ITC Midwest Welcomes New Local Government and Community Affairs (LGCA) Team Members
September 1, 2025 | Midwest
Two new personnel have recently joined the ITC Midwest Local Government and Community Affairs (LGCA) team, including:
Jamie Toledo is the new LGCA Area Manager for the greater Cedar Rapids area and surrounding counties, and she is based at the Cedar Rapids office.
Jamie comes to ITC Midwest from the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, where she served as the Economic Development Relationship Manager for the past eight years. At the Economic Alliance, Jamie’s responsibilities included leading a regional developer team of public, private and economic development professionals from seven counties. Her wide-ranging work has included collaboration with developers, site selectors, commercial real estate brokers, industry leaders and cities on business attraction and expansion efforts.
Prior to joining the Economic Alliance, Jamie had 17 years of experience at Alliant Energy in a variety of roles with progressively increasing responsibility, including serving as manager of areas including supplier diversity, Lean Six Sigma programs, sourcing and supply chain, corporate diversity and inclusion, and fleet administration. Her experience with these many roles at Alliant Energy, coupled with her economic development experience, will serve Jamie well in her new role as an LGCA Area Manager.
Jesse Crank has joined the LGCA team as Permitting Specialist. Jesse will take over permitting responsibilities for our northern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin service territories, and he is based at the Dubuque warehouse.
Jesse comes to ITC Midwest from Utility Lines Construction Services (ULCS), where for more than seven years he was Regional Forester overseeing vegetation crews. Jesse was responsible for inspecting and assessing vegetation on ITC Midwest transmission line rights-of-way for vegetation compliance. During his time at ULCS, Jesse worked under the parameters of multiple county, state and federal permits. He understands the importance of fostering strong relationships with the government bodies issuing permits, which provided him strong background and tools that ITC Midwest needs to operate successfully.
Prior to joining ULCS, Jesse gained experience as a distribution utility arborist and later a general foreman for Shade Tree Service Company, an ITC Midwest contractor that does vegetation management work. He also gained experience as a lineman apprentice through the Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship and Training Program.