Date/Place of Birth:
December 1, 1961
Anchorage, Alaska

Residency in Alaska:
Anchorage: 1961 - present

Occupation:
Airline Executive
Businessman

Education:
Attended various schools in Anchorage,
     King Salmon, & Fairbanks
Metlaktla High School: Graduated 1979
University of Alaska, Fairbanks: 1980 - 1985

Alaska State House of Representatives:
2003 - present
Vice-Chair, Legislative Budget & Audit Joint Committee: 2005 - present
Vice-Chair, Special Committee on Oil & Gas: 2005 - present
Co-Chair, Resources Committee: 2005 - present
Special Committee on Ways & Means: 2005 - present
Chair, Legislative Budget & Audit Joint Committee: 2003 - 2004
Community & Regional Affairs Committee: 2003 - 2004
Special Committee on Fisheries: 2003 - 2004
Judiciary Committee: 2003 - 2004
Finance Subcommittees:
   - Corrections: 2003 - present
   - Law: 2003 - present
   - Public Safety: 2003 - present
   - University of Alaska: 2003 - 2004

Other Political and Government Positions:
Former Chair, Public Safety Advisory Commission
Municipal Budget Advisory Commission
Former Member, Victims for Justice, Anchorage
     Youth Court

Business and Professional Positions:
Airline Executive, Penair: 1980 - present
Alaska Air Carriers Association.
Former Chair/Member, Anchorage Chamber of
     Commerce
Former Board Member, State Chamber of Commerce

Special Interests:
Mountaineering, Mountain Biking, Cooking, Hiking, Hunting.

biography last updated 3/13/2005

Co-Chair:
Resources Committee

Vice-Chair:
Legislative Budget & Audit Joint Committee

Member:
Oil & Gas Committee
Ways & Means Committee

Finance Subcommittees:
Corrections
Law
Public Safety