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33rd Legislature(2023-2024)

Member Information

2001-2006 Representative District  
2007-2016 Senator District  

Date/Place of Birth: 

  January 22, 1971

  Portland,Oregon 

Residency in Alaska: 

  Anchorage: 1973 - present

Children: 

  Grayson

Education: 

    Willamette University, Oregon:

   - Bachelors of Arts: 1989 - 1993

   - Juris Doctorate: 1995 - 1998
Alaska 
State House of Representatives: 

  2001 - 2006 

  Member, House Leadership

  Chair, Judiciary
  Committee: 2003 - 2006 

  Chair, Administration Regulation Review Joint

     Committee: 2001 - 2002

  Chair, Special Committee on Economic

     Development, Trade, & Tourism: 2001 - 2002

  Vice-Chair, Special Committee on Economic

     Development, International Trade, & Tourism:

     2003 - 2004

  Special
  Committee on Oil & Gas: 2003 - 2006

  State/Federal Research & Development Joint

     Committee: 2001 - 2006

  Ombudsman Selection Committee: 2001 - 2002

  Resources Committee: 2001 - 2002

  Rules Committee: 2001 - 2002

  Finance Subcommittees:

   - Court System: 2003 - 2006

   - Community & Economic Development:

     2001 - 2006

   - Law: 2003 - 2006

   - Environmental Conservation: 2001 - 2002

   - Revenue: 2001 - 2006

   - Corrections: 2005 - 2006
Other 
Political and Government
    Positions: 

  Committee Aide, Alaska Legislature, Judiciary Committee: 
2000

  Law Clerk, Oregon Department of Justice:

     1996 - 1998

  Legal Intern, U.S. Attorney’s Office: 1996

  Legislative and Press Aide: 1993 - 1995

   - U.S. Senator Ted Stevens

Business and Professional
    Positions: 

  Self Employed - Research and Writing

Service Organizations and
    Community Involvement: 

    American Diabetes
    Association

  Alaska Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Board

  Anchorage Chamber of
  Commerce

  Anchorage 
Economic Development
  Corporation

  Habitat for 
Humanity

  Salem’s Women’s Crisis Center

  Commonwealth North

  Covenant House

  Anchorage Republican
  Women’s Club

  Young 
Republicans

  Civil Air 
Patrol

Special Interests: 

  Fishing, Hiking, Skiing, Flying, Scuba Diving, Reading