Civic & Community Leader

  • Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Iowa State University, Vice President of the Alpha Delta Pi Corporation Board. 2026.
  • Polk County Agricultural Extension Council, serving Polk, Warren and Dallas Counties. Secretary of the Board. Elected to office in 2004; reelected in 2010 for another four-year term. Served as Chair of the Board of Directors in 2012. 
  • Increased the participation in 4-H by 14% in Polk County. 
  • Created long term planning for Dallas County to have its own free-standing extension office due to the rapid growth in the county.  
  • Iowa State University Alumni Association-Honors & Awards Committee 2003-2008
  • Member of the United States Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Panel 2000-2008, selecting research to defeat breast cancer. 
  • Broke ground to build the first, original Ronald McDonald House in Iowa, the 26th Ronald House in the world
    • Raised funds; interacted with corporate donors; then burned the mortgage on the $500,000 house five years later.
  • Served as President of the Children’s Oncology Services of Iowa for two years.  Set up a permanent endowment fund during that time; managed all corporate assets for the nonprofit organization. The Ronald McDonald House has now served the central Iowa community for 45 years. 
  • Served as First Lady Christie Vilsack’s Advisor, raising over $250,000 through the First Lady Teas to benefit the restoration of the children’s room at Terrace Hill, Iowa’s Governor’s Mansion. 
  • Served on the Lt. Governor’s Committee to Celebrate the 75h Anniversary of Women and the Vote.
  • Served two, three-year terms on the Terrace Hill Society Board of Governors.
  • Served on the Human Rights Commission, Polk County 
  • The Des Moines Symphony Millenium Gala Committee-1999

College Counselor & Professor

2024 – Retired from Education

Professional Summary and Highlights: 

2021 -2024 DMACC College & Career Transition Counselor

Served two high schools: ADM High School and Perry High School

  • Survived the shooting at Perry High School
  • Served on the Crisis Intervention Team immediately following the incident
  • Implemented a school-wide paper ‘Love Chain’ in school colors, to encourage healing, deal with shock, encouragement and moving forward.

Abraham Lincoln High School

  • AC Academy Counselor
  • Raised nearly $30M in scholarships for ALHS students
  • Delivered a diploma to a prison
  • National Honor Society Coordinator
  • Created, built and managed the College Bound Rails Wall
  • Testing Coordinator
  • Planned and presented the annual Class Night Awards Ceremony

Upper Iowa University

  • Mentored and coached adult learners through a two-year senior business research project
  • Member of the administrative team that helped a distance learning program grow by 49%
  • Instructed 1000+ adult learners at the graduate level: Organizational Behavior, Research Design, Business Research, Motivational Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Theories of Personality

Accomplishments & Ideas

  • Author, “Agri Manners: Essential Etiquette for Professional Success” 2015
  • 2009 – Selected as “Educator of the Year” by the South Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
  • 2001-2008 – United States Department of Defense Scientific Peer Review Panel for Breast Cancer
  • Author, “The Little Pink Book of Etiquette-Special Edition” 2008
  • Delta Kappa Gamma Society-International Honor Society for Women Educators, May, 2006
  • Excellence in Teaching Award – Upper Iowa University, 2005-06
  • Class President, West Des Moines Citizen’s Police Academy, 2004
  • Member, the Inaugural Class, LEADERSHIP USA, 1995
  • International Book of Honor, 1996
  • Initiate, Oxford Society of Scholars
  • 1994 Winner, Oxford Grail Award
  • President, Ronald McDonald House, Des Moines, Iowa 1990-92
  • Graduate, Leadership Iowa, 1989
  • Graduate, Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute, 1988

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy – D. Phil., Oxford Graduate School, UK/US, 1994
    • D. Phil in Religion and Society
    • Oxford Grail Award for Distinction in Writing and Research-The Chancellor’s award for outstanding research on a current issue awarded by the Faculty Senate on Degree Day
    • Inducted into the Oxford Society of Scholars
    • Dissertation: “Sources and Effects of Stress in the Workplace”
  • Master of Science– Iowa State University, 1983
    • Professional Studies in Education; Major: Education with an Emphasis in Counseling Education
    • Permanent Professional Teaching Certificate
  • Bachelor of Science – Iowa State University, 1975
    • Bachelor of Science in Education.

Wife, Partner


From left to right: Lynn Henderson, husband of Patricia Tice; Cynthia and husband Don Wolf, and Bonita Sue and husband Doug Gray.


Patricia is the oldest of three sisters. Middle sister, Cynthia is a retired educator and a graduate of the University of Iowa. Youngest sister, Bonita Sue, is a LEED architect in Austin, Texas and a graduate of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

Our late Dad, Bud Tice, had caps from all three universities. When Iowa State played Iowa, he would change caps at halftime. 

We still support Iowa State, Iowa and Nebraska except when they play each other. And we love the Big 12 and the Big 10.