district residence website birth_place imagesize party profession preceded state_house prior_term birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
16th council bluffs , iowa -lsb- https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislatorallyears.aspx?pid=10809 hanusa 's website -rsb- council bluffs , iowa 150px republican school administrative manager doug struyk iowa 99th -lrb- 2011 & ndash ; 2013 -rrb- 26 may 1963 january 10 , 2011 charlie johnson mary ann hanusa - official portrait - 84th ga.jpg mary ann hanusa
 mary ann hanusa high achool administrator concordia teachers college university of nebraska -- lincoln
mary ann hanusa

mary ann hanusa -lrb- born may 26 , 1963 -rrb- is the iowa state representative from the 16th district .
a republican , she has served in the iowa house of representatives since 2011 .
hanusa was born , raised , and resides in council bluffs , iowa .
she has a b.s. in education from concordia teachers college and a m.a. in american history from the university of nebraska -- lincoln .
, hanusa serves on several committees in the iowa house - the education , labor , and local government committees .
she also serves as the chair of the economic growth committee and as a member of the economic development appropriations subcommittee .
before election to the iowa house , she served on the staff of senator charles grassley before becoming director of the office of presidential personal correspondence under george w. bush .
she was the republican candidate for iowa secretary of state in 2006 , replacing previous nominee chuck allison , who dropped out of the race after the primary .
