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REP. AKO ABDUL-SAMAD (D - House District 35) REP. (R – House District 20) JOB: CEO/Founder, Creative Visions JOB: Farmer & Retired State Trooper (32 years) BACKGROUND: Served on Des Moines School Board (three BACKGROUND: Fontanelle High School; serves on NRA years); author (book of poetry) and photographer; received Board of Directors; shooter with the State Patrol Pistol Martin Luther King Jr. Community Activist Award (2009) & & Revolver Team; member Iowa Farm Bureau, Pheasants National Caring Award (2006). Forever, Wild Turkey Foundation & Ducks Unlimited. REP. DWAYNE ALONS (R - House District 4) NEW! REP. BRUCE BEARINGER (D – House District 64) JOB: Farmer JOB: Teacher (Agriculture & Biology) BACKGROUND: Bachelor’s (Northwestern College) & Master’s BACKGROUND: Master’s in Professional Agriculture (ISU); (University of Arkansas); retired Iowa Air National Guard served on Oelwein City Council, Economic Development Brigadier General; member of Iowa Farm Bureau, Iowa Corn Finance Committee, Heartland Acres Agribition Center Board Growers Association, Pork Producers, & American Legion. & County Food Pantry Board; former ISU Extension Education Director (Buchanan County). NEW! REP. (D - House District 36) JOB: Retired (2011), Director of Iowa Attorney General’s Crime REP. DEBORAH BERRY (D – House District 62) Victim Assistance Division JOB: Retired Broadcaster BACKGROUND: BA Social Work (UNI) & MSW (U of I); Social BACKGROUND: AAS (Hawkeye Community College) & BA Worker at Broadlawns, Director for Polk County Victim Services, () & MA (UNI); served on Waterloo City Service Director at Polk County Family Violence Center, Council; former broadcaster, Assistant Development Director, Community Service coordinator at Prevent Child Abuse Iowa. and Corporate Fundraising Director at KBBG-FM. NEW! REP. ROB BACON (R - House District 48) JOB: Owner, Bacon Funeral Homes in Maxwell & Nevada) REP. MARK BRANDENBURG (R - House District 15) JOB: Retired, Omaha Public Power District (management & BACKGROUND: BA (Vennard College) & attended life long member of the IBEW Local 1483) Worsham College of Mortuary Science; former minister; served on Fremont & Maxwell City Council & one term in BACKGROUND: AA (Iowa Western Community College) & ; on Boards of Iowa Funeral Directors BS (Bellevue University); served on Council Bluffs School Association Board & Nevada Chamber of Commerce. Board, OPPD Federal Credit Union Board, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Board; former adjunct professor at Iowa REP. (R – House District 47) Western Community College; former reserve peace officer. JOB: In-House Counsel, Vice President & Trust Officer at Boone Bank & Trust REP. (R - House District 51) BACKGROUND: BA Business (ISU) & JD (University of JOB: Ph.D. Student (ISU) & Agricultural & Industrial Minnesota); Partner (Quinn, Doran & Anderson Law Firm); Technology Division Chair (North Iowa Community College) former Director & Officer for county economic BACKGROUND: Bachelor’s () & Master’s development group; served on Central Iowa Hospice & (Winona State University); former high school teacher & Retired & Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) Boards. coach; hobby farmer (small cow-calf heard & gourds). 20 21

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REP. (D - House District 87) REP. (R – House District 24) JOB: Retired special education teacher (32 years) JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: AA (Southeastern Community College); BA BACKGROUND: Mt. Ayr Community High School, attended (Wesleyan College); Graduate work in Special Education ISU; active in county Farm Bureau and Pork Producers; ( I); served in Army National Guard (13 yrs); former director & past-president of the Farmers Cooperative represented Iowa at the Education Commission of States. Company; served as 4H leader & member of Sherriff’s Posse. NEW! REP. MARK COSTELLO (R - House District 23) REP. JACK DRAKE (R – House District 21) JOB: Farmer JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: BA Computer Information Systems (UNI); BACKGROUND: Atlantic High School & attended U of I; worked as Programmer/Analyst for Garst Seed Co; raises corn, Secretary and board member of Walnut Telephone Company; soybeans, Simmental cattle; former President of Mills County active in Cattlemen’s Corn Growers, Soybean, Farm Bureau Farm Bureau and former Trustee for Deer Creek Township. associations & 4H; former County Zoning Board member and REP. (R - House District 42) former President of county extension. JOB: President, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa NEW! REP. NANCY DUNKEL (D – House District 57) BACKGROUND: BA (University of Virginia) & MPA (Drake); JOB: Executive Director, Dyersville Community Foundation worked for US Dept. of Transportation in Washington DC BACKGROUND: Retired banker (Fidelity Bank & Trust, (scheduling and advance for US Secretary); former Iowa Senate Worthington State Bank, Farley State Bank); Past Chamber of Caucus staff; President of WDM Community Enrichment Commerce Chair & President of Iowa Bankers Assn.; Board Foundation; wife is Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Director. member of Stonehill Franciscan Services, Finely Hospital, & NEW! REP. DAVE DAWSON (D - House District 14) Values Fund. Elected to Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame (2011). JOB: Lawyer REP. (R - House District 72) BACKGROUND: BS Sociology & Psychology (ISU); JD JOB: Farmer (University of California LA School of Law); former prosecutor in the Juvenile Division of the Woodbury County BACKGROUND: Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering Attorney’s Office; served on Woodbury County (DeVry Institute of Technology); served as Township Clerk Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee & Woodbury and on the Tama County Pioneer Cemetery Association; County Detention Reform Committee. operates a Heritage Farm (owned by his family since 1852). NEW! REP. JOHN FORBES (D - House District 40) REP. (R – House District 49) JOB: Owner & Pharmacist, Medicap Pharmacy (32 years) JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: Served on Urbandale City Council; former BACKGROUND: BS Animal Science (ISU); Active in local President of Chamber of Commerce and Iowa Pharmacy Rotary Club, Farm Bureau, Pork Producers, Cattlemen & Association; named to “Top 100 Most Influential Pharmacists Pheasants Forever organizations. in the Nation;” headed up Central Iowa Honor Flight; & given

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REP. GREG FORRISTALL (R - House District 22) NEW! REP. TEDD GASSMAN (R – House District 7) JOB: Retired farmer & computer systems engineer JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: BA & MA music (U of I); completed BACKGROUND: Served on Thompson Community School coursework in computer science & international marketing Board (including President of the Board); sold insurance and (Iowa Western Community College); member Iowa Farm crop insurance for Farm Bureau Insurance. Bureau, Iowa Corn Growers, & Grist Mill Fine Arts Council; past member Iowa Corn Promotion Board & US Feed Grains Council REP. (R – House District 50) REP. (R - House District 27) JOB: UNI Student & Farmer JOB: Consultant (Weatherbee Resources) & Owner (Team BACKGROUND: AA Agribusiness (Hawkeye Community Restoration Ministries) College); active in Iowa Farm Bureau and volunteers on his BACKGROUND: BA () & MSW Social Work & grandfather’s campaign (US Senator Charles Grassley). Aging Studies (U of I); worked for Hospice of Central Iowa; wife owns To the Beat Dance Studio in rural Clarke County REP. (R – House District 43) REP. (D - House District 32) JOB: Partner, Whitaker Hagenow GBMG JOB: Retired drama teacher BACKGROUND: BA (UNI) & JD (U of I); practiced law in BACKGROUND: BA Drama & Speech (Clarke College) & MA Waterloo and Des Moines; worked as Manager for American Dramatic Art (University of California); serves on Iowa Foster Care Airlines at the Des Moines International Airport, and was Review Board, Board, Very Special Arts Iowa, project manager and data analyst for C Wenger Group of Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, YWCA Board, Eyerly-Ball Board, Urbandale. Hospice of Central Iowa, Repertory Theater of Iowa & more. REP. (D - House District 13) REP. (R - House District 25) JOB: Works at Concrete Products Inc. of Sioux City JOB: Farmer & Attorney BACKGROUND: BA Political Science (, BACKGROUND: BA () & JD (U of I); volunteer where he was Student Government President); worked at little league & soccer coach (12 yrs.); served on Indianola Little Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, was a legislative clerk, League Board of Directors; coached middle school mock trial; and served as Governor’s Finance Assistant; avid cyclist. former Assistant Attorney General (12 years) in charge of consumer protection, when that office was first established. REP. CURT HANSON (D - House District 82) REP. (D – House District 81) JOB: Retired teacher (43 years; driver’s education) JOB: Retired Wapello County Auditor (16 years) BACKGROUND: BA (UNI) & MA (U of I); Named Fairfield BACKGROUND: Attended Gard Business University; spent Teacher of the Year and runner-up to National Driver six years as clerk to County Auditor before being elected to Education Teacher of the Year; amateur radio operator and that position; served on County/City Jail Planning private pilot; former President & Business Manager of the Committee, International Video Game Hall of Fame & Iowa Association of Safety Education; active in Kiwanis & Museum Board, Foster Care Review Board & others. Chamber of Commerce. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 24 25

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REP. (R - House District 16) NEW! REP. MEGAN HESS (R – House District 2) JOB: School Administrative Manager, Council Bluffs Schools & JOB: Attorney, Hemphill Law Office (Spencer) Co-Owner, Hanusa Hardware & Rental BACKGROUND: BA & JD (); worked for US BACKGROUND: BA Concordia Teachers College & MA Senator Charles Grassley, US Representative Steve King, & at (American History) University of Nebraska; Friends of the the White House for President George W. Bush; active in Union Pacific Railroad Museum President; US Senator Charles Daughters of the American Revolution & Kiwanis; NRA member Grassley District Staff & Director of the Office of Presidential Personal Correspondence in the White House for President NEW! REP. (R – House District 39) George W. Bush.; ran for Iowa Secretary of State JOB: Sports Performance Coach, Acceleration Iowa NEW! REP. (R - House District 28) BACKGROUND: Johnston High School & Attended U of I; JOB: Small Business Owner, Heartsill Fencing worked at Hy-Vee; Johnston High School Homecoming King BACKGROUND: Computer Programming (Indian Hills REP. BRUCE HUNTER (D – House District 34) Community College) & Business (Buena Vista College); worked JOB: Retired customer service manager in IT at Allied Group, Principal Financial; member of NRA and Farm Bureau; father was a rodeo producer in US & Canada BACKGROUND: Attended Winona State University & St. Cloud University; loan consultant for Iowa Student Loans; REP. (R - House District 84) customer service manager for Citi Group; past President & JOB: Retired restaurant owner (Iris Restaurant) District Director for Jaycees; active in Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Foundation, & Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. BACKGROUND: Sigourney High School & Wesleyan College graduate; served in US Army Reserve 872nd Ordinance Company; former public school teacher; active in Knights of Columbus, REP. (R – House District 3) Kiwanis, and is past President of the Iowa Restaurant Association, JOB: Farmer past board member of Chamber of Commerce. BACKGROUND: Graduated Buena Vista College; served in REP. (D - House District 46) many positions at St. Paul Lutheran Church (Board of Discipleship, Congregational VP, Christian Education Chair, JOB: Service Coordinator, LSI People Place (family resource center) Youth & Welfare Committee, Finance Secretary); active in BACKGROUND: BS Elementary Education (ISU); served on Farm Bureau, Pork Producers, Cattlemen’s, Soybean, & Corn Westory Fire Department Board, Special Olympics of Iowa Board, Growers Associations; active in Kiwanis. MH/DS Commission, Council on Human Services, and spent most of her life working with family service agencies. REP. (D - House District 100) JOB: Owner, Common Good Services (PR, training, planning) REP. (R – House District 96) JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: BA Political Science & Mass Communication (Loras College) & MA Journalism (Marquette University); BACKGROUND: Attended ISU: served on Monticello Executive Director Dubuque Area Labor-Management School Board (9 yrs – 5 of them as President) & as President Council; freelance writer & publisher; National Writers Union of Iowa Farm Business Association Board; wife is a small member; research assistant for Institute for the Catholic business owner in Monticello. Media; former policy director for Rick Dickinson for Congress. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 26 27

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REP. DAVE JACOBY (D - House District 74) REP. DAN KELLEY (D– House District 29) JOB: Small business owner (Dave’s Resale) JOB: Realtor & Owner, Dan Kelley DJ Service BACKGROUND: BA (UNI); served on Coralville City Council BACKGROUND: BA Communication (U of I); Maytag Scholar; (2 terms); Program Director of Workforce Initiatives (23 Newton Board of REALTORs President; board member years); Carpenter’s Local 1260; wife is Director of Johnson Newton Chamber of Commerce, Newton Housing County Social Services; active in Chamber of Commerce, Development Corporation, Newton YMCA. Youth Leadership Program Board; served on Empowerment Board & Juvenile Justice Committee REP. JARAD KLEIN (R – House District 78) JOB: Farmer (5th generation family farm) REP. (R - House District 6) BACKGROUND: Intern for George W. Bush’s campaign; JOB: Vice President, Morningside College legislative clerk; Leadership Institute in Arlington VA; field BACKGROUND: BA Business (Morningside College) & MBA staff for ; member of Farm Bureau, (University of South Dakota); worked as CFO at a local bank; Soybean & Corn Growers Assns, Pheasants Forever, NRA. served six years on Sioux City School Board (2 yrs .as President); served on numerous local non-profit boards. REP. (R – House District 38) JOB: Consultant, Ankeny Community Schools REP. ANESA KAJTAZOVIC (D - House District 61) BACKGROUND: U of I graduate; Director of Community JOB: Mortgage Analyst (GMAC Mortgage) Education (Ankeny Schools); past President of National BACKGROUND: BA Business & Public Administration (UNI); left Association of Community Education & Dollars for Scholars; Western Bosnia at age 7 and spent 4 years in various refugee board member of Ankeny Substance Abuse Project, YMCA, camps before moving to Iowa in 1997; member of Waterloo United Way, Employee & Family Resources, Chamber of Community Development Board. Commerce & Polk County Health Services (current). NEW! REP. (R - House District 73) REP. (D - House District 59) JOB: Crop & Live Stock Farmer (8th generation family farm); JOB: Retired Joint Trainer (John Deere) Owner of a steel hauling, construction/demolition business BACKGROUND: Hawkeye Tech (welding) & UNI (teaching); BACKGROUND: Attended Muscatine Community College former Cedar Falls Planning & Zoning Commission Chair; (Outstanding Student of the Year); clerked for his father who board member Veridian Credit Union, North Star Community held House seat before him (Rep. ); Farm Services, and UNI Metal Casting Center; UAW member. Bureau, NRA & Historical Society member. NEW! REP. (R - House District 37) REP. (D – House District 83) JOB: Partner, Peoples Company (farm manager, agricultural JOB: Staff Representative, United Steelworkers Union land realtor) BACKGROUND: Southeast Iowa Community College BACKGROUND: BS Agriculture (ISU); Viet Nam veteran (electrician apprenticeship); served in US Air Force (1965-69); (Navy Seabees); Boy Scout troop leader; member Ankeny Industrial Electrician at Henniges Automotive (38 yrs.); served Chamber of Commerce; Stewardship Committee at as Lee County Supervisor (18 yrs.); Union President (20 yrs.) Cornerstone Baptist Church infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 28 29

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REP. (D - House District 85) NEW! REP. DAVE MAXWELL (R– House District 76) JOB: Co-Owner, Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service JOB: Owner, Maxwell Tiling Inc. BACKGROUND: BA Journalism & French (U of I); Served on BACKGROUND: Attended UNI & ISU; served in US Army Boards of Johnson Co. Community Foundation & Junior during Viet Nam War; Land Improvement Contractors of Achievement; past President of Johnson Co. Women’s America (District Chair, State Vice President & State Network & Preferred Funeral Directors International; co- President), certified Methodist lay speaker; former founder of United Way Woman’s Leadership Circle; past Commander of American Legion (Deep River). Chair of Iowa City Chamber of Commerce. REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY (D – House District 33) REP. (R - House District 91) JOB: Attorney (Wandro & Baer Law Firm) JOB: Owner, Lofgren Investments BACKGROUND: JD (Drake); former Assistant Iowa Attorney BACKGROUND: AA (Muscatine Community College) & BBA General & criminal prosecutor (Polk Co. Attorney’s Office); Finance (U of I); currently working on Master’s in Financial served as counsel in Washington DC for the Tobacco Project Services at U of I; avid runner; coach (track, soccer, basketball). (National Association of Attorneys General).

NEW! REP. DANIEL LUNDBY (D - House District 68) REP. (D – House District 9) JOB: Mortgage Analyst (GMAC Mortgage) JOB: Attorney & Executive Director, Young at Art BACKGROUND: AA (Kirkwood Community College) & BS & MA BACKGROUND: BA Business (Howard University), MA Library (ISU); worked as technician in New York City; worked on Main Science (Our Lady of the Lake University) & JD (Georgetown Street Revival Program in Grinnell where he designed and University); founder of Urban-Ag Academy; serves on Fort renovated a vacant space into a retail Coop; worked on his Dodge Correctional Facility Board; Agriculture Committee mother’s campaigns (the late Sen. Mary Lundby). Chair for National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow. REP. JIM LYKAM (D - House District 89) REP. LINDA MILLER (R - House District 94) JOB: Retired small business owner JOB: Fundraiser & Membership Development, LJM Consulting BACKGROUND: Palmer Junior College; served on Davenport Planning & Zoning Commission, Park & Recreation Advisory BACKGROUND: Nursing degrees (Iowa Methodist School of Committee, Davenport Colt League (President) & West Pony Nursing, Drake & U of I); active in Chamber of Commerce, League (Manager); member of Scott County Humane Society Rotary, Community Foundation Board, Davenport Community Moose Lodge, Masonic Lodge & Kaaba Shrine. School Foundation Board, Iowa Medical Alliance (Past President & Member of the Year 2002). REP. (D – House District 86) REP. BRIAN MOORE (R - House District 58) JOB: Retired teacher (33 years) JOB: Owner, Elwood Feed & Livestock (livestock transport) BACKGROUND: BA Education & MS Counseling Education (U of I); Roosevelt Elementary counselor; served on Iowa City Parks & BACKGROUND: AA Ag Business (Kirkwood Community Recreation Commission, Iowa City Riverfront Commission, Iowa College); farmer & member Cattleman’s Association, Farm City Education Association (President), State Sesquicentennial Bureau, Booster Club, & Optimist Chapter of the Eagle’s Club. Commission & State Reading Recovery Board. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 30 31

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REP. DAN MUHLBAUER (D - House District 12) REP. (D– House District 65) JOB: Farmer JOB: General Manager, Paulsen Electric BACKGROUND: AA Agriculture Business (Ellsworth BACKGROUND: BA Government & History (Claremont Community College); served as Crawford County Supervisor; McKenna College) & JD (U of I); private practice (Bradley & board member Youth Emergency Services in Cherokee, Riley PC); Neighborhood Revitalization Service (former County Economic Development Corporation, & West Central Director); Corridor Free Wireless (founding director); Member Community Action in Harlan. Father (Louis) was State Rep. of New Bohemia Arts & Culture District, Rotary, Young Lawyers Division Justice for All Committee. REP. PAT MURPHY (D - House District 99) NEW! REP. (D – House District 26) JOB: Adjunct Instructor (Northeast Iowa Community College) JOB: Small Business Owner BACKGROUND: BA Speech Communication (Loras College); BACKGROUND: Graceland College & Central Michigan served on boards of Mental Health Association & Dubuque Cable University; worked the line at an automotive production plant; Commission; worked at Mercy Health Center, CyCare Systems, & worked in Washington DC as a congressional press secretary Hillcrest Family Services (youth care worker). and policy analyst; advisor to congressional and gubernatorial REP. JO OLSON (D - House District 41) candidates; Assistant Iowa Secretary of State; Warren County Public Affairs Director; past VP of Disability Rights Iowa. JOB: Legislator BACKGROUND: BA & JD (Drake); Worked in financial services REP. (R – House District 67) industry for 10 years, First Deputy Insurance Commissioner, policy JOB: Corporate Counsel, CRST International advisor to Gov. Tom Vilsack; served 10 yrs on Young Women’s BACKGROUND: BBA (ISU), MBA (Embry Riddle Aeronautical Resource Center Board; active in Big Brothers/Big Sisters; active fundraiser for United Way. University) & JD (U of I). Attended Officer Training School during his 10 years with the US Air Force and received REP. RICK OLSON (D - House District 31) numerous military accommodations; member Farm Bureau, American Legion, & Four Oaks Board. JOB: Self-Employed Attorney REP. (R - House District 75) BACKGROUND: Grandview College & Drake; member of Polk JOB: Legislator County Magistrate Appointing Commission, Iowa State Bar Association, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, AFSCME; Board BACKGROUND: Mechanical Engineering (Purdue University); of the Iowa Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association. Mount Auburn Youth Council (Advisor), Iowa Dept. on Aging Former Asst. Polk County Attorney; raises & races horses. (Commissioner), IPERS Investment Board (Member); La Porte Women’s Club (Past President); Optimist’s Club (Member); REP. STEVE OLSON (R – House District 97) Benton County Solid Waste (Past Commissioner). JOB: Farmer REP. HENRY RAYHONS (R - House District 8) BACKGROUND: Attended ISU & served in National Guard (1966- JOB: Owner, Elwood Feed & Livestock (livestock transport) 72); Calamus School Board (2 terms); member Cattlemen’s BACKGROUND: AA Ag Business (Kirkwood Community Association, Farm Bureau, American Legion, DeWitt Development College); farmer & member Cattleman’s Association, Farm Company, & Central Community Foundation Board. Bureau, Booster Club, & Optimist Chapter of the Eagle’s Club. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 32 33

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NEW! REP. JOE RIDING (D - House District 30) REP. (R– House District 88) JOB: Part-Owner & General Manager, Terrace Hills Golf Course JOB: Banker, certified real estate appraiser, farmer BACKGROUND: Graduated Upper Iowa University; served on BACKGROUND: Muscatine Community College; member of the Altoona City Council (3 terms); twice President of Altoona Sons of American legion, NRA, Corn Growers, Farm Bureau & Chamber of Commerce & Altoona Community Campus. Soybean Association; served as Concord Township Trustee (5 yrs.) & on Columbus Junction City Council (7 yrs.) REP. WALT ROGERS (R - House District 60) REP. JASON SCHULTZ (R – House District 18) JOB: Director & Founder, Urban Hope Leadership JOB: Farmer BACKGROUND: Bachelor of Technology (UNI); serves on Board of Alternatives Pregnancy Center; worked for Rath Packing BACKGROUND: Schleswig High School; served 7 yrs. In Company, Northland Products Company, Mudd Advertising National Guard and 13 yrs. as volunteer firefighter (2 yrs. As (account executive), Orchard Hill (staff management team); Chief); Horn Memorial Hospital Foundation (board); member concert promoter and event planner. Farm Bureau, NRA, Iowa Gun Owners, & Ida-Area for Life; assistant little league softball coach. NEW! REP. (D - House District 56) REP. TOM SHAW (R – House District 10) JOB: Accounting Clerk, Bunge North America JOB: Chief of Police (Laurens) BACKGROUND: BA History (Loras College); worked for Agri BACKGROUND: AA Criminal Justice (Metropolitan Grain Marketing; served on MFL Mar-Mac School Board (including Community College; served 20 yrs. in US Navy (Senior Chief four years a s President); preschool activist & kayaker. Petty Officer); served in Operation Desert Storm; active in Boy Scouts; member of VFW, NRA & Gun Owners of America. REP. KIRSTEN RUNNING-MARQUARDT (D - House NEW! REP. LARRY SHEETS (R - House District 80) District 69) JOB: Farmer & retired businessman JOB: District Representative, Congressman Dave Loeback BACKGROUND: BS Electrical Engineering (University of BACKGROUND: BA Political Science (U of I); pursuing Master’s Michigan) & MBA (Illinois Institute of Technology); worked at in Public Policy (UNI); serves on Board of Iowa’s High Risk AT&T Bell Laboratories (engineer), Rockwell International Insurance Pool; previous Director of Iowans for Health Care. (Director of Advanced Technology), & Teltrend Inc. (Chief Technical Officer /Engineering Vice President); holds 15 patents; served on Moulton-Udell School board, Moulton Economic NEW! REP. (R – House District 63) Development Board, Hope Pregnancy Center (founding member). JOB: Farmer REP. JEFF SMITH (R - House District 1) BACKGROUND: BA Business Management (UNI); commissioned JOB: Retired banker (farm & commercial lender & branch officer in the US Marine Corps (1977-80); home schooled her three manager at First Bank & Trust) sons; active in 4H; former clerk to Sen. Bill Dix; served on ministry BACKGROUND: BS Public Service & Agriculture (ISU); team in Uganda & Kenya. worked on family farm; Active in Kiwanis, Okoboji Winter Games ((co-chair); Chamber of Commerce (board) & others. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 34 35

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REP. MARK SMITH (D - House District 71) NEW! REP. SALLY STUTSMAN (D– House District 77) JOB: Director of Special Projects, Substance Abuse Treatment JOB: Banker, certified real estate appraiser, farmer Unit of Central Iowa BACKGROUND: Served as Johnson County Supervisor (5 BACKGROUND: BA (Graceland) & MSW (U of I); served on terms); worked at DHS (Independent Adoption Investigator), Osceola City Council; past President of the Optimist’s; treasurer 4CS Child Care Resource & Referral (Executive Director), of Friends of the Marshalltown Library; worked at World Trade Volunteer Action Center (Coordinator). Serves on boards of Center after 9/11 attack. Oaknoll Retirement, Johnson Co. Housing Trust Fund & more.

REP. CHUCK SODERBERG (R - House District 5) NEW! REP. (R – House District 44) JOB: VP Planning & Legislative Services, NW Iowa Power Coop JOB: Sales Director & Trainer (BG-Beller Distributing) & BACKGROUND: BA Education (Westmar College); served on Le teaches Business at William Penn University Mars City Council (7 yrs.), City of Le Mars Finance Committee, BACKGROUND: Active in John Stoddard Rally Against Communications Board, Urban renewal Board, Chamber of Cancer, Bras for the Cause & Iowa Clinic Healthcare Commerce, Le Mars Business Initiative Board, St. Luke’s Foundation Foundation NEW! REP. (D - House District 66) REP. (D – House District 70) JOB: Teacher, Cedar Rapids Schools at Four Oaks Phase Program JOB: Staff Representative (AFSCME) BACKGROUND: Bachelor’s (Rockhurst University), Master’s BACKGROUND: BA English & Writing (Graceland) & BA Secondary Education (University of Missouri), Master’s Secondary Political Science (U of I); worked as short order cook, vending Administration (East Central University in Oklahoma); created machine supplier, legislative clerk (Sen. Bob Dvorsky). “communities in schools” program that won national recognition in White House Ceremony ; worked as direct sales supervisor & manager (US Cellular) REP. (D - House District 93) NEW! REP. QUENTIN STANERSON (R - House District 95) JOB: Attendance Secretary, Williams Intermediate School JOB: Middle & High School Social Studies Teacher BACKGROUND: Attended Southwestern Community College & Westmar College; worked as para-educator and in library Media BACKGROUND: AA Kirkwood Community College, BA Coe Center; union president. College; MA Education Administration (Grand Canyon University); served in US Marine Corps; head middle school wrestling coach REP. ROGER THOMAS (D - House District 55) REP. SHARON STECKMAN (D – House District 53) JOB: Farmer, Paramedic & Executive Director, Elkader Development Corporation JOB: Retired teacher (Mason City Schools) BACKGROUND: BS Public Administration (Upper Iowa BACKGROUND: BS Education (ISU) & MS Education (); served in US Air Force (1969-72); worked as College); taught in an embassy school in Portugal; taught 2nd, 4th & th business consultant for Iowa Workforce Development; former 5 grade and was Title 1 reading specialist; serves on Advisory fire chief; American Legion Commander; community college Council to RSVP, Governor’s STEM Council trustee; 4H, Emergency Medical Council, Historic Preservation Commission. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 36 37 MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES

REP. (R - House District 54) REP. (R– House District 17) JOB: Cardiology Nurse Practitioner JOB: Gunsmith (Double Barrel Shooter Supply – a family BACKGROUND: AA Nursing (North Iowa Community College), business) & Switchman, Union Pacific Railroad BSN (U of I) & MSN (Drake); member Farm Bureau, BACKGROUND: Attended Colorado School of Trades Iowa/American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau Honor (gunsmithing); served 8 yrs. In US Marine Corps Reserves Society, American Heart Association Cardiovascular Nurse (mechanic, served in Iraq); serves on Iowa Right to Life Board. Council, Omicron Delta Kappa International Honor Society.

REP. (R - House District 79) REP. (D – House District 98) JOB: Retired JOB: Attorney (private practice) BACKGROUND: BA (U of I) & MS (University of Southern BACKGROUND: BA English & JD (U of I); serves on the boards California); served in US Marines (Presidential Helicopter Command of Clinton County Justice Coordinating Council & Iowa Pilot for President Reagan; commanded Marine Helicopter Association for Justice Criminal Defense Section. Squadron in first Gulf War); former VP Agusta Westland; worked in Defense Division of Rolls Royce North America. NEW! REP. FRANK WOOD (D – House District 92) REP. (R - House District 19) JOB: Staff Representative (AFSCME) JOB: Retired gas/electric utility manager, energy consultant & small business owner BACKGROUND: BA English & Writing (Graceland) & BA Political Science (U of I); worked as short order cook, vending BACKGROUND: BS Electrical Engineering (University of machine supplier, legislative clerk (Sen. Bob Dvorsky). Wyoming) & MBA Studies (Drake & Creighton); past member Kiwanis, Lions Club, NRA, Institute of Electrical Engineers, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association. REP. (R - House District 11)

REP. BETH WESSEL-KROESCHELL (D - House District 45) JOB: Attendance Secretary, Williams Intermediate School JOB: Legislator BACKGROUND: AA Agriculture (ISU); started military family support group after son and daughter were deployed; active in BACKGROUND: BA (UNI) & MPA (ISU); former high school Farm Bureau, 4H & Cattleman’s Association. English teacher; worked in non-profit administration; served on ACCESS Board (battered women’s shelter); former legislative clerk (Bill Bernau & Ralph Rosenberg) REP. (D – House District 90) HOUSE DISTRICT 52 JOB: Retired teacher (Mason City Schools) REP. RESIGNED & A SPECIAL BACKGROUND: BS Home Economics (NE Missouri State University) & MA Educational Technology (UNI); former member ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON Davenport Zoning Board of Adjustment; AEA Quality Learning TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013. Consultant; Iowa College Student Aid Commission (ex-officio) infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12]