Sofia DeMartino joined Boys Town team as Development Director in August, 2022. A University of Iowa and Mount Mercy University graduate, Sofia has nearly a decade of professional experience with social service organizations. Prior to Boys Town, Sofia served as Community Relations and Grants Director for Horizons, A Family Service Alliance in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Her passion for this work was inspired by her own experience as a person
who was empowered by the social services network to make the arduous
climb out of poverty.

Allie Williams brings more than 20 years’ experience as an association executive spending time at the helm of the Title VII Administrators Association, and Corporate Responsibility Association.  He was the Director of Organizational Development at the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and Director of the Office of Chamber of Commerce Relations at the United States Chamber of Commerce.

During his years in the Chamber of Commerce community, Williams developed and implemented first-class products and services related to membership structures, event management, leadership training, advocacy, and economic development. He built rapport and strong relationships with leaders from thousands of state, metropolitan and local Chambers across the United States and Canada.

Kathleen Reedy was part of a research team, National Science Foundation Grantees, studying human adaptation to cold climate.  She has made seven trips to Antarctica, for a total of ten months residency.   The research has published in several peer reviewed journals.  The work was funded by two NSF Grants.

At Naval Medical Research Institute, with two colleagues, they began the research in human adaptation to cold climate; in Bethesda laboratories, in Alaska in the field with the Navy SEALs, and in Antarctica with two National Science Foundation Grants.

Kathleen has two undergraduate degrees and two Masters Degrees.  She has five sons, four physicians and one in law enforcement.  She has nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.