Galen Howsare
Galen currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Iowa Association
of School Boards. He was an Iowa K-12 school business official for nearly 18
years, after sixteen years of secondary mathematics teaching and coaching.
Galen retired as the Associate Superintendent of Administrative Services for the
West Des Moines Community Schools with an enrollment of approximately 8,800
students in 2006. Prior to joining the association Galen was the Vice President
of Administration and Finance for Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, IA.
He is a past president of the Iowa Association of School Business Officials. In
addition, he serves as an adjunct instructor for the school resource management class at Drake University and the Iowa School Business Management Academy at Iowa State University. Galen holds a BA in secondary mathematics teaching from the University of Northern Iowa, an MA in secondary administration from the University of Iowa and an Ed.S. in Educational Administration with superintendent certificate from Drake University. He has additional graduate work with emphasis in ethics at Iowa State University.
addition, he serves as an adjunct instructor for the school resource management class at Drake University and the Iowa School Business Management Academy at Iowa State University. Galen holds a BA in secondary mathematics teaching from the University of Northern Iowa, an MA in secondary administration from the University of Iowa and an Ed.S. in Educational Administration with superintendent certificate from Drake University. He has additional graduate work with emphasis in ethics at Iowa State University.