John Norwood
What this job does: Manages and invests the state's money, runs the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt for unclaimed property, and oversees college savings plans. Serves a 4-year term.
- Current office
- None
- Occupation
- Business advisor (TBL Ventures)
- Lives in
- West Des Moines
Background
- Norwood is a West Des Moines business advisor who founded the consulting firm TBL Ventures and has coached small businesses through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program since 2019. source: iowapublicradio.org
- Norwood was a Polk County soil and water conservation commissioner and ran for secretary of agriculture in 2022. source: iowapublicradio.org
- Norwood studied at Williams College and has an MBA and a master's in environmental management from Yale. source: iowapublicradio.org
In their own words
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- Norwood calls the IPERS pension system "foundational to the Iowa economy." source: iowapublicradio.org
- Norwood wants more Iowans, including small business owners and service workers, to have ways to save: "Let's figure out how to help them save for retirement and have a dignified retirement." source: iowapublicradio.org
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