OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Field Engineer, Fullman Company, 1987-1988; Associate Engineer, Anicon Inc., 1983-1987; Sr. Process Technician, Advanced Micro Devices, 1982-1983; Electro-mechanical Process Technician, Applied Materials Inc., 1978-1982

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: West High School, Waterloo, Iowa, Graduated 1977; Mission College, Santa Clara, California, Electronics and Mathematics Courses; Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Student Body President, West High School, Waterloo, Iowa 1976-1977; Chair, Morningside Neighborhood Association, 1998-Present; President, Salem Neighborhoods Incorporated (SNI), 1999-2000; Salem Futures Citizen Advisory Committee, 1999-Present; Pringle Creek Watershed Council, 1996-Present

What I Have Done For Salem:

• As President of SNI and Chair of Morningside Neighborhood Association, I have worked to enhance neighborhood livability.

• As a corporate member of the Pringle Creek Watershed Council, I have helped organize educational events, citywide stream cleanups and watershed enhancement projects.

• As a member of a concerned group of citizens and the Morningside Neighborhood Association, I helped defeat the construction of a five-lane roadway next to Morningside Elementary School on 12th Street.

• As a member of the Salem Futures Project, I am involved with the comprehensive review of the City’s long range vision about how to manage future growth to maintain our quality of life.

• I have enrolled in the OSU Extension Office “Master Watershed Steward” Program so as to be better prepared to address the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, which will have a significant impact on Salem.

What I Will Do:

• As a councilor for the City of Salem I will bring my expertise, as a member of the business community and as a leader in watershed council and neighborhood groups, to provide fair and balanced leadership aimed at improving and enhancing neighborhood livability, volunteerism and Salem’s overall quality of life.

Endorsements as of Filing Deadline:

AFSCME, Local 2067

ONRC Action PAC

OLCV