Lawrence Jones

I serve as a fulltime substitute teacher, employed by the Jefferson County School District 509j, and the High Desert Educational Service District. I teach with specialization in Grades K-4. I possess a Landscape Construction Professional (LCP) license with the Oregon Landscape Contractor Board.. I serve as the mentor and caregiver for a developmentally disabled individual (for 25+ years). I am a writer, musician, and landscaper/gardener. I am retired from other longterm professional positions. Although 'retired,' I still continue to work fulltime hours in the above noted occupations.

I have 28 years of work experience with the State of Alaska (now retired); In this work, I served at highest level management/sdministrative positions - primarily with Department of Fish and Game; Department of Environmental Conservation; Alaska Board of Parole; Office of the Governor; Legislative Liaison for multiple departments of State government. In early life, I have been an Extension Agent, with primary responsibilities in 4-H Youth, Ornamental Horticulture, and Agriculture. I have international travel/residency experience, and am extensively traveled nationally as well. [United Nations F.A.O. (Food and Agriculture Organization), and UNESCO.] I have worked in the landscape design/construction field in the past - and currently possess an Oregon LCP (Landscape Construction Professional) license with the Oregon Landscape Contractor Board. I have personally served as a mentor and caretaker for a developmentally disabled individual for over 25 years, and still currently do so. I have served as a contracted writer. I have been a singer and musician in various venues. I practice/conduct/monitor personal philanthropic and charitable donation/support activities. I was reared and worked on a family farm (black angus beef; haymaking; Tree Farm; private sawmill operation). I consider my organizational and managerial skills to be the primary focus and value provided in my various past employments.

[NOTE: See previous entries in "Occupation" for this Filing of Candidacy; considerable work experience in the governmental sector.] Extension Agent (Agriculture Extension Service) Alaska Boards of Fisheries and Game, Executive Director Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Director of Administrative Services (intermittent as acting Commissioner) Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Director of Administrative Services Alaska Board of Parole, Executive Director Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs (Manager/Admimistrator) Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Deputy Director Administrative Services Special Assistant in the Office of the Governor (Alaska) [Note: I held Legislative Liaison and policy development responsibilities for many of the departments of state government in which I was employed.] Employed in the education field, public secondary school systems: as a fulltime substitute. Familiarity with government services and programs relating to my serving longterm as the mentor and caretaker for a developmentally disabled individual. Also - international 'governmental' experience through my working with the United Nations F.A.O and UNESCO agencies. I possess a Master's of Public Administration (MPA) degree. A majority of the coursework to obtain that degree was directly related to public service and government agency management (organization; law; budgeting and finance; government structure, constitutional considerations, strategic planning, etc.) I also possess a Master's of Business Administration degree (MBA). My knowledge of government also is enhanced by many years of personal studied interest in governmental policymaking,