Jack Whitver

Jack Whitver


Iowa State Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office January 24, 2011
Personal details
Born	Jack Andrew Whitver (1980-09-04) September 4, 1980 Knoxville, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Rachel Lea Whitver
Children	Ella Lea Whitver, Elin Gabrielle Whitver, Andrew Jackson Whitver
Residence	Ankeny, Iowa
Alma mater	Iowa State University(M.B.A.); Drake University Law School, (J.D.)
Occupation	Businessman
Religion	Lutheran

Jack Whitver (born September 4, 1980) is an American businessman and politician, who is currently the Iowa State Senator for the 19th District.

Personal life and education

Jack Whitver was born in Knoxville, Iowa and raised in Grinnell, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University, where he graduated in 2002 with a B.S. in Exercise Science. Whitver also earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Iowa State in 2003. In 2012, Jack graduated from Drake University Law School with High Honors. While at Iowa State, he was a three year starter at Wide Receiver on the Iowa State Cyclones football team. He earned a scholarship after joining the team as a walk-on in 1999. Whitver finished his career in the top ten in both receptions and receiving yards for the Cyclones. He was a member of three bowl teams: 2000 Insight Bowl, 2001 Independence Bowl, and 2002 Humanitarian Bowl.

Career

Jack founded Acceleration Iowa in 2004 with business partner Geoff Jensen. They added new locations in 2007 and 2009. Acceleration Iowa is a sports training business, which develops speed, quickness and overall athletic ability for young athletes. In 2012, Jack bought CrossFit Des Moines and CrossFit Waukee and opened North Ankeny CrossFit. Jack was an assistant coach (wide receivers and offensive coordinator) for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League from 2008 to 2011.

Jack was elected to the Iowa State Senate from District 35 on January 18, 2011 in a special election. District 35 covered Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes, Polk City and the entire northern part of Polk County. He defeated John Calhoun by a margin of 63%-37%. After the redistricting of 2012, Jack now represents District 19 in the State Senate, which covers Ankeny, Alleman, Saylor Township, and a small part of Des Moines.

Jack was sworn into the Iowa Senate on January 24, 2011 and was named to the Judiciary, Economic Growth and Human Resource committees. In 2013 Jack was named Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee as well as serving on the Economic Growth, Ethics, Human Resource, Judiciary and State Government committees.

References

Members of the Iowa Senate

86th General Assembly (January 12, 2015 – January 8, 2017) President of the Senate: Pam Jochum (D) President pro Tempore: Steve Sodders (D) Majority Leader: Michael Gronstal (D) Minority Leader: Bill Dix (R)

David Johnson (I) Randy Feenstra (R) Bill Anderson (R) Dennis Guth (R) Tim Kraayenbrink (R) Mark Segebart (R) Rick Bertrand (R) Michael Gronstal (D) Jason Schultz (R) Jake Chapman (R) Tom Shipley (R) Mark Costello (R) Julian Garrett (R) Amy Sinclair (R) Chaz Allen (D) Dick Dearden (D) Tony Bisignano (D) Janet Petersen (D) Jack Whitver (R) Brad Zaun (R) Matt McCoy (D) Charles Schneider (R) Herman Quirmbach (D) Jerry Behn (R) Bill Dix (R) Mary Jo Wilhelm (D) Amanda Ragan (D) Michael Breitbach (R) Tod Bowman (D) Jeff Danielson (D) William Dotzler (D) Brian Schoenjahn (D) Rob Hogg (D) Liz Mathis (D) Wally Horn (D) Steve Sodders (D) Robert Dvorsky (D) Tim Kapucian (R) Kevin Kinney (D) Ken Rozenboom (R) Mark Chelgren (R) Rich Taylor (D) Joe Bolkcom (D) Thomas Courtney (D) Vacant Chris Brase (D) Roby Smith (R) Dan Zumbach (R) Rita Hart (D) Pam Jochum (D)

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