(Radio Iowa) – President Trump has nominated an Iowan to fill a leadership role in the U-S Department of Education. David Barker of Iowa City is a businessman and a current member of the board that governs the three state universities. He has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Education.

After working as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Barker moved back to his hometown of Iowa City in 1994 and he’s taught classes at the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago.

The Iowa Senate recently voted to confirm Barker for another term on the Iowa Board of Regents.