CEO of Proteus, Inc., Mid-Iowa Health Foundation Board Member, and HealthConnect Fellow
Dr. Daniel Zinnel joined the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation Board of Directors in 2023 and serves on the Grant Committee and Audit Committee. He has served as the CEO of Proteus, Inc. since August 2019, and has worked with the organization for over ten years. Daniel has over fifteen years of nonprofit administration and leadership, including his time at Proteus and previously as the Executive Director of One Iowa. He has a Doctorate of Education in Leadership from Creighton University. Zinnel holds an M.A. in health studies from the University of Alabama, a B.A. in liberal arts with sociology and psychology minors from Grand View University, and an A.A. from Iowa Central Community College.
Daniel serves on the board and executive committee of UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, Iowa Primary Care Association, One Iowa Action, and other boards and advisory committees. He was named the 2018 Influencer of the Year at the Young Professionals Connection and Des Moines Register Young Professional of the Year Awards. Also in 2018, he was awarded the Community Vision Award for Challenging by the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. In 2017, he completed the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Daniel received one of the Des Moines Business Record’s Forty Under 40 awards in 2015, and in 2012, he received the Karen Packer Spirit of Collaboration Award at the Iowa Cancer Summit.
Dr. Daniel Zinnel participated in Cohort 2 of HealthConnect Fellowship from October 2019-June 2021.
