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STATE CAPITOL -- He was sworn in as Missouri’s 45th State Treasurer this past January. At 35-years-old, Clint Zweifel is Missouri’s youngest State Treasurer in more than a century. Zweifel is the focus of this month’s one on one interview with KRCG’s Mark Slavit for Inside Columbia Magazine.
Zweifel said he enjoys his job of overseeing the management of the state’s investments. His office manages $20 billion in annual state revenues, directs the state’s banking services and oversees Missouri’s $3.5 billion investment portfolio. Zweifel was the first member of his family to attend and graduate from college.
“We’re also looking at college affordability, Mark," Zweifel said. "I am a first time college student in my family. I am a first generation college graduate in my family. When I think of a higher education plan, affordability is really the centerpiece of that and making sure that we have a plan that really helps families save for college and really builds on that.”
Zweifel and his wife Janice are like many other Missouri parents saving for college. Their daughters Selma and Elma go to school in Columbia. Zweifel said he enjoys living in Missouri’s largest college town.
“There are so many family friendly activities to do," Zweifel said. "Then there are simple things like the MKT trail and having close access to that at our house is really exciting. The idea that we can work downtown easily and get ice cream at Sparky’s is great. We are pretty close to Faurot Field. It’s pretty exciting to be able to know that we have games ahead of us and kind of feel that energy in the city.”
Zweifel said one his biggest accomplishments during his time as treasurer so far, is the creation of the invest in Missouri program. The new law passed the legislature without receiving one “no” vote. It reinvests more than a billion dollars in Missouri communities through low-interest loans to small business owners and farmers. Zweifel said his work for the people of Missouri is just beginning.
If you would like to read Mark’s entire article with Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel, you can pick up a copy of this month’s Inside Columbia Magazine.
