About us

The Iowa Afterschool Alliance and its work to improve access to high quality out-of-school time programming is supported by passionate staff, a dedicated leadership team, and generous partners.

Staff

The Iowa Afterschool Alliance is staffed by SPPG, a private, mission-driven consulting company based out of West Des Moines, Iowa. Find out more about SPPG at www.sppg.com.

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Britney Samuelson

Network Lead

Britney is the Network Lead of the Iowa Afterschool Alliance and has been with the team since 2018. She is passionate about raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs, creating cross-sector partnerships, and connecting afterschool advocates with lawmakers across the state. Britney graduated from Simpson College in 2017 with her bachelor’s in Social Justice, Applied Philosophy, and Spanish.

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Crystal Hall

21CCLC Monitoring and Support Manager

Crystal Hall joined the team in August of 2019 but has over 20 years’ experience working with youth, families, and community partners in both the education and non-profit/human service world. She is looking forward to working with afterschool sites in a capacity and support building role and will use her experience managing afterschool programming to better serve kids, families, and providers across the state. Crystal graduated from Mount Mercy College (now University) in 1998 with a degree in English, Criminal Justice, and History and holds several certificates for continuing education and specialized training.