Angela Dethlefs-Trettin Chief Community Impact Officer, Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines

Angie serves as the Chief Community Impact Officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines where she is responsible for leading, managing and evaluating the Community Foundation’s grantmaking initiatives as well as the nonprofit capacity building program. Angie also coordinates the community leadership and social capital building initiatives of the Community Foundation, assists in identifying critical community needs and builds networks of diverse community stakeholders to address those needs.

Angie joined the Community Foundation in 2024 and her prior professional experience includes serving as President of the Iowa Council of Foundations and Director of Outreach at the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.

Angie has more than a decade of experience working in philanthropy has been involved within the community foundation field both at the state and national level in numerous capacities including her current role as Board Member of the Community Foundations National Standards Board.  Angie is an Iowa native and a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in Organizational Communication and a Master’s Degree in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Development. She also has a certificate of Nonprofit Board Education through BoardSource.

Angie lives in Des Moines with her husband, Matt, and their son Henry and daughter Ainsley.