Current Occupation
State Senator, Small Business Owner
Occupational Background
State Senator-Deputy Leader, State Representative-Assistant Leader, County Commissioner, Third Generation Southwestern Oregon Small Business Owner, Economic Development Director, Business Manager, Director of Operations and Management in the Hospitality Industry.
Previous Government Experience
State Senator-Deputy Leader, State Representative-Assistant Leader, Legislative Committees-Vice Chair-Economic Development & Trade, Vice Chair-Energy & Environment, Agriculture & Land Use, Natural Resources, Early Childhood, Education, Veterans, Emergency Management Federal/World Affairs, Joint Ways & Means, Sub-Natural Resources-Public Safety, Co-Convener-Sudden Oak Death Task Force, Agriculture Ditches Workgroup, Maritime Sector Workforce Development Task Force, Oregon Coast Trail, Pacific Northwest Economic Region-Delegate, Opioid Epidemic Task Force, Council of State Governments West-Co-Chair Wildfire & Disaster Preparedness/Public Safety Committees, Senate Board Member-Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority, Co-Chair-Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus, Co-Chair-Legislative Wine Caucus, County Commissioner-Chair, County Budget Committee-Chair, County Planning Commissioner, County Fair Board Member, Elected-Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) District 4 Chair-Curry, Coos, Douglas, Josephine and Jackson Counties, AOC Board of Directors, AOC Legislative Committee, AOC Public Lands & Natural Resources Committee, AOC Energy, Environment & Land Use Committee, Association of O&C Counties Board of Directors, National Association of Counties (NACo) Public Lands Committee, NACo Western Interstate Region Committee, County Liaison Departments-Veterans Services, Sheriff’s Office/Public Safety, Emergency Services, District Attorney, Legal Counsel, Juvenile, Parks, Roads, Facilities Maintenance, Finance, Economic Development, Public and Mental Health, City Council President, School Board-6 years, Chamber of Commerce-President/Director-7 years, Director-America's Wild Rivers Coast-4 years, Redfish Rocks Community Team-Socioeconomic Chair, Local Public Safety Coordinating Council-Chair, Certified-Crisis Leadership Training for Elected Officials-F.E.M.A., CIS Certification-Governance, Government Ethics, Harassment & Discrimination Prevention, PCP, House & Senate Designee to ORP