Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced additional staff to join her current administration.
Kollin Crompton will serve as Deputy Communications Director, following the departure of Alex Murphy who has served as Communications Director for Reynolds since 2021. Crompton joins the Governor’s Office after serving as the Communications Director for the Republican Party of Iowa since 2021 and can be reached at (515) 745-2840 or Kollin.Crompton@governor.iowa.gov. Murphy will be joining the Iowa Department of Management’s Office of the Chief Information Officer as the state’s Digital Transformation Project Manager effective Friday, January 20.
Annie Hayes will join the staff as the Executive Assistant to Governor Reynolds effective Monday, January 23, 2023. Alex Byrnes, who has served as the Governor’s Executive Assistant since 2021, will now serve as Public Affairs Advisor.
A complete list of Governor’s Office staff is listed below:
Taryn Frideres – Chief of Staff
Jacob Nicholson – Chief Operating Officer
Stephanie Groen – Deputy Chief of Staff
Michael Boal – Chief Legal Counsel
Heather Nahas – Communications Director
Molly Severn – Legislative Liaison & Agriculture Policy Advisor
Nate Ristow – Administrative Rules Coordinator
Patrick Tomka – Senior Tax & Economic Policy Advisor
Jane Dufoe – Education Policy Advisor
Clare Kelly – Health Care Policy Advisor
Laura Book – Workforce & Public Safety Policy Advisor
Ryan Capps – Senior Advisor
Angela Stuedemann – Deputy Legal Counsel
Megan Hall – Boards & Commissions Director
Kollin Crompton – Deputy Communcations Director
Damian Bell – Chief Speechwriter
Eric Baker – Director of Strategic Operations & Scheduler
Alex Byrnes – Public Affairs Advisor
Morgan Fritz – Special Assistant to the Lieutenant Governor
Annie Hayes – Executive Assistant to the Governor
Anna Hartzog – Constituent Services Director
Townsand Ayers – Constituent Services Liaison