Biography
Amanda Ragan is currently serving her second term in the Iowa Senate. She represents Senate District 7, which includes part of Cerro Gordo County including Mason City, Mitchell and Floyd counties and the city of Riceville on the border of Mitchell & Howard County.
Amanda Ragan is an Assistant Majority Leader, chair of the Human Resources Committee, and vice-chair of the Health & Human Services Budget Subcommittee. She also serves on the Appropriations, Natural Resources & Environment, Rules & Administration, and Veterans Affairs committees.
Senator Ragan is active in her local district. She is a member of the Osage Chamber of Commerce, the Charles City Chamber of Commerce, the St. Ansgar Chamber of Commerce, and the Mason City Chamber of Commerce. She was a volunteer member of the Mason City Chamber Diplomats, and was honored as the Diplomat of the Year in 1998 and 2001. Additionally, she has served on the North Iowa Band Festival Committee for the past 10 years.
Amanda currently serves as a member of the State of Iowa Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (HAWK-I) Board of Directors and the Iowa Department of Public Health Birth Defects Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Maternal Health Advisory Council, the Francis Lauer Youth Services Board of Directors, Mason City Sunrise Rotary, and Trinity Lutheran Church.
In addition to her service in the Iowa Senate, Amanda Ragan is the Executive Director of two area non-profit agencies – The Community Kitchen of North Iowa, Inc., and the Meals On Wheels program. Both are based in Mason City.
She is married to Jim Ragan, a retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel. She has two grown children, Edith and Charles, and four grandchildren.