Background
Jack Whitver was born in Knoxville, Iowa and raised in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Jack Whitver
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Education
He attended Iowa State University, where he graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Surgery in Exercise Science. In 2012, Jack graduated from Drake University Law School with High Honors. Whitver finished his career in the top ten in both receptions and receiving yards for the Cyclones.
Career
Whitver also earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Iowa State in 2003. While at Iowa State, he was a three year starter at Wide Receiver on the Iowa State Cyclones football team He earned a scholarship after joining the team as a walk-on in 1999.
They added new locations in 2007 and 2009.
Acceleration Iowa is a sports training business, which develops speed, quickness and overall athletic ability for young athletes. In 2012, Jack bought CrossFit Des Moines and CrossFit Waukee and opened North Ankeny CrossFit.
Jack was an assistant coach (wide receivers and offensive coordinator) for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League from 2008 to 2011. Jack was elected to the Iowa State Senate from District 35 on January 18, 2011 in a special election.
District 35 covered Ankeny, Johnston, Grimes, Polk City and the entire northern part of Polk County.
He defeated John Calhoun by a margin of 63%-37%. After the redistricting of 2012, Jack now represents District 19 in the State Senate, which covers Ankeny, Alleman, Saylor Township, and a small part of Des Moines. Jack was sworn into the Iowa Senate on January 24, 2011 and was named to the Judiciary, Economic Growth and Human Resource committees.
Politics
Republican Party of Iowa, Republican Party.
Membership
He was a member of three bowl teams: 2000 Insight Bowl, 2001 Independence Bowl, and 2002 Humanitarian Bowl. In 2013 Jack was named Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee as well as serving on the Economic Growth, Ethics, Human Resource, Judiciary and State Government committees.
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Republican Party of Iowa