Gov. Branstad appoints Mason City man and others to Iowa’s boards and commissions

The following appointees’ term began yesterday on May 1, 2017, and are subject to Senate confirmation.

Architectural Examining Board:
Scott Hatfield, West Des Moines

Economic Development Authority:
Phil Kooima, Rock Valley

Board of Hearing Aid Specialist:
Nicholas Woolley, Webster City

Commission on Judicial Qualifications:
O Jay Tomson, Mason City
Leah Johnson, Sioux City

Board of Mortuary Science:
David Langkamp, Oskaloosa

Real Estate Commission:
Elizabeth Hansen, Des Moines

State Soil Conservation Committee:
Steve Hofmann, Lamoni

Title Guaranty Division Board:
Jason Froehlich, Ankeny

The following appointees’ term began yesterday on May 1, 2017, and are NOT subject to Senate confirmation.

Organic Advisory Council:
Joseph Slater, Long Grove
Marcy Billings, West Des Moines

State Board of Education:
Nishimwe Robert, Des Moines (Non-voting member)

Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board:
Michael Kettwick, Buffalo Center

Commission of Libraries:
James Lock, Cedar Rapids
Kolleen Taylor, Webster City
Matthew Ely, Des Moines
Norma Thiese, Guttenberg
Samantha Helmick, Burlington

Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC):
Olivia Madison, Ames
Timothy Fitzgibbon, West Des Moines

Watershed Improvement Review Board:
Carol Sweeting, Iowa City
Chad Coburn, Victor
Jacob Hansen, Altoona
Stephen Hopkins, Newton

City Finance Committee:
Kent Anderson, Orange City
Michelle Weidner, Waterloo

Iowa Statewide Interoperable Communications System Board:
Larry Smith, What Cheer
Rob Rotter, Williamsburg
Ellen Hagen, Jewell
Denise Pavlik, Davenport

State Banking Council:
Susan Daley, Blue Grass
Peggy Scott, Fontanelle

Capital Planning Commission:
Carol Grant, West Des Moines
Matthew Anderson, Des Moines
Susan Elgin, Des Moines

Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board:
Douglas Beech, Ankeny

Mid-American Port Commission:
David Wiedemeier, Burlington

Local Food and Farm Program Council:
Jason Grimm, Williamsburg