At her press conference on Thursday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced the formation of the Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

The board has been put together to help generate ideas for programs and policy to help the State of Iowa bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic challenges. Governor Reynolds announced that Ben McLean, CEO, of Ruan Transportation will head up the board.

McLean made a statement at the press conference on what he hopes the board will work to accomplish.

Governor Reynolds said the board will be joined by state agency directors and other private sector and non-profit professionals to make up a number of working groups to focus on different aspects of the Iowa economy.