Meet the Team
Emily Osweiler, MSW
Chief Executive Officer
Emily helped lead the efforts to build and launch the YMCA Supportive Housing Campus in Des Moines in 2011. She helped plan the design of the facility with architects, developed resident-centered programming, and managed the low-income tax credits. Emily has 18 years of nonprofit experience and more than a decade of experience in board development and management, fundraising, cultivating strategic partnerships, and around social work issues of homelessness, substance abuse, mental illness, trauma, veteran’s needs, extreme poverty, mindfulness, and more.
Emily’s deep commitment to the community is evident in the way she spends her time. She serves on the Plymouth Place Board of Directors, the Five Fires Foundation Board, a member of the Board of an animal rescue called Inner Light Sanctuary. Emily was a member of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute Class of 2015, was named one of the Des Moines Business Record’s 40 Under 40 leaders in 2020, and one of the Des Moines Register’s 15 People to Watch in 2025.
Kelsie Pinegar
Deputy Director
Kelsie joins GDMSH in September 2026 as Deputy Director. For the past 15 years, she has worked in housing and homeless services in the Des Moines metro, most recently in an executive leadership role. Kelsie believes stable housing is foundational to improving all other outcomes in an individual’s life, and she helps lead GDMSH’s work on staffing, training, partnerships, and programming as the organization builds toward opening.
Jamie Bussell
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Administrative Officer
Jamie joined GDMSH in August 2026 as CFO/CAO, bringing her firm, JLB Strategy, to provide fractional financial and organizational leadership as GDMSH moves from development into startup and operations. Jamie brings extensive nonprofit leadership experience in finance, operations, organizational growth, construction and capital projects, technology, and systems implementation, helping mission-driven organizations strengthen the infrastructure behind their work so leaders can stay focused on the people they serve.