Dallas County resident Dr. Patricia Tice is running for a seat on the Dallas County Board of Supervisors. Dallas County recently finished the process of redistricting to reach five members on the Board of Supervisors, who will be elected this fall.
Nearly 67% of voters in the November 2024 election approved a proposal from Mayors of Dallas County cities that the Board of Supervisors should expand to five members from its current three due to the county’s booming population, and to lower the ratio of constituents per supervisor.
Tice will be running in District 3, which includes southwestern Waukee, a west-central area of West Des Moines and areas at the southern edge of the county, including DeSoto, Dexter, Linden, Redfield, Van Meter, and the rural areas.
“I believe in the voice of the people,” said Tice. “Just like I believed in the voice of young adults and the bright futures ahead of them during my career. It takes discipline and foresight to succeed in a difficult world. My theme is LLL: Love, Listen, Learn. This fits no matter what stage of life we are in. We are all part of a community, and it takes all of our voices to make our communities healthy and vibrant. Whether we are building bridges or building relationships, it takes Love, Listening and Learning.”
This will be Tice’s second run at public office. Previously, she served on the Iowa State University Extension Council for ten years. At the time ISU Extension served Polk, Warren and Dallas Counties. She was re-elected two times to the board.
Tice is a retired college counselor. She worked for Des Moines Public Schools at Lincoln High School, where she raised nearly $30M for senior students to go on to higher education and/or skilled training. Tice worked for Upper Iowa University, teaching Psychology to Adult Learners, for which she was honored with the Excellence in Teaching Award. She retired (2024) from DMACC, where she was a College and Career Transition Counselor (CCTC), serving ADM and Perry High Schools. She also taught a college class on Soft and Social Skills at ADM High School, where students learned public speaking, how to deal with difficult people and building and maintaining healthy relationships.
Patricia embodies stability and discipline. She has a quiet strength about her that helps her deal with difficult situations. She embodies service to others, restraint, resilience and high character. She believes in facing tough circumstances with knowledge, care, awareness and the most current information. How will this benefit our community?
Tice is a member of several boards. She turned the ground in the 1970’s to build Iowa’s first Ronald McDonald House at 15th & Pleasant in Des Moines. Five years later, the mortgage was burned.
Patricia volunteers with the Alpha Delta Pi Corporation Board. She owns Etiquette Iowa, which trains corporations and groups on proper social and business etiquette, with clients such as the State Fair Queens and the Iowa Soybean Association. Patricia is a breast cancer survivor, and served for ten years on the United States Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Panel, researching best practices cures for breast cancer patients and their families.
“We live in a somewhat difficult world today. It takes perseverance and insight to succeed in life. My theme is LLL: Love, Listen, Learn. Each person matters. Each person is important. We all have the potential to be prosperous with Love, Listening and Learning.” It is time to get back to caring about people.
Tice earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from Iowa State University. She earned her doctorate from Oxford. She grew up in southwest Iowa, where her dad was an ag banker. On her first day of work at the bank at age 15, Patricia’s Dad took her into the vault of the bank. There were several gold bars and bundled money on the shelves. He swept his arm across the contents of the shelf. “All of this is other people’s money,” he stated quietly. “It’s our job to take care of it for them. I’m counting on you.”
The primary election is June 2 and the general election, Nov. 3.