Andy McGuire

Andy McGuire served as chair of the Iowa Democratic Party from January 2015 to January 2017 and was a Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa in 2018.

McGuire was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on November 26, 1956. She received her B.S. from Creighton University, her M.D. from Creighton University School of Medicine, and her MBA from Kennesaw State University – Michael J Coles College of Business.

McGuire worked at Washington University in nuclear medicine, and then moved to Iowa to start a family with her husband. She worked at Des Moines Veteran's Administration and became a medical director at Wellmark Insurance. She left Wellmark to become chief medical officer and vice president at American Republic Insurance Company and later president of Meridian of Iowa.