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IN DEPTH: Retired Iowa Homeland Security Director Joyce Flinn; KNIA and KRLS

Former Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Director and Warren County resident Joyce Flinn retired in January, ending 24 years in public service for the state and two years in the position of Director. Flinn tells KNIA News she was with the agency as they went through 9/11, the rise of cyber-security awareness, and of course the COVID-19 pandemic. “The worst day for me was when we had community spread. Dr. Pedati (State of Iowa Medical Director and Epidemiologist) kept saying we know it will happen, we know it will happen, we are trying to prepare and do everything we could. But w...

Posted By: Bob Leonard

Reynolds names new chief operating officer and head of homeland security Friday, January 15, 2021 10:35 AM Des Moines Register: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a pair of upper-level staffing changes on Thursday, including the hiring of a new chief operating officer. Taryn Frideres, a native of Denison, will move into the role after spending more than a decade as a senior policy adviser, most recently as deputy to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Frideres' hiring will be accompanied by a move for Paul Trombino, who was serving as Iowa's chief operating officer and as t...