OCCUPATION: Minister (Pastor Senior Ministries Bethel Baptist Church, Aumsville - Area; Director (Chaplain) Nursing Home Ministries, Inc.

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Worked on family farm; United States Air Force; Accounting RCA Corp; Ministry, pastored churches in Alaska, Montana, Oregon; Youth and Family Counselor; Chaplain (Area Director) Nursing Home Ministries, Inc.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High School, Belgrade, Montana; El-Camino Jr. College, Gardena, California; Montana State University, Bozman, Montana; Alaska Bible Institute, Anchorage, Alaska.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Two years Aumsville Planning Commission, Planning Commission Chairman; Six terms as Mayor of Aumsville; Mid-Willamette Valley Mayors Coalition; Member Council of Governments; League of Oregon Cities; Four years on the Oregon Mayors Association Board of Directors and 1998 President of the Oregon Mayors Association.