John D. Edwards

Clive City Council Member John Edwards was first elected in 1995 and has been re-elected for six additional consecutive terms. From 1998 to 2005 and since 2009 he has filled the role of mayor pro- tempore. He has chaired the Personnel Committee since 2018 and its predecessor committees for years prior to that. Before being elected to the City Council he served on the Clive Library Committee and the Clive Active Park Task Force.

He twice was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority, serving in 1997-98 and 2003-04, with tenure on the MTA Board for more than a decade. From 2007 to 2018 he served on the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and is on the MPO Surface Transportation Program (STP) Funding Subcommittee. He has been a representative to the Metro Advisory Council (MAC) since 2005, was elected chair in 2018, and has been re-elected three times since then.

John is Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology, and Director of the Law Library at Drake University Law School. He has lived in Clive since 1984, when his position at Drake brought him here. John and his wife Beth Ann have three adult children and four grandchildren.

His community activities include: Des Moines Presbytery Pulpit Supply, since 2012. St. John's Lutheran Church, Audio Visual Technician, since 2015. Boy Scouts Troop 208, Committee Chair, 1994-98. Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Planning for the 21st Century, 1995-96. State Law Library Advisory Committee, 1991-92. Electronic Research Committee, Iowa State Bar Association, 1984-91. Crestview Parent-Teacher Council, Co-Chair, 1988-89. West Des Moines School Bond Referendum Committee, 1990. Westminster Presbyterian Church (since 1985): Board of Trustees, Congregation President, Curriculum Review Committee, Elder, Mission Study Team, Nominating Committee, Personnel Committee Chair, Stewardship Committee Chair, Sunday School Teacher, Treasurer, Worship Audio-Video Technician, Coed Softball Team Coach/Manager.

Education University of Missouri-Columbia, M.A.L.S. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, J.D. Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, B.A.

Local Honors Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Clive, 2019. Presidential Award, Drake Student Bar Association, 1987, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020. Friend of The Journal, Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, 2004, 2018, 2020, 2021. Friend of The Drake Law Review, 2012, 2017. Outstanding Volunteer, West Des Moines Community School District, Crestview Elementary School, 1989-90.

National Award AALL Hall of Fame inductee, 2021.

5-19-2021