Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg has resigned Tuesday and the Iowa Bankers Association has announced he will be the group’s next president and C-E-O.

In a written statement, Gregg said his kids are growing up too fast and statewide office forces him to miss more of their lives than he can accept — so his time in public service must come to a close. Gregg, a lawyer who grew up in Hawarden, was the Republican Party’s nominee for attorney general in 2014. He served as the state’s public defender for the next three years — until Kim Reynolds chose him to be lieutenant governor. That was in the spring of 2017, when Governor Terry Branstad resigned and Reynolds was sworn in as governor.

The current president and C-E-O of the Iowa Bankers Association will retire at the end of the year. The Iowa Bankers announced in a news release that Gregg will join the association October 1st “to allow time for a smooth transition.” John Sorenson as led the Iowa Bankers Association for the past 38 years.

O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa