, volunteer management, and then CEO of various not-for-profit organizations. Some of the early organizations involved health-related issues like organ donation for transplantation and kidney disease care and prevention after our classmate and my dear friend, Patty Floyd Butler, died at such a young age from her kidney transplant complications. She was my inspiration as I loved her very much. Later work involved promoting business-education alliances to enhance education in the schools. During my working career, I was a single mom for a number of years so it was difficult at times for me to spread myself so thin, but I managed to raise two very fine children who are college graduates and now happily married with wonderful lives of their own so I must have done something right. During those single years, I also managed to have quite a bit of fun ...Expand for more