Jackie Kleppe is director of the Outreach and Engagement division in Marketing and Communications for University of Iowa (UI) Health Care. She provides vision, leadership, strategy and oversight for medicine collegiate relations including K-12 STEM Ed, MD student and alumni engagement; community engagement including community partnerships and sponsorship that address community health needs and statewide outreach; employer relations to connect employers with health services; and enterprise-wide event management. Kleppe has spent more than 20 years in higher education outreach, and health care community/statewide relations and engagement strategically aligning partners, programs and initiatives with organizational mission and goals and loves meeting new people and seeks opportunities to connect and partner.