John Werden
Safer Communities, Brighter Futures
John C. Werden serves as the Carroll County Attorney, having
been elected in 1998 and reelected in 2002, 2006, 2010, and
2014. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College and a
Doctor of Jurisprudence from Drake University. Werden is
involved in several professional and community activities,
including the Judicial Nominating Commission, the National
District Attorneys Association, and the Iowa Best Practices
Committee, among others. He has been a member of Fight Crime:
Invest in Kids for over 20 years and has been an active
spokesman for prevention programs, including the federal home
visiting program, Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV), and the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).