FRIENDS AND FAMILY HONORED THE FORMER CEO OF THE GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP WITH SONG MUSIC AND BY TELLING STORIES OF HIS LIFE. BYERS PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 54.

Hoyt Sherman Place will host a celebration of life at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, for Jay Byers, the Simpson College President and former CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership who died on ...

For years, Jay presided over the impressive economic growth in central Iowa as the president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Under Jay's leadership, the Partnership experienced ...

Before becoming president of his alma mater, he served for 18 years in the executive leadership of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, including 11 as president and CEO. A public celebration of ...

A lawyer by trade, Jay was brought into the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the region’s economic development agency, in 2005 after serving as an assistant to then-U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell ...

Byers, the president of Simpson College and past president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, died unexpectedly April 17. He was 54. Byers was known as a husband, father, friend, mentor, ...

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host a Raising Capital for Startups Seminar on May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Partnership’s office in downtown Des Moines. The seminar will include topics ...