He has chaired the Iowa Beef Industry Council and served on the Board of Directors of the National Livestock and Meat Board. In addition, Kolbe was owner and served on the Board of Directors of Everly State Bank for 14 years. He was a cattle industry representative on former Gov. Terry Branstad's trade missions to Japan, Korea and China in 1992 and 1996. Kolbe's family farm is in Sac County. The IRS oversight board is composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the IRS Commissioner and seven private citizens.
Members can serve two, five-year terms.
The board is charged with overseeing IRS administration, management, conduct, and direction, as well as its supervision, execution, and application of tax laws. Grassley said that effective oversight is essential to making sure the IRS reforms enacted by Congress take hold. The IRS should be held to the same high standards it demands from taxpayers. Grassley was an active member of the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, which identified IRS shortcomings and developed reform initiatives in 1996 and 1997. The work of that commission included a field hearing in Des Moines.