Executive director of the Institute for Character Development. Born and raised in Waterloo. Resides in Urbandale. Received B.A. from Grinnell College. Board member of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, 1999 U.S. Senior Open Committee, committee co-chair for the Iowa Summit on Volunteerism, and Rotary. Wife Martha; two children. Serving third term in House.

Executive director of the Institute for Character Development. Born and raised in Waterloo. Resides in Urbandale. Received B.A. from Grinnell College. Board member of Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Iowa Mentoring Partnership, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folk Life and Cultural Studies, Drake University School of Education National Advisory Board, and 1999 U.S. Senior Open Committee. Member of Urbandale Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Des Moines AM, and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Wife Martha; two children. Serving second term in House.

Birth: August 30, 1961, Waterloo. Parents: Jim and Thieleane Raecker. Education: B.A., Grinnell College, 1984. Spouse: Martha. Children: 1 daughter, Emily; 1 son, Maxwell. Profession and Activities: Executive director, Institute for Character Development, Drake University; Former executive director, Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission. Member: St. Stephen Lutheran Church; Urbandale and Johnston Chambers of Commerce; Des Moines A.M. Rotary Club; Urbandale Optimist Club. Board member: lowa Natural Heritage Foundation. Vice president, Drake Area Business Association. Committee member: 1999 U.S. Senior Open; Governor's 21st Century Workforce Council. Co-chair, Iowa Summit on Volunteerism, 1998. Certified character development specialist and workplace ethics trainer, Josephson Institute of Ethics. Term: First.