Business Record innovationIOWA: Emily Steele, Great Outdoors Foundation named 2025 innovationIOWA award winners

The Business Record today announces its 2025 innovationIOWA Award recipients.

The Great Outdoors Foundation, a nonprofit aiming to advance conservation through innovation, collaboration and stewardship, is the Lean TECHniques innovationLEADER of the Year.

The innovationENTREPRENEUR of the Year is Emily Steele, CEO and co-founder of the venture-backed marketing platform Hummingbirds.

CEO Hannah Inman leads the Great Outdoors Foundation, including its Conservation Acceleration Fund. The fund is designed to maximize investments in water quality by using private donations to help conservation projects meet public grant match requirements.

To read more, visit the Business Record innovationIOWA.