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 On March 5, 2009, Governor Chet Culver appointed Rob Berntsen to serve as a Board Member and the Chair of the Iowa Utilities Board. On May 1, 2009, Berntsen began a term that runs through April 30, 2015.
A native of Marion, Iowa, Berntsen started working for the State of Iowa in 1999 in the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office where he eventually became Deputy Secretary of State. In 2003, he became the state director of the John Edwards for President Iowa caucus campaign. Berntsen is also a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves JAG Corps and in 2005 was deployed to Iraq where he served as Chief of Administrative Law for the 3rd COSCOM. Berntsen completed his service in Iraq in 2006.
Since that time and prior to joining the IUB, Berntsen served as corporate counsel for an energy utility holding company based in Evansville, Indiana. He is licensed to practice law in Iowa and has a business counsel license in Indiana.
Berntsen graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1998. He received a B.S. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1992. Berntsen is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and will serve on several NARUC committees in his new position as IUB Chair. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two young children, Eleanor and Henry.
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