Full Name:
Ronald 'Ron' James Kind
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Tawni; 2 Children: Johnny, Matthew
Birth Date:
03/16/1963
Birth Place:
La Crosse, WI
Home City:
La Crosse, WI
Religion:
Lutheran
JD, University of Minnesota, 1990
MA, Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics, 1986
BA, Harvard University, 1985
Former Minority Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives
Representative, United States House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 3, 1996-2023
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on the European Union, present
Former Member, Congressional Caucus on the Mississippi River, present
Former Member, Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus, present
Former Founder/Co-Chair, Quality Care Coalition, present
Former Founder/Co-Chair, Wellness Caucus, present
Former Member, 21st Century Health Care Caucus
Former Member, Alzheimer's Task Force
Former Member, Army Corps of Engineers Reform Caucus
Former Member, Arts Caucus
Former Member, Autism Caucus
Former Member, Bicycle Caucus
Former Member, Community College Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Competitiveness Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Fitness Caucus
Former Vice-Chair, Congressional Native American Caucus
Former Founder/Co-Chair, Congressional Organic Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Rural Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
Former Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
Former Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
Former Member, Diabetes Caucus
Former Member, Disability Caucus
Former Member, Food Safety Caucus
Former Member, House Centrist Coalition
Former Member, House Manufacturing Caucus
Former Vice-Chair, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
Former Member, House Rural Health Care Coalition (RHCC)
Former Member, House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus
Former Member, Mental Health Caucus
Former Member, Methamphetamines Caucus
Former Founder/Co-Chair, National Parks Caucus
Former Member, New Dem IDEA Task Force
Former Member, Public Broadcasting Caucus
Former Member, Rural Education Caucus
Member, Rural Health Care Coalition Steering Committee
Former Member, Rural Veterans Caucus
Former Member, STOP Driving Under the Influence Caucus
Former Co-Chair, Task Force on Childhood Obesity
Former Member, Third Congressional District Democratic Party
Former Co-Chair, Upper Mississippi Caucus
Former Co-Chair/Founder, Upper Mississippi River Basin Congressional Task Force
Former Member, Upper Mississippi River Congressional Caucus
Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1996-2010
Assistant District Attorney, Office of the La Crosse District Attorney, 1992-1996
Attorney, Law Office of Quarles and Brady, 1990-1992
Board Member, Coulee Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
Member, Immanuel Lutheran Church
Board Member, La Crosse Boys and Girls Club
Board Member, La Crosse Optimists
Member, La Crosse Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Chair, New Democrat Coalition
Member, Wisconsin Bar
Member, Wisconsin Harvard Club
Astrological Sign:
Pisces
Father's Name:
Elroy Kind
Father's Occupation:
Telephone Repairman, Union Leader
Mother's Name:
Greta Kind
Mother's Occupation:
Assistant Director of Personnel, La Crosse School District