Date/Place of Birth:
1956
Anchorage, Alaska

Residency in Alaska:
Petersburg: 1958 - 1969
Sitka: 1969 - present

Occupation:
Self-Employed: Financial Services
Pioneer Capital Management
Former Commercial Fisherman
Former Heavy Construction Trade in Sitka

Family:
Wife - Lureen
Daughter - Susie

Education:
Sitka High School: 1974
University of Oregon: 1985
- B.S. College of Business Administration
- Concentration in Finance

Alaska State Senate:
Current:
Co-Chair, Finance Committee
Vice-Chair, Senate Resources
Vice-Chair, Joint Legislative Education Funding Task Force: 2007 - present
Vice-Chair, Alaska Renewable Energy Task Force
Finance Committee: 2005 - present
Resources Committee: 2005 - present
Legislative Budget & Audit: 2005 - present
World Trade & State/Federal Relations Committee
Energy Council, Executive Committee: 2006 - present
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force: 2004 - present
Finance Subcommittees:
- Law, Chair: 2005 - present
- Revenue, Chair: 2005 - present
- University of Alaska, Chair: 2005 - present
- Fish & Game
- Transportation

Past:
Special Committee on Natural Gas Development: 2006
Chair, Community & Regional Affairs Committee: 2004 - 2006
Community & Economic Development Finance Subcommittee: 2004 - 2006
- Chair: 2005 - 2006
Local Government Advisory Commission: 2005 - 2006
Alaska Information Infrastructure Task Force: 2004 - 2005
Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force: 2004 - 2005
State Affairs Committee: 2004
Joint Legislative Salmon Industry Task Force: 2004
Military & Veterans Affairs Finance Subcommittee: 2004
Labor & Workforce Development Finance Subcommittee: 2004
Education Finance Subcommittee: 2004

Other Political and Government Positions:
City & Borough of Sitka Finance Committee, current
City & Borough of Sitka Assemblyman
City & Borough of Sitka Deputy Mayor
Sitka Planning Commission

Business and Professional Positions:
Sitka Chamber of Commerce
Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
Sitka Elks Lodge
Sons of Norway
Former Rotarian (Paul Harris Fellow)
NRA
Shrine Club; Scottish Rite
International Ammunition Collectors Association