2026 IEHA Fall Conference
October 7-8, 2026
FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny Iowa
Conference Keynote Speaker |
Jackie Pelland is a founding partner of the leadership development company, Slingshot25, where she designs and delivers leadership learning programs and provides leadership coaching. Prior to Slingshot25, Jackie spent 25 years developing leaders in Fortune 500 companies. During that time, she studied the impact that leaders have on what it feels like to work for an organization.
She believes every employee deserves a great place to work. There is no question that leaders have an outsized impact on the employee experience – they make or break it every day. But she also understands that leading others is difficult work that can go wrong even with the best of intentions. It’s this understanding that drives Jackie’s insightful, fun, and welcoming approach to leadership development, where she focuses on the essential and often-forgotten truth of leading people. Jackie holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa. She is a graduate of the altMBA program and is a certified coach.
NEHA Region 4 Vice President 
Eric Bradley has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health from the University of Georgia and a Master of Public Health degree from American Public University. He has been working in the environmental health field since 1997, serving as an Environmental Health Specialist, Environmental Health Manager, Deputy Health Director, and Division Chief at six county health departments across four states. Currently, Eric is the Division Chief of Environmental Health for the Douglas County Health Department in Omaha, Nebraska where he leads a team of thirty-two environmental health professionals overseeing food safety, childhood lead prevention, swimming pools, onsite sewage, wells, nuisance, and air quality, both indoor and outdoor. Eric spent eighteen years of his career in Iowa where he dedicated his time to the Iowa Environmental Health Association and the Iowa Public Health Association. He is an active member of the National Environmental Health Association and the American Academy of Sanitarians. |
Accommodations |
Residence Inn by Marriott | Home 2 Suites by Hilton | Holiday Inn Express/Suites |
Booking Deadline is September 6th, 2026