Editing Terry Branstad (section)

===Inter-gubernatorial career===
[[File:Fred Thompson with Terry Branstad and Bob Ray.jpg|thumb|left|Branstad (left) with [[Fred Thompson]] and [[Robert D. Ray]] in 2007]]
Branstad focused most of his efforts outside of politics after leaving office in early 1999. He founded Branstad and Associates, LLC<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/108727325/|title=The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on May 18, 2014 &middot; Page I5|newspaper=Newspapers.com |access-date=February 21, 2017|language=en}}</ref> and was also a partner in the firm of Kaufman, Pattee, Branstad & Miller<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030527005497/en/Terry-Branstad-Elected-AICPA-Board-Directors|title=Terry Branstad Elected to AICPA Board of Directors|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref> and a financial advisor for [[Robert W. Baird and Co.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=667698&privcapId=58002027|title=Terry E. Branstad: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=February 21, 2017}}</ref>

In August 2003 Branstad accepted an offer from [[Des Moines University]] to become its president.<ref name=":1" /> On October 16, 2009, he announced his retirement from Des Moines University to run again for governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmu.edu/news/index.php/2009/10/16/des-moines-university-president-terry-branstad-retires/ |title=Des Moines University President Terry Branstad retires – DMU News & Events|publisher=Dmu.edu|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref>

President [[George W. Bush]] appointed Branstad to chair the [[President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Archived: Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa – Chair of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education|url=http://www2.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/bios/branstad.html|work=President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=November 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021007231906/http://www.ed.gov/inits/commissionsboards/whspecialeducation/bios/branstad.html|archive-date=October 7, 2002 |date=December 13, 2001}}</ref> The commission was charged with developing a plan to improve the educational performance of students with disabilities. After completing his work with the commission in 2003, Branstad was asked to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council for Positive Action for Teen Health, or PATH. The advisory council encourages action to detect adolescent mental illness. In April 2003 Branstad was named a public member of the [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]], which comprises both professional and public members who address a variety of issues related to accounting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iowaheritage.org/items/show/49796|title=2011– Terry Branstad · Iowa Heritage Digital Collections|website=www.iowaheritage.org|access-date=September 22, 2016}}</ref>

Branstad serves on the boards of Conmed Health Management Inc,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111214201503/http://www.conmedinc.com/about_team.php] About Team.{{cbignore}}</ref> [[American Future Fund]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lectures.americanfuturefund.com/about |title=About the Lecture Series : AFF Conservative Lecture Series |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225210711/http://lectures.americanfuturefund.com/about |archive-date=December 25, 2014  }}</ref> the [[Iowa Health System]], [[Liberty Bank]], the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aicpa.org/About/Governance/BoardofDirectors/Pages/2009-2010%20AICPA%20Board%20of%20Directors.aspx |title=2009–2010 AICPA Board of Directors |publisher=Aicpa.org |date=September 18, 2006 |access-date=August 29, 2010 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Living History Farms]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lhf.org/en/about_us/board_members/|title=Board Members – Living History Farms|last=globalreach.com|first=Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC – Ames, IA -|website=www.lhf.org|access-date=February 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053411/http://www.lhf.org/en/about_us/board_members/|archive-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref>