Roy Nowers

Row Nowers was born in Moline, Illinois and spent a portion of his childhood in Mandan, North Dakota but his family moved around a lot. By the time he graduated high school, his family and him resided in Grand Island, Nebraska. They lived in a total of nine different states and several different towns. He can honestly say he is happy to call Cedar Rapids his home and has no intention of leaving!

He entered the working world at a young age. In high school he had a variety of different jobs and experiences. Some of the jobs included being a lineman for a small commuter airline, an exercise boy for horse racing stables, and a lifeguard at the local YMCA.

Once he planted himself in Cedar Rapids, Roy focused his goals, and his working career took off. He had huge success working for Montgomery Ward selling appliances which kickstarted his endeavor of going to Kirkwood Community College to acquire his AA. Once he had achieved that, he then went on to Coe College to acquire his BA in Business Administration all while working full-time.

After earning his BA from Coe, he had started working as an intern at the Five Seasons Center & Paramount Theatre. He concluded his career there with 18 years under his belt and was the Director of Programming & Marketing. During Roy’s time there, he was entrusted to manage over 100 employees, had a $3.4 million budget, 320 event days and attendance of over 320,000 people annually. The experience of running an event with this volume proves he can handle pressure, responsibility, performance management, issue resolution and so much more.

He has negotiated contracts with some of the largest touring and musical acts in the world and pulling off these events was no easy feat. Long hours, late nights and attention to detail made these events happen smoothly and gave him a very solid base to precede a career in Real Estate. He also has experience with the Science Station as an Interim Executive Director as well as 10 years’ experience as the Executive Director of Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids.