Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 80, 2023-present

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 80, 2022

Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 66, 2012-2022

Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 37, 2006-2009

Candidate, Iowa House of Representatives, District 37, 2008

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 37, 2004

Ranking Member, Economic Growth and Technology Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Iowa Commission on Interstate Cooperation

Member, Local Government Committee

Member, Natural Resources Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Education Appropriations

Former Ranking Member, Local Government Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education (Joint Appropriations), Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on International Relations, Iowa State House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State House of Representatives

Educator, Cedar Rapids School District, 2003 – present

School Administrator

Former Host, "Coffee Talk: Corridor Conversations"

Former Co-Owner, Coffee Talk Café

Developed Workforce Training, Iowa Workforce Development Office

Former Professor of Business and Time Management, Kirkwood Community College

7th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Roosevelt Middle School

Sales and Retail Training Specialist, United States Cellular

Business Manager, United States Cellular

Founder, "Communities in Schools" Program

Member, American Society for Curriculum Development

Member, Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce

Member, Cedar Rapids Education Association

Member, Invest in Children

Member, Iowa Council for the Social Studies

Member, Iowa Education Association

Member, Leadership Ardmore

Member, National Education Association

Co-Founder, The Family Shelter of Southern Oklahoma

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

November 24, 2007

Number of Grandchildren:

5

Priority Issues:

More family-sustaining jobs, genuine tax fairness, incentives and support for small businesses and entrepreneurs, a cleaner and safer environment, and improved schools and educational training opportunities for our children and our workers.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

"I am running because I want a stronger Iowa, with broader prosperity and a better future -- an Iowa with an effective government that recognizes a shared responsibility for building a brighter future for all of us."