IC native Wallace named to state post

DES MOINES – Iowa Workforce Development Director Teresa Wahlert announced Thursday that she has selected Ed Wallace of Urbandale to serve as the agency's deputy director effective June 1.

Wallace, an Iowa City native, has held the post of president of the Iowa Taxpayers Association – a business tax policy group comprised of over 160 member Iowa firms, for more than four years. He previously served as an aide to former U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitaker in Des Moines and as an aide to U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

“I am pleased to have Ed, a native Iowan with deep experience working with Iowa employers, join our team as deputy director of Iowa Workforce Development,” Wahlert said in a statement. “Ed's experience working in the federal government, coupled with his tax policy background, and deep commitment to job creation in Iowa, will help advance our goal of creating the sustainable jobs of tomorrow.”

Wallace earned a bachelor of arts degree from Simpson College and completed graduate courses in public administration at Iowa State University.

The state Department of Workforce Development is charged with contributing to the economic security of Iowa's workers, businesses, and communities through a comprehensive statewide system of employment services, education and regulation of health, safety and employment laws.

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