Elected Experience: Representative 24th Legislative District 2011 to Present. Serves on the Capital Budget Committee (Chair), Appropriations Committee, Health and Wellness Committee. Co-Chair of Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Aging and Disabilities.Three term Clallam County Commissioner 2000 to 2012

Other Professional Experience: Past Small Business Owner of wood products business

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Colorado College; Certified Volunteer Mediator.

Community Service: Clallam County Chemical Dependency Mental Health Advisory Board; Clallam County Economic Development Council; Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board; Ecosystem Coordination Board for Puget Sound Partnership; Olympic Consortium for Workforce Development; Council of Governments, Olympic Area Agency on Aging. 

Statement: It is an honor being your State Representative, working with you, funding education, strengthening the health care system, making investments in our ports and parks, promoting new products for our forest industry.

There is more to do. We need to continue to improve our education system, increase access to good medical treatment, improve longterm care for seniors, protect our environment and grow our economy; working together at the local and state level, for strong communities to help our families thrive. I ask for your vote to continue working to make the Olympic Peninsula an even better place to live.