Jacobs appointed as Utilities Board chairperson
Gov. Terry Branstad yesterday appointed former state Rep. Elizabeth Jacobs as chair of the Iowa Utilities Board. Jacobs will serve in the position starting May 1 until April 30, 2013.
Her board term will last until 2017. She will replace Krista Tanner on the board, and Rob Bernstein as the chair. Bernstein will remain on the board. Jacobs served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1994 to 2008, and launched the Jacobs Group LLC consulting firm in 2008.