Representative Joel Fry View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Birth Place: Des Moines, Iowa
Birth County: Polk
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 84 (2011) - 90 (2023)
Home County: Clarke
Joel Fry
Clarke County

Term

Serving third term in House.

Profession

Therapist, speaker, health care consultant, and college professor. President of TEAM Restoration Ministries based in Osceola. Lecturer faculty at Simpson College and adjunct faculty at the University of Iowa School of Social Work. Lectures and consults nationally on hospice and palliative care issues.

Education

Received B.A. from Simpson College and M.S.W. and Aging Studies Certificate from the University of Iowa School of Social Work.

Memberships and Activities

Chairman of Hospice of Central Iowa Care Services Advisory Board – Osceola. Past co-chair of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Iowa’s Education Committee and Social Work Peer Group. Has served on numerous national committees relating to hospice and palliative care. Past member of the National Peer Grant Review Committee with the American Cancer Society. Past board member and board chair of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Iowa and Warren County Christian School (Victory Christian Academy) Board of Directors.

Birth and Residence

Born in 1974 in Des Moines. Raised and resides in Osceola.

Family Members

Wife, Heather; three sons and one daughter.

Sources:
Text above from Iowa Official Register/Other
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