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Iowa
Workforce
Development Brief History
A Chronological History
of the Division of Labor Statistics (PDF)
A
History of Iowa Workforce Development (PDF)
About Iowa
Workforce Development
Organizational Chart
Agency
Profile
Iowa Workforce Development
1000 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0209
Telephone: 515-281-5387
800-JOB-IOWA
Iowa Workforce Development
Putting Iowa
To Work!
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History of Commissioners
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Commissioners and
Directors of Iowa Workforce Development (and its predecessors)
1884 – Present |
| 1884 – 1889 |
E.R.
Hutchins |
| 1890 – 1892 |
J. R.
Soverign |
| 1894 – 1889 |
W.E.
O’Bleness |
| 1900 – 1901 |
Charles F.
Wennerstrum |
| 1902 – 1908 |
Edward D.
Brigham |
| 1909 – 1912 |
Edward W.
Van Duyn |
| 1913 – 1935 |
A. L. Urick |
| 1936 |
Garret
Roelofs |
| 1937 |
Walter F.
Scholes |
| 1938 |
Peter J.
Kies |
| 1939 – 1940 |
James R.
Pefferle |
| 1941 – 1942 |
Peter J.
Kies |
| 1943 – 1944 |
Carl B.
Stiger |
| 1945 – 1946 |
Claude M.
Stanley |
| 1947 – 1949 |
Carl B.
Stiger |
| 1950 |
James R.
Pefferle |
| 1951 – 1952 |
Claude M.
Stanley |
| 1953 |
Carl B.
Stiger |
| 1954 |
David A.
Jenkins |
| 1955 – 1956 |
J.C.
Blodgett |
| 1957 – 1958 |
Claude M.
Stanley |
| 1959 |
Kenneth A.
Madigan |
| 1960 |
Jerome W.
Corbett |
| 1961 – 1962 |
Ross M.
Carrell |
| 1963 – 1964 |
Jerome W.
Corbett |
| 1965 – 1966 |
J. W.
Janssen |
| 1967 – 1969 |
Cecil A.
Reed |
| 1970 – 1971 |
J. W.
Janssen |
| 1972 |
Abe D.
Clayman |
| 1973 – 1974 |
Colleen P.
Shearer |
| 1975 |
George A.
Lundberg |
| 1976 – 1982 |
Colleen P.
Shearer |
| 1983 – 1989 |
Richard G.
Freeman |
| 1990 – 1998 |
Cynthia P.
Eisenhauer |
| 1999 –
2006 |
Richard V.
Running |
| 2007 –
Present |
Elisabeth
Buck |
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Iowa
Industrial/Workers’ Compensation Commissioners
1914 – Present |
| 1914 – 1915 |
Warren
Garst |
| 1916 – 1936 |
A. B. Funk |
| 1937 – 1942 |
John T.
Clarkson |
| 1943 – 1950 |
E. P.
Corwin. |
| 1951 – 1952 |
A. J. Shaw |
| 1953 – 1954
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Willard F.
Russell |
| 1955 – 1960 |
Earl R.
Jones |
| 1961 – 1962 |
Warren L.
Hubner |
| 1963 – 1970 |
Harry W.
Dahl |
| 1971 – 1986 |
Robert C.
Landess |
| 1987 – 1991 |
David
Linquist |
| 1992 – 1995 |
Byron K.
Orton |
| 1996 – 2002 |
Iris J.
Post |
| 2003 –
2005 |
Michael G.
Trier |
| 2005-Present |
Chris Godfrey |
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Iowa’s Labor
Commissioners
1884 – Present |
| 1884 – 1889 |
E. R.
Hutchins |
| 1890 – 1893 |
J. R.
Soverign |
| 1894 – 1899 |
W. E.
O’Bleness |
| 1900 – 1901 |
Charles F.
Wennerstrum |
| 1902 – 1908 |
Edward D.
Brigham |
| 1909 – 1912 |
Edward W.
Van Duyn |
| 1913 – 1929 |
A. L. Urick |
| 1930 – 1931 |
H. V. Hoyer |
| 1932 – 1933 |
A. L. Urick |
| 1934 – 1937 |
Frank E.
Wenig |
| 1938 – 1939 |
Milton
Peaco |
| 1940 – 1948 |
Charles W.
Harness |
| 1949 – 1952 |
Marion L.
Gilbert |
| 1953 – 1956 |
Frank B.
Means. |
| 1957 – 1962 |
Don W. Lowe |
| 1963 – 1968 |
B. Dale
Parkins |
| 1969 – 1975 |
Jerry L.
Addy |
| 1976 – 1995 |
Allen J.
Meier |
| 1996 –
2005 |
Bryon K.
Orton |
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2005-Present |
Dave Neil |
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Iowa Workforce
Development