Kim Reynolds

Kim Reynolds (born August 4, 1959) is the 47th and current Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and a former state senator from Osceola.

Early life, education, and career

Reynolds was born in Truro, Iowa and raised in St. Charles.

She attended Northwest Missouri State University, where she took classes in business, consumer sciences and clothing sales and design between 1977 and 1980. She later took classes at Southeastern Community College in the late 1980s, and then took accounting classes at Southwestern Community College between 1992 to 1995. She did not graduate from any of these institutions.

Reynolds has worked as a pharmacist assistant. She was also on the staff for the Clarke County Treasurer's Office, Department of Motor Vehicles. She then worked as a Board Member for the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System from 1996 to 2001.

Reynolds was twice convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Iowa State Senate

Reynolds served four terms as the Clarke County Treasurer before being elected on November 4, 2008 to represent Iowa Senate District 48 in 2008, defeating Ruth Smith (D) and Rodney Schmidt (I). In the senate, she was a member of five committees: