Post by Logan on May 6, 2016 22:08:42 GMT -6
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed a physician and business executive to the Iowa Board of Regents, replacing a board member who abruptly resigned last week.
Branstad announced Friday that he will appoint 68-year-old Mike Richards, of West Des Moines, to the board that oversees Iowa's public universities.
Richards is the vice chairman and managing partner of Quatro Composites, a company that makes equipment for the aerospace and medical industry.
He spent nearly 20 years as a private practice physician and was head of Wild Rose Entertainment, which owns casinos in Clinton, Emmetsburg and Jefferson.
Read more: www.newspressnow.com/news/state/article_88744bbe-1edb-5f32-a550-a1b992ce87d4.html
Branstad announced Friday that he will appoint 68-year-old Mike Richards, of West Des Moines, to the board that oversees Iowa's public universities.
Richards is the vice chairman and managing partner of Quatro Composites, a company that makes equipment for the aerospace and medical industry.
He spent nearly 20 years as a private practice physician and was head of Wild Rose Entertainment, which owns casinos in Clinton, Emmetsburg and Jefferson.
Read more: www.newspressnow.com/news/state/article_88744bbe-1edb-5f32-a550-a1b992ce87d4.html