Investment Counsel, October 2007 – 2010, 2013 – Current• Provide legal and strategic advice involving derivatives and other financial transactions to Principal’s businesses, including insurance, mutual funds, and investment management businesses in the US, Europe, and Asia. • Monitor and advise business partners on US and global legislative and regulatory developments involving derivatives and other financial transactions, including Dodd-Frank and EMIR.• Advise internal stakeholders (portfolio managers, compliance, operations, treasury, tax, etc.) on initiatives implementing regulatory requirements, including initial margin rules for uncleared swaps and collateralization of covered agency transactions under FINRA 4210.• Member of various ISDA, ICI, ACLI, and SIFMA derivatives committees.• Negotiate master agreements governing financial transactions, including ISDAs, MSFTAs, MRAs, GMRAs, and FCM agreements, for the company’s insurance, real estate, mutual funds, and asset management businesses.• Engage and manage outside counsel to assist on projects.Insurance Counsel, 2010 – 2013• Managed SEC filings for variable life insurance products, including the internal annual review process for filing registration statements.• Advised insurance business on various issues involving state regulators, including business registration filings and complaints.

• Collaborated with the Senate Majority Leader, the Governor, Iowa House Leadership, and key stakeholders to set and manage the Iowa Senate’s legislative agenda.• Built relationships with key supporters and thought leaders, including state and national trade associations, the Republican State Leadership Committee, GOPAC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, and the Senate Presidents’ Forum.

• Elected by peers to leadership positions including Senate President (2018 to 2021), Majority Whip (2017 – 2018), and Assistant Leader (2015 – 2016).• Appropriations Committee Chair, 2017-2018, and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, 2013-2016.

· Practice areas included business, banking, contracts, commercial transactions, and derivatives law. Some experience in securities and tax law.· Ensured business and bank clients complied with applicable state, federal, and foreign regulatory requirements.· Assisted with complex bank and business mergers, acquisitions and financings.· Worked with credit and sales personnel of a mid-sized commodities dealer to negotiate legal provisions of brokerage, origination, and risk management agreements with its clients.· Derivatives experience included negotiating ISDA Master Agreements and related documentation, managing a client’s transition from the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, and drafting and updating a client’s ISDA Master Agreement negotiation policy.· Negotiated derivatives contracts with domestic and international energy companies, large and mid-sized dealers and financial institutions, and hedge funds. Transactions included commodity, energy, weather, paper, and interest rate derivatives.

Formed, recruited, and coordinated the campaign’s 1998 Senate Council, a group of $1000+ donors, through direct solicitation, fundraising events, and direct mail.

Helped direct all aspects of fundraising, including the campaign’s Finance Committee, the campaign’s Finance Plan, direct mail, events planning, and direct major donor solicitation.

Assisted senior level staff by editing documents and correspondence, conducting research, and organizing presentations and seminars.

Consulted 31 undergraduate chapters with total assets in excess of $8 million in all areas of operation, including finances, recruitment, leadership development, alumni relations, and scholarship.