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 Krista Tanner of Clive began serving as a member of the Iowa Utilities Board on April 16, 2007. She was reappointed by Governor Chet Culver to fill an un expired term that runs through April 2011.
Tanner is a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) member and serves on the NARUC Committee on Telecommunications. She is also a member of the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services and the Ad Hoc Committee on National Wireless Consumer Protection Standards.
Board Member Tanner is a member of the Mid-American Regulatory Conference (MARC) and serves as their secretary. She is the Iowa Utilities Board representative on the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council and serves on the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) Advisory Board.
Tanner is a 2000 graduate of Drake University Law School, where she graduated with honors and earned a Certificate in Legislative Practice. Prior to law school, she received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa with a double major in Russian and History. While completing her Russian major, she studied abroad at Hertzen University in St. Petersburg, Russia.
As an attorney, Tanner is a member of the American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association, Polk County Bar Association, and Polk County Women Attorneys. In addition, she has actively participated in the Polk County Volunteer Lawyer’s Project, both as a volunteer and a board member. She is also very involved in the community. She was a “Big Sister” with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Iowa for over six years and was a member of the 2005-2006 class of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. Tanner was also named to the Des Moines Business Record 40 Under 40 class of up-and-coming leaders in Greater Des Moines.
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