18 19 MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES REP. AKO ABDUL-SAMAD (D - House District 35) REP. CLEL BAUDLER (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 Iowa 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. MARTI ANDERSON (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, (Upper Iowa University) & 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) & Iowa Senate; 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. CHIP BALTIMORE (R – House District 47) Western Community College; former reserve peace officer. JOB: In-House Counsel, Vice President & Trust Officer at Boone Bank & Trust REP. JOSH BYRNES (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 (Luther College) & 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 MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES REP. DENNIS COHOON (D - House District 87) REP. CECIL DOLECHECK (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; (University of Iowa 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. PETER COWNIE (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. DEAN FISHER (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. DAVE DEYOE (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 National Red Cross Heroes of the Heartland Award. infoNET Guide to the Iowa Legislature [i2012 issues 11 & 12] 22 23 MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES 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. PAT GRASSLEY (R – House District 50) REP. JOEL FRY (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 (Simpson College) & 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. CHRIS HAGENOW (R – House District 43) REP. RUTH ANN GAINES (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, Loras College 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. CHRIS HALL (D - House District 13) REP. JULIAN GARRETT (R - House District 25) JOB: Works at Concrete Products Inc. of Sioux City JOB: Farmer & Attorney BACKGROUND: BA Political Science (Grinnell College, BACKGROUND: BA (Central College) & 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. MARY GASKILL (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