DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds, today (Friday), announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions. 

In southwest Iowa, the following appointments are subject to Senate confirmation: 

Board of Education: Alaina Whittington, Ringgold County

Board of Educational Examiners : Kathy Behrens, Carroll County.

Board of Nursing Home Administrators:  Devon Wood, Taylor County.

Board of Pharmacy: Kathy Stone, Harrison  County.

Commission for the Blind: Geneva Jacobsen, Pottawattamie County.

Commission of Persons with Disabilities:  Clint Sergeant, Harrison County.

Commission on Community Action Agencies: Bobbi Maynes, Adams County.

Deaf Services Commission: Tina Caloud, Pottawattamie County.

Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board: Jack Jones, Harrison County.

Great Places Advisory Board: Barbara Determan, Sac County.

Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine: Scott Shuey, Adams County.

Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board: Dale Behrends, Guthrie County.

Mental Health and Disability Services Commission: Betsy Akin, Adams County, & Sue Gehling, Carroll County.

Plumbing and Mechanical Systems Board: Matthew Wyant, Pottawattamie County, & Randy Watts, Cass County.

State Judicial Nominating Commission:  Gwen Ecklund, Crawford County.

Transportation Commission:  Ray Gaesser, Adams County.

Southwest Regional STEM Advisory Board:
Denise Hoag, Pottawattamie  County
Tom Lesan, Union County
Kristin Sheffield, Madison County.