[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO COURTNEY STRUTT TODD

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 12, 2013

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and recognize 
Courtney Strutt Todd for being named a 2013 Forty Under 40 honoree by 
the award-winning central Iowa publication, Business Record.
   Since 2000, Business Record has undertaken an exhaustive annual 
review to identify a standout group of young leaders in the Greater Des 
Moines area who are making an impact in their communities and their 
careers. Each year, forty up-and-coming community and business leaders 
under 40 years of age are selected for this prestigious distinction, 
which is based on a combined criteria of community involvement and 
success in their chosen career field. The 2013 class of Forty Under 40 
honorees join an impressive roster of 560 business leaders and growing.
   Courtney Strutt Todd is a shareholder attorney at Davis Brown Law 
Firm where she utilizes her talents to assist private colleges, 
hospitals and other nonprofit organizations obtain public financing for 
building projects. In the last three years alone, Courtney worked as 
bond, underwriter's and issuer's counsel on nearly $1.4 billion in 
general government bonds. Mrs. Strutt Todd also volunteers her legal 
talents pro bono and was recognized in 2008 by the Polk County Bar 
Association Volunteer Lawyers Project for providing more than 200 hours 
of volunteered legal services. Outside of work, Courtney is heavily 
involved with the American Cancer Society, assists Urbandale High 
School as a volleyball coach, is a member of the Iowa Advisory Council 
for the Epilepsy Foundation of North/Central Illinois, Iowa and 
Nebraska, and is currently serving as treasurer of the Greater Des 
Moines Leadership Institute board. Courtney has been married to her 
husband Matthew for six years, and they have two children, Bryson and 
Brinley. In every facet of her life, Courtney is an example of service 
and Iowa work ethic that our state can be proud of.
   Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to represent leaders like 
Courtney in the United States Congress and it is with great pride that 
I recognize and applaud Mrs. Strutt Todd for utilizing her talents to 
better both her community and the great state of Iowa. I invite my 
colleagues in the House to join me in congratulating Courtney on 
receiving this esteemed designation, thanking those at Business Record 
for their great work, and wishing each member of the 2013 Forty Under 
40 class continued success.

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