Bio

Swati Dandekar,

PUBLIC SERVICE

• State Representative, Iowa House District 36, November 2002 to present

• Committee Assignments
  • Appropriations Committee
  • Economic Growth Committee
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • International Relations Committee
  • Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee

• Vision Iowa Board, 2000 – 2002

• Iowa Association of School Board’s Board of Directors, 2000 – 2002

• Linn-Mar Community School District Board of Education 1996 – 2002

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Liars Holographic Radio Theatre, Board of Directors, 2001 – 2005

• Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation, Board of Directors, 2005 to present

• U. S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, Board of Directors, 2006 to present

• Iowa Math and Science Coalition, Board of Directors, 2005 to present

• Belin – Blank International Cneter for Gifted and Talented, Board of Directors, 2006 – present

• Junior League of Cedar Rapids

• President of Sustainers
• Chair, Diversity Committee

• Linn-Mar Booster Club

• Chair, Academic Committee

• Boy Scouts of America Hawkeye Area Council, member

HONORS and AWARDS

• “2000 J. C. Penny Education Golden Rule Award”

• “2002 Person of the Year, India Abroad”

• “2003 Person of the Year, Iowa Asian Alliance”

• “2003 Pillar of the Community Award, Waypoint”

• “2004 Flemming Institute Fellow”

EDUCATION

• J. N. Tata Parsi School, Nagpur, India, 1968, High School Diploma

• Nagpur University, India, 1971, BS Chemistry/Biology

• Bombay University, India, 1972, Post Graduate diploma in Dietetics

FAMILY

• Husband, Arvind, CEO/President, Fastek International

• Son Ajai, Linn-Mar High school (1993), Stanford University (1997), MD/PhD, University of Iowa (2005)

• Daughter-in-law Allison. MD, University of Iowa (2002)

• Son Govind, Linn-Mar High school (1996). Stanford University (2000)

PLATFORM

• Excellence in Education

• Economic Growth

• Financial Security