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STEELE, Jane
STEELE, Jane. (Prairie du Chien, WI- ). Vice President-Loan Administration, HARVEST SAVINGS BANK. Joining Dubuque Savings and Loan, later Harvest Bank, in 1977, Steele assumed various responsibilities including branch manager, department supervisor and loan origination manager.
Active within the community, she served as president of the DUBUQUE GIRLS' CLUB and the Dubuque Area Mortgage Lenders. She co-chaired the Awareness Committee of the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and served on the board of DUBUQUE MAIN STREET, LTD., Professional Women's Network, and the Dubuque Noon Lions' Club. In 1999 she served as chairwoman of the Housing Advisory Trust Fund Committee which, with other groups studied housing capacities and options in Dubuque. (1) In 2006 she was executive director of MISSISSIPPI VALLEY PROMISE which partnered with the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE and the city of Dubuque to do a needs assessment countywide of youth up to the age of 20. (2)
As executive director of Mississippi Valley Promise, Steele in 2007 submitted in cooperation with the city of Dubuque and the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE the nomination for Dubuque in the 100 Best Communities for Young People nationwide contest. Dubuque was nominated the previous year and ranked 125th. Steele's nomination won the award. (3)
In 2013 Jane and her husband, Clement STEELE, coordinated Kidsight, a free-vision screening program offered by Lions clubs to detect early eye problems. Using three special cameras purchased through grants from the DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION the program examined nearly 1,500 children ages 2-5 in 2012 with about 4% found to have eye problems. (4)
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Source:
1. Pieters, Jeffrey, "Cautious Optimism Builds Over Rental Survey," Telegraph Herald, February 7, 1999, p. 2
2. Hogstrom, Erik, "Drugs, Alcohol Top Local Concerns in Study," Telegraph Herald, December 29, 2006, p. 1
3. Kundert, Rob, "Dubuque Tunes Into Kids," Telegraph Herald, January 25, 2007, p. 1
4. Carton, Tony, "Keeping a Watchful Eye on Children's Vision," Telegraph Herald, April 8, 2013, p. 3