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Governor Branstad served as Governor of the State of Iowa from January 1983 to January 1999. After leaving the governor’s office in 1999 he established Branstad and Associates L.C. located in West Des Moines and became a partner in the firm of Kaufman Patee Branstad & Miller a public policy firm based in Washington D.C. Since August 2003 he has been the President of Des Moines University. Governor Branstad also serves as a director of the Iowa Health System Cementech Advanced Analytical Technologies Inc. and Liberty Bank FSB all private companies. He is a public member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board. He served as a director of Featherlite Inc. a public company from 1999 until 2006 when it was acquired. He was a partner in general law practice in Lake Mills Iowa from 1974 through 1982. Governor Branstad earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa in 1969 and a law degree from Drake University in Des Moines in 1974. | 