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:
2003 - present.
Chair, Community & Regional Affairs Committee: 2005 - present
Community & Regional Affairs Committee: 2004 - present
Finance Committee: 2005 - present
Legislative Budget & Audit: 2005 - present
Resources Committee: 2005 - present
State Affairs Committee: 2004
Joint Legislative Salmon Industry Task Force: 2004
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force: 2004
Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force: 2004
Finance Subcommittees:
   - Community & Econconic Development: 2005 - present
   - Law: 2005 - present
   - Revenue: 2005 - present
   - University of Alaska: 2005 - present
Southeast Caucus

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:
Chair, Alaska Masonic Grand Lodge Finance Committee
Sitka Elks Lodge
Sons of Norway
Former Rotatian (Paul Harris Fellow)
NRA
Shrine Club; Scottish Rite
International Ammunition Collectors Assocation

biography last updated 2/22/2006

Chair:
Community & Regional Affairs Committee

Member:
Finance Committee
Resources Committee
Alaska Information Infrastructure Task Force Joint Committee
Legislative Budget & Audit Joint Committee

Finance Subcommittees:
Chair, Community & Economic Development
Chair, Law
Chair, Revenue
Chair, University Of Alaska