Contact Us

Andrew Funk, Executive Director
andrew.funk@iowa.gov
(515) 281-5944

Terry Witkowski, Executive Officer
terry.witkowski@iowa.gov
(515) 281-6676

Mitch Barnett, Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) - Associate Director
mitchell.barnett@iowa.gov
515-729-2465

Melissa Carstens, Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Administrator
melissa.carstens@iowa.gov
(515) 725-3492

Rebecca Carlson, Iowa Monitoring Program for Pharmacy Professionals (IMP3) Case Manager
rebecca.carlson@iowa.gov
(515) 725-2253

Amanda Woltz, Administrative Assistant
amanda.woltz@iowa.gov 
(515) 281-6674

Licensing Specialists:

Sharon Smith
sharon.smith@iowa.gov
(515) 725-3487
​CSA registrations and Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) support.

Deb McClure
deborah.mcclure@iowa.gov
(515) 242-5140
Resident and Nonresident Pharmacy Licensing and Nonresident PIC Registration

Susan Wennekamp
susan.wennekamp@iowa.gov 
(515) 242-3272
Wholesale Distributor, 3PL, Outsourcing Facility, and Limited Distributor Licensing

Dakota Waltz
dakota.waltz@iowa.gov
515-725-3493
Technician and Technician Trainee Registration

Melanie Givens
melanie.givens@iowa.gov
(515) 281-5088
Intern Registration, Initial Pharmacist Licensure, Pharmacist Renewal, and Pharmacy Support Person Registration

Office Main Phone Line: 515-281-5944
Office Fax Machine: 515-281-4609

Laura Steffensmeier, Assistant Attorney General

Southeast Iowa

Curt Gerhold, R.Ph.
curtis.gerhold@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 310-8870
Territory: Appanoose, Benton, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Poweshiek, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, and Wayne

North Central

Mark Mather, R.Ph.
mark.mather@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-8735
Territory: Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Howard, Linn, Mitchell, Worth, and Wright

Eastern Iowa

Jim Wolfe, R.Ph.
james.wolfe@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-6067
Territory: Allamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and Winneshiek

Southwest Iowa

Vacant
Cell Phone: 515-729-2462
Territory: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Fremont, Guthrie,Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, Story, Taylor, Union, and Warren

Northwest Iowa

Maggie Phelps, Pharm.D.
maggie.phelps@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: 712-320-2156
Territory: Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Greene, Hancock, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona,  O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, and Woodbury

Polk County

Curt Gerhold, R.Ph.
curtis.gerhold@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 310-8870
Zip Codes: 50310, 50312, and 50320

Mark Mather, R.Ph.
mark.mather@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-8735
Zip Codes: 50309, 50315, and 50316

Sue Mears, R.Ph.
sue.mears@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 408-7824
Zip Codes: 50009, 50021, 50023, 50327, 50131, 50169, 50266, 50265, 50322 (Altoona, Ankeny, Pleasant Hill, Mitchellville, Johnston, Polk City, WDM 50265, Urbandale 50322)

Maggie Phelps, Pharm.D.
maggie.phelps@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: 712-320-2156
Zip Codes: 50314, 50321, and 50111

Vacant
Cell Phone: 515-729-2462
Zip Codes: 50266, 50325, 50323 (the zip codes that have overlap with Dallas Co. (West Des Moines, Clive, Urbandale 50323)

Jim Wolfe, R.Ph.
james.wolfe@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-6067
Zip Codes: 50311, 50324, 50313, and 50317

Territory Assignment for Hospital Pharmacies, Compounding Pharmacies, and Nuclear Pharmacies

Divided by Interstate 35

Eastern Iowa

Britney Origer, Pharm.D.
britney.origer@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 313-5195
Counties along Interstate 35 Division: Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Marshall, Wayne, and Worth

Western Iowa

Jean M. Rhodes, R.Ph.
jean.rhodes@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 729-2461
Counties along Interstate 35 Division: Clarke, Decator,  Hamilton, Hancock, Polk, Story, Warren, Winnebago, and Wright