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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I too congratulate Don on this new appointment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bitrus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Rouse via Tall-Corn<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 12, 2026 7:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List' <tall-corn@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> elizabethrouse.nfb@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Tall-Corn] Announcement of New IDB Commissioner - Don Wirth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good evening, all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Passing along the below news in case folks haven’t heard yet. As of last week, Don Wirth has been appointed as the newest Commissioner of the Iowa Department for the Blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://blind.iowa.gov/press-release/2026-04-07/idb-welcomes-new-commissioner">Iowa Department for the Blind Welcomes New Commissioner | Department for the Blind</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Congrats to you, Don! I know that I speak for many in wishing you the best in this new role. I look forward to the work you will do on behalf of the blind of Iowa.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>