Staci Appel was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2006.  She represents district 37, which includes Warren and Madison counties and southwest Dallas County.

Senator Appel is vice-chair of the Education Committee and the Administration & Regulation Budget Subcommittee. She also serves on the Agriculture, State Government, and Ways & Means committees.

In addition to her committee assignments, Senator Appel is a member of the State Child Care Advisory Council, the Iowa Empowerment Board, the Commission on the Status of Women, and the Public Retirement Systems Committee.

Staci Appel is a native Iowan, who is active in a variety of school, church and community activities.  She has served as president of the Irving Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization in Indianola, a member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Connection, a member of the Warren County Child Abuse Prevention Council Advisory Board, and a Sunday School teacher at First United Methodist Church in Indianola.

Senator Appel is from rural Ackworth.  She is a full-time mother, community volunteer and former financial consultant.  She and her husband, Brent Appel, have five children: Theodore, Jacob, Isaac, Olivia, and Michael.

Prior to taking time off from work to concentrate on raising her children and working with various community and charitable organizations, Appel was a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch and USB Paine Webber.