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SENATE OFFICERS AND STAFF 

 

President of the Senate - John Kibbie 

Steve Conway, Senior Administrative Assistant to Leader; Kay Kibbie, Confidential Secretary to 

Leader 

 

President Pro Tempore - Jeff Danielson 

 

Office of the Majority Leader - Michael E. Gronstal  

Eric Bakker, Senior Administrative Assistant to Leader; Debbie Kattenhorn, Administrative As-

sistant to Leader 

 

Office of the Minority Leader - Paul McKinley 

Caleb Hunter, Senior Administrative Assistant to Leader; Donald McDowell, Administrative 

Assistant to Leader 

 

Assistant Majority Leaders - Staci Appel, Joe Bolkcom, William Dotzler, Jack Hatch, William 

Heckroth, Amanda Ragan 

 

Majority Whip - Thomas Courtney 

 

Assistant Minority Leaders -  Nancy Boettger, David Johnson,  Pat Ward, Brad Zaun 

 

Minority Whip - Steve Kettering 

 

Secretary of the Senate - Michael Marshall; K’Ann Brandt, Administrative Services Officer III; 

Maureen Taylor, Administrative Services Officer 

 

Majority Caucus Staff - Ron Parker, Senior Director; Theresa Kehoe, Senior Legislative Re-

search Analyst; Rusty Martin, Senior Legislative Research Analyst; Kris Bell, Senior Legislative 

Research Analyst; Catherine Engel, Legislative Research Analyst; Sue Foecke, Legislative Re-

search Analyst; Hannah Garden-Monheit, Legislative Research Analyst; Bridget Godes, Legisla-

tive Research Analyst; Jace Mikels, Legislative Research Analyst; Julie Simon, Legislative Re-

search Analyst; Kerry Wright, Legislative Research Analyst; Erica Shorkey, Deputy Communica-

tions Director 

 

Minority Caucus Staff - Peter Matthes, Senior Director; Pamela Dugdale, Senior Legislative 

Research Analyst; Jim Friedrich, Senior Legislative Research Analyst; Carolann Jensen, Senior 

Legislative Research Analyst; Thomas Ashworth, Legislative Research Analyst; Russ Trimble, 

Legislative Research Analyst; Kirsten Anderson, Communications Director 

 

Legal Counsel - Janet Hawkins, Assistant Secretary of the Senate; Lara Margelofsky, Adminis-

trative Services Assistant 

 

Journal Room - Angie Cox, Administrative Services Officer; Jennifer Benimio, Administrative 

Services Assistant; Jesse Hughes, Administrative Services Assistant 

 

Finance Officers - Lois Brownell, Senior Finance Officer; Betty Shea, Administrative Services 

Officer 

 

Indexer - Kathy Olah, Senior Indexer  

 

Bill Clerk - Jay Mosher 

 

Switchboard Operators - Jo Ann Larson, Sue Hudson, Kyle Berg 

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Postmistress - Leila Carlson 

 

Sergeant-at-Arms - William C. Krieg 

SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES 

*Denotes Minority Party Ranking Member 

 

Agriculture:   Fraise - Chairperson, Olive - Vice Chairperson, Appel, Behn, Black, Boettger, 

Courtney, Hahn, Hancock, Johnson*, Kapucian, Kibbie, Rielly, Seng, Sodders  

Appropriations:  Dvorsky - Chairperson, McCoy - Vice Chairperson, Appel, Bartz, Boettger, 

Bolkcom, Danielson, Dearden, Dotzler, Feenstra, Fraise, Hahn, Hancock, Hatch, Hogg, Jochum, 

Johnson, Kapucian, Kettering*, Noble, Ragan, Schoenjahn, Seng, Seymour, Warnstadt 

Commerce:  Warnstadt - Chairperson, Heckroth - Vice Chairperson, Behn, Bolkcom, Court-

ney, Dandekar, Hartsuch, Kettering, McCoy, Olive, Rielly, Schmitz, Stewart, Ward, Wieck* 

Economic Growth:  Stewart - Chairperson, Olive - Vice Chairperson, Beall, Dandekar, 

Dotzler, Hamerlinck, Hatch, Heckroth, Houser*, Kapucian, Reynolds, Rielly, Schmitz, Wieck, 

Wilhelm 

Education: Schmitz - Chairperson, Schoenjahn - Vice Chairperson, Appel, Beall, Boettger*, 

Dvorsky, Feenstra, Hamerlinck, Heckroth, Johnson, Kreiman, McKinley, Quirmbach, Sodders, 

Wilhelm 

Environment & Energy Independence: Black - Chairperson, Hogg - Vice Chairperson, 

Behn*, Bolkcom, Hancock, Hartsuch, Reynolds, Rielly, Stewart, Ward, Wilhelm 

Ethics:  Kibbie - Chairperson, Dearden - Vice Chairperson,  Behn*, Fraise, Kettering, 

McKinley 

Government Oversight:  Olive - Chairperson, Courtney - Vice Chairperson, Sodders, Ward*, 

Wieck 

Human Resources:  Ragan - Chairperson, Schmitz - Vice Chairperson, Bartz, Boettger, Bolk-

com, Dotzler, Hartsuch*, Hatch, Johnson, Kreiman, Quirmbach, Seymour, Wilhelm 

Judiciary:  Kreiman - Chairperson, Hogg - Vice Chairperson, Boettger, Fraise, Hancock, 

Horn, Jochum, Kettering*, Noble, Quirmbach, Schoenjahn, Sodders, Ward, Warnstadt, Zaun 

Labor and Business Relations:  Courtney - Chairperson, Jochum - Vice Chairperson,  

Dearden, Dotzler, Gronstal, Hatch, Horn, Houser, Ward*, Wieck, Zaun  

Local Government:  Quirmbach - Chairperson, Beall - Vice Chairperson, Hamerlinck,  

Houser, Kapucian, Kreiman, McCoy, Olive, Reynolds*, Rielly, Schoenjahn 

Natural Resources and Environment:  Dearden - Chairperson, Hancock - Vice Chairperson, 

Bartz, Black, Bolkcom, Fraise, Hahn*, Johnson, Kettering, Noble, Ragan, Schoenjahn, Seng  

Rebuild Iowa:  Hogg - Chairperson, Heckroth - Vice Chairperson, Appel, Dandekar, Dvorsky, 

Feenstra, Hahn, Hamerlinck*, Horn, Houser, Jochum, Reynolds, Stewart 

Rules and Administration:  Gronstal - Chairperson, Kibbie - Vice Chairperson, Boettger, 

Courtney, Danielson, Dearden, Dvorsky, Kettering, McKinley*, Ragan, Zaun 

State Government:  Appel - Chairperson, Kibbie - Vice Chairperson, Behn, Black, Courtney, 

Danielson, Dearden, Feenstra*, Hartsuch, Hatch, Horn, Jochum, Seymour, Sodders, Wieck 

Transportation:   Rielly - Chairperson, Beall - Vice Chairperson, Dandekar, Danielson, Hahn, 

Hancock, Heckroth, Kapucian, McCoy, Noble*, Reynolds, Warnstadt, Zaun 

Veterans Affairs:  Beall - Chairperson, Warnstadt - Vice Chairperson, Black, Danielson, Hart-

such, Kibbie, Noble, Ragan, Seymour*, Sodders, Wieck 

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