Iowa official register

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IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 

 

Jacoby, David – Coralville (D) 

District 30 

Term: Serving fourth term in House.  Profession: Small busi-

ness owner.  Education: Received B.A. from the University of 

Northern Iowa.  Memberships and Activities: Served two terms 

on the Coralville City Council. Member of the Iowa Workforce 

Development Board, Civil Service Committee, Empowerment 

Board, Mayor’s Youth Board, and St. Thomas More Catholic 

Church. Member of Iowa City/Coralville Chamber of Commerce.  

Birth and Residence: Born in 1956 in Cedar Rapids. Resides in 

Coralville.  Family Members: Wife Lynette; two daughters.  

 

 

 

 

Kaufmann, Jeffrey A. – Wilton (R) 

District 79 

Term: Serving third term in House.  Profession:  Teacher and 

department chair, Muscatine Community College; livestock 

farmer.  Education: Graduated from Wilton High School. B.A., 

M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.  Memberships and 

Activities: Former Wilton School Board president; former trustee, 

Sugar Creek Township; honorary director, Cedar County Historical 

Society; vice president, Cedar County Soldiers’ Monument Asso-

ciation; editor, Cedar County Historical Review; member of Wil-

ton Chamber of Commerce, Farm Bureau, State Historical Society, 

Sons of American Legion, Iowa National Heritage Foundation, 

Highway 30 Coalition, and Pheasants Forever. Serves on multiple 

community and county committees.  Birth and Residence: Born 

in 1963 in Cedar County. Resides in rural Wilton.  Family Mem-

bers: Wife Vicki Wing; three sons.    

 

 

 

 

 

Kearns, Jerry – Keokuk (D) 

District 92 

Term: Serving first term in House.  Profession: Retired indus-

trial electrician, Henniges Automotive, Keokuk.  Education: At-

tended Wyaconda, Missouri, C-1 School and Electrician Appren-

ticeship/four years (Journeyman).  Military Service: Served four 

years in the United States Air Force.  Memberships and Activities: 

Staff representative, United Steelworkers Union. Served 18 years on 

the Lee County Board of Supervisors. Served on the University of 

Iowa Labor Advisory Committee and various community and ser-

vice organizations.  Birth and Residence: Born in 1944 and raised 

on a farm in Clark County, Missouri. Resides in Keokuk.  Family 

Members: Wife Diane; two sons and seven grandchildren.    

 

 

 

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

 

Kelley, Doris J. – Waterloo (D) 

District 20 

Term: Serving second term in House.  Profession: As an inde-

pendent consultant, works with municipal utilities and municipali-

ties interested in exploring the technical and financial feasibility of 

owning and operating telecommunications networks.  Education: 

Attended the University of Northern Iowa. Memberships and 

Activities: Chair of the Waterloo Municipal Telecommunications 

Utility Board and a member of the Iowa Statewide Parent Informa-

tion Resource Center Board of Directors. International Who’s Who 

of Information Technology. Conference/seminar presenter, region-

ally/nationally; workshop speaker for a variety of local and national 

organizations, service organizations, and municipalities. Topics on 

general areas of downtown economic development, telecommuni-

cations utility development and marketing, women in leadership, 

organizational change, and electric restructuring. In 1995, recog-

nized by the City of Cedar Falls for her service to downtown development, and in 2008 was 

named Legislator of the Year by the Iowa Bankers Association.  Birth and Residence: Born in 

1946 in Glasgow, Kentucky. Resides in Waterloo. Family Members: Husband Ralph (deceased); 

one son.  

 

 

Koester, Kevin – Ankeny (R) 

District 70 

Term: Serving first term in House.  Profession: School adminis-

trator.  Education:  Graduated from Dowling Catholic High School 

and University of Iowa.   Memberships and Activities: Member of 

Iowa Community Education Association, Iowa After School Alli-

ance, and Iowa Dollars for Scholars Board.  Birth and Residence: 

Born in 1954 in Harlan. Raised in Des Moines and resides in An-

keny.  Family Members: Wife Linda; two sons, one daughter, and 

three grandchildren.   

 

 

 

Kressig, Bob – Cedar Falls (D) 

District 19 

Term: Serving third term in House.  Profession: Retired from 

John Deere.  Education: Graduated from Waterloo West High 

School. Attended Hawkeye Tech. Received postsecondary teaching 

license from the University of Northern Iowa.  Memberships and 

Activities: Current board member and former chair of Veridian 

Credit Union. Former member and chair of the Cedar Falls Plan-

ning and Zoning Commission. Member of the Cedar Falls Lions 

Club. Retired member of the UAW and member of Nazareth Lu-

theran Church in Cedar Falls. Member of the Sons of AMVETS 

Post 49, Cedar Falls. Member of the Cedar Valley’s Promise Em-

powerment Board and board member of North Star Community 

Services. Birth and Residence: Born in 1953 in Dubuque. Resides 

in Cedar Falls.  Family Members: Wife Liz; two daughters and 

two grandchildren.  

 

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