Representative Geri D. Huser View All Years
Term
Serving seventh term in House.
Profession
Attorney and social worker.
Education
Graduated from Southeast Polk High School. Received B.A. in social work from Briar Cliff College and M.P.A. and J.D. from Drake University.
Memberships and Activities
Served two terms on the Altoona City Council. Past chair of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Member of Altoona, Pleasant Hill, and Mitchellville Chambers of Commerce and East Polk Interagency Association. Past member of Polk County Housing Trust Fund and Polk County 4-H and FFA Board. Selected Iowa Firemen’s Association Legislator of the Year, 2000; Associated General Contractors Representative of the Year, 2001 and 2005; The Business Record’s Forty Under 40 Award recipient, 2003; Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006; Athena Award nominee, 2004; Motor Truck Association Legislator of the Year, 2005; Iowa Good Roads Association Legislator of the Year, 2005; Iowa Bankers Association Legislator of the Year, 2002 and 2009, and Associated Builders and Contractors-Iowa Chapter Free Enterprise Champion, 2009. Recognition for continued support of the preservation of pioneer cemeteries, 2007.
Birth and Residence
Born in 1963 in Des Moines. Resides in Altoona.
Family Members
Husband Dan; one son and one daughter.