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. THE DEp MOINES Ro~IST!;B . . ity leader. . ! The p~s M@il}tilS Re_ats.t~r Miller . is the . executive recognlZes Rep. Helen Miller, director of Young at Art, a r a Fort Dodge Democrat, in . nonprofit org~nization .that celebration of Black l'tistory promotes economic develop Month. , . • ment through the arts, and Miller has more than'25 years sponsors the annual Artful of leaP,ership and expertence in Dodger Project. She serves various capaoi- as vice chairwoman of the . ties, including Agriculture Committee of volunteer, me- the National · Black Caucus diator/ legisla- , · of State Legislators and as a ti:ve bill drafter, state director for Women in librarian and Government. attorney. She js Miller is a member of the currently serving Iowa State Bar Association her third term in and the District of Columbia the Iowa House . Bar Association and a Paul of Representatives, represent- Harris Fellow of Rotary Inter ing District 49. She is the first national. From .2003 to 2005, black person to serve as assis- Miller served as the second t~nt majority leader, and serves vice chairwoman of the Iowa on the Agriculture, Economic Democratic Party. Growth, Environmental Pro- A resolution honoring the tection and Veterans Affairs National Bar Association au committees. _. thored by Miller passed the She has served on the Ad- Iowa House in 2005. ministration and Rules Hu- Miller is married to a retired 1 man R· esources, · and · T rans- · Air Force vete. ran a· nd- h·a· s portatioa committees, and the three children and two grand- justice systems appropriations children. · · · subcommittee. She has also Source: www.representative served as ~n assistant minor- helemniller.corn
Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. ·1pmg mmonnes. in Atlanta, with a degree in economics. She is 1ave been touched by those (predecessors), attending Drake University Law School and is am sure that I have passed some of my iden president of Drake's Black Law Student Association m to those who came after me," Ford said. chapter. iream is to see Asian and Latino legislators
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DEBORAH BERRY HELEN MILLER AKO ABDUL-SAMAD County: Black Hawk County: Webster County: Polk Party: Democrat Party: Democrat Party: Democrat Served: House. 2003 to present Served: House, 2003 to present, is Served: House, 2007 to present Born: Waterloo assistant majority leader Born: Des Moines Education: Born: Newark, N.J. Education: \, Graduate, Education: Graduate, Graduate, Waterloo public Howard University; Des Moines schools, Upper master's. Our Technical High Iowa University, Lady of the Lake School, attended working on University, San community college a master's Antonio, Texas; law Occupation: degree degree, Georgetown Author, Example of legislation*: H.F. University Law Center photographer. counselor !5 1 -A bill for an act relating to Occupation: Attorney Example of legislation*: H.F. 1 - the state mmimum hourly wage Example of legislation*: H 1442 A bill for an act relating to the state requirements and providing an -An amendment to a bill for an act minimum hourly wage requirements etfect1ve date . relating to economic development. and providing an effective date. Accomplishments: Served on business. work force. and regulatory Selected accomplishments: Waterloo City Council. Citizen of assistance and tax credits. and to Founder, Creative Visions Human II the Year Award by Afro American state developmental, research and Development Center. elected to Des Commun1ty Broadcasting Inc regulatory oversight and including Moines Public School Board effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. 1 Accomplishments: Executive director of Young At Art. vrce charr of Agnculture Commrttee of the Nat1onal Black Caucus of State Legislators
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HELEN MllLER* is a He was in the Air Force for 10 years, Department of Agriculture. He is treasurer Democrat serving her first where he attended Officer Training of the Iowa Professional Lawn Care term in the Iowa House School. Association and Iowa Turf Grass Institute. (District 49 in Webster He has two sons and two daughters. Doug was vice president of Council County) and is an arts Bluffs Trees Forever and West HELEN educator as well as a lawyer. MIKE REASONER* is a first Pottawattamie County Extension Council. MILLER She earned a Bachelor term member of the Iowa He has a daughter. of Arts in business House who received his administration from Howard University, a Bachelor of Science degree KURT SWAIM,* of Master of Science in library science from and Juris Doctorate from Bloomfield, represents Our Lady of the Lake University and the .MIKE Creighton University. District 94 (in Appanoose, Juris Doctorate from Georgetown REASONER A Democrat, Mike repre Davis and Wayne Counties) University Law Center. sents District 95 (in Clarke, and is a first term Democrat Helen lives in Fort Dodge where she is a Decatur and Union Counties) from his KURT in the House. member of the Area Symphony Board of Creston home where he is ownerI operator SWAIM He is a graduate of Iowa Directors, Public Library Board of of Reasoner Oil Company. He chairs the Weslyan where he received Trustees, Youth Shelter Care of North Region XIV Workforce Investment Board a bachelor's degree in economics and Central Iowa, Inc. Board of Directors, and and serves on the board of Midwest business administration and the University Blanden Memorial Art Museum board. Opportunities Corning-Creston. of Iowa College of Law where he received She also serves on the Webster City-Fort He has been a Union County supervisor the Juris Doctorate. Dodge Human Rights Commission and and is a member ofJudicial District 5B Kurt was Davis County attorney and a Webster City Crimestoppers. Youth Shelter in Lamoni, the Union member of the board and an officer of She has two daughters, a son and a County Law Enforcement Commission, Citizens Mutual Telephone Company in grandson. Crossroads Mental Health-Creston and Bloomfield. Area 14 Agency on Aging. He has four children and one JO OLDSON, * a former He has a daughter and two sons. grandchild. advisor to Governor Thomas Vilsack and first deputy Iowa DON REDFERN is a third insurance commissioner, term member of the Senate lives in Des Moines (District and represents District 10 in JO OLDSON 61 in Polk County). This is Black Hawk County. He is a her first term in the Iowa Republican. Business House. DON He is a partner in a law &. Jo was awarded the Bachelor of Arts and REDFERN firm in Cedar Falls where he the Jurjs Doctorate by Drake University. resides. He graduated with a She has been an active fund raiser for Bachelor of Arts in economics from United Way, is past president of Young Carleton College and the Juris Doctorate Women's Resource Center Board of from Columbia University School of Law. Directors and volunteers with the Big Don is a member of Cedar Valley Brothers/ Big Sisters Program and Economic Development Corporation, homeless shelter. Cedar Falls Amvets and Rotary. He She is a Democrat. participates in the ISBA Volunteer Lawyers Project. He served in the Ronald E. Nielsen, KRAIG PAULSEN,* a first Army for two years. CPA/AB~ ASA, CFE, CVA term member of the House, He has one child. Roger C. Jones, CPA, CVA has a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree from DOUG STRUYK* is another Wayne R. Brown, ASA, MBA Iowa State University and an first-term Democrat serving Jessica C. Schiesl KRAIG M.B.A. from Embry-Riddle in the House. He represents Aeronautical University. District 99 in Pottawattamie PAULSEN ~Ciifto He is working on the County and lives in Council mJ Gund~rson LLP Juris Doctorate at the University oflowa DOUG Bluffs where he practices Certified Public Accountants & Consultants College of Law. STRUYK and owns a small business. When Relatiomhips Count'" Kraig represents District 35 in Linn Doug graduated from 2700 Westown Parkway -:ounty and is a Republican. He is Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Suite 400 employed as a production supervisor and Science degree and from Creighton West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 lives in Cedar Rapids. University with the Juris Doctorate. 515-222-4400 He was chief of the Agricultural Diversification Bureau of the Iowa www.cliftoncpa.com Source: Iowa Territorial and State Legislators Collection compiled by volunteers and staff at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, Des Moines, Iowa. THEJOWA LAWYER February 2003 13