ELECTED: 2010

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Author, editor, adjunct professor of political science

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES:

• Higher Education (Asst. Ranking Republican)
• Transportation
• Technology and Economic Development
• Early Learning and Human Services

COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT:

• Kiwanis Club of Puyallup
• South Hill Historical Society (Vice President)
• The One Another Foundation (Board member)
• Pierce County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board
• Boy Scouts of America Pacific Harbors Council (Board member)
• William Ruckelshaus Center Advisory Board
• Ezra Meeker Historical Society
• Puyallup Historical Fish Hatchery Foundation (charter member)
• Former columnist, Puyallup Herald

EDUCATION:

• Puyallup High School
• Bachelor of Arts, American Studies, Hillsdale College
• Master’s degree, Public Policy, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
• Graduate studies, Claremont Graduate University School of Politics