Board of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences - About Staff & Board
Board Staff
The Iowa Board of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences is staffed by a Board Executive and a Secretary in the Bureau of Professional Licensure, Iowa Department of Public Health.
Contact Information:
Iowa Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
Bureau of Professional Licensure
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lucas State Office Bldg., 5th Floor
321 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Phone (515) 281-0254
FAX (515) 281-3121
Office Hours:
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays
Board Members
The Board is made up of a total of seven members. Three who are licensed cosmetologists, one who is a licensed electrologist, esthetician, or nail technologist, one who is a license instructor of a cosmetology arts and sciences at a public or private school and who does not own a school of cosmetology arts and sciences, and two who are not licensed in a practice of cosmetology arts and sciences and who shall represent the public.
Board members:
- serve three-year terms (unless filling an unexpired term),
- appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate,
- serve no more than nine years (three full terms).
Iowa Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences
- Jacquelyn Hein - 2020 (2) Esthetician, Electrologist
- Nichole Origer - 2020 (1) Cosmetologist
- Don Nguyen - 2018 (2) Public Member
- Robert Thompson - 2019 (1) Cosmetologist
- Mary Clausen - 2020 (3) Cosmetologist
- Jerry Akers - 2020 (1) Public Member
- Vacant
How to Become a Board Member
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Board, you just need to fill out the proper forms and submit them.
You can find the information you need through the Governor's Office.