Joni Ernst

Republican / Senate / Iowa

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Years Active 2015 - Present
Age 55
Joni Ernst was born in Red Oak, Iowa, in 1970. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Iowa State University in 1992 and an MPA from Columbus State University in 1995. Ernst served in the U.S. Army from 1993 to 2001 and in the Iowa Army National Guard from 2001 to 2015. Ernst served as Montgomery County auditor from 2005 to 2011 and the Iowa Senate from 2011 to 2014.

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Former staff of Joni Ernst who went on to register as lobbyists, and the clients they were disclosed as representing at the time of filing. Parsed from the covered-position disclosures on Lobbying Disclosure Act filings — see the full Revolving Door dashboard.

16 Former staff who have lobbied

22 Public companies represented

99 Clients in total

Aug 19, 2026 Most recent filing

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Abbey Overland New	Special Asst. Office of the Sec Def, Special Asst. Office of the Asst. Sec Def for Leg Affairs, Legislative Asst., Sen. Joni Ernst	ASML BETA CLBT ETN +29 more	ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.	Aug 19, 2026
Ryan Berger New	Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Sen. Joni Ernst; Legislative Director, Sen. Jeff Chiesa; Special Policy Advisor, Sen. Bob Corker; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Rep. Steven LaTourette	FTNT NB PCG SOLV +16 more	NAVIGATORS GLOBAL LLC (FORMERLY DC NAVIGATORS, LLC)	Jul 20, 2026
Sarah Kelly New	2019-2022 US Senate - staff assistant, assistant to the Chief of staff, legislative correspondent Senator Ernst 2024-2025 - legislative assistant, senior legislative assistant Rep. LaTurner ASI House and Senate in February 2025.	AIR SPACE INTELLIGENCE BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE CORPORATION CABANA MENTAL HEALTH D3O +5 more	THE DIONNE COMPANY	Jul 20, 2026
Jennifer Haynes New	Leg. Dir, Sen Ernst(23-24); Prof. Staff Member, House Judiciary(23); Leg. Dir, Rep Issa(21-23); Rep Lesko: Leg. Dir(19-21); Sr. Leg. Asst(18-19); Leg. Correspondent, Sen Kennedy(17-18); Sen Cassidy: Leg. Correspondent(16-17); Dep. Scheduler(15-17)	ARM CHRW FIG ASM AMERICA, INC. +9 more	INVARIANT LLC	Jul 20, 2026
Katherina Dimenstein	Legislative Assistant for Senator Joni Ernst - March 2016 to January 2017 Legislative Director for Rep. David Schweikert - January 2017 to June 2018 Chief of Staff for Rep. David Schweikert - July 2018 - December 2020	GENERAL ATOMICS	GENERAL ATOMICS	Jul 20, 2026
Margaret French New	Legislative Correspondent--Sen. Ernst (R-IA)	ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH MAGNUS MEDICAL INC. PRIMARY CARE COLLABORATIVE THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTY… +1 more	VENN STRATEGIES	Jul 17, 2026
Liz Bowman	Communications Director, US Senate, Office of Senator Joni Ernst; Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, US Environmental Protection Agency	WMB	THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.	Jul 17, 2026
Stephen Voline New	National Security Advisor, Senator Joni Ernst	AVAV	AEROVIRONMENT, INC.	Apr 20, 2026
Jena Mcneill New	Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director, Sen. Joni Ernst; Deputy Director of Homeland Security, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Professional Staff Member, Sen. Ron Johnson	BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TENNESS… CENTER FOR HEALTH AND DEMOCRACY KNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION SHADOW NEXUS, LLC +4 more	THE INGRAM GROUP LLC	Apr 18, 2026
Katelyn Asmus New	Staff Assistant, Sen. Joni Ernst; Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Joni Ernst; Legislative Aide, Sen. Joni Ernst / Senate Judiciary Committee	PRIVACY FOR AMERICA RESPONSIBLE DATA ALLIANCE	VENABLE LLP	Apr 01, 2026
Stephen Voline New	National Security Advisor, Sen. Joni Ernst	HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.	HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.	Oct 22, 2025
Emma Keiser New	Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, Sen. Joni Ernst	GROWTH ENERGY INC	GROWTH ENERGY, INC.	Jul 29, 2025
Mary Zimprich New	Rep. Jodi Ernst 2017-2022 (LA, '20-'22; Campaign Fin.Dir., '19-'20; Leg. Aide, '18-'19; Leg. Correspondent, '17-18);	XEL	XCEL ENERGY, INC	Jul 21, 2025
Courtney Klein New	Sen. Ernst: Intern 5/2015-8/2015, 5/17-7/2017; Staff Asst 12/2017-4/2018; Exec Asst 4/2018-4/2019; Scheduler 4/2019-4/2022	RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES	RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES	Jul 21, 2025
Stephen Voline New	National Security Advisor to Senator Joni Ernst (note: this individual did not engage in contacts at the U.S. Senate).	HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.	HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC.	Jul 21, 2025
Devin Mogler New	U.S. Senator Joni Ernst	GPRE	GREEN PLAINS INC.	Apr 16, 2025

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