Rep. Tim Van Zandt, a Democrat, represents part of Jackson County (District 38) in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Elected to his third two-year term in 1998, Rep. Van Zandt is vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and is also a member of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research.

In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. Van Zandt is an accountant.

Rep. Van Zandt is a member of the following organizations: Pi Omega Pi business education honor society; Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor society; Trinity United Methodist Church; Rockhill Neighborhood Association; the Committee for County Progress; Society of Fellows, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Friends of the Zoo, Kansas City; People for the American Way; and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He was also a member of the Standing Rules Committee of the 1992 Democratic National Convention. He served on the Platform Committee of the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Rep. Van Zandt also serves on the Thomas Hart Benton Memorial Homestead Commission and is a member of the 1996 class of Flemming Fellows.

A 1981 graduate of Lexington High School, Rep. Van Zandt received a degree in accounting and political science from Central Missouri State University in 1985. He also attended Conception Seminary College and Rockhurst College.

Born September 17, 1963, in Lexington, Rep. Van Zandt currently resides in Kansas City.