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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Agriculture and Land Use Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Early Childhood and Family Supports Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Economic Development and Trade Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Environment Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee On Carbon Reduction, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Education

  • Attended, Communications and Political Science, Southern Oregon Univeristy
  • Attended, Southwestern Oregon Community College

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Communications and Political Science, Southern Oregon Univeristy
  • Attended, Southwestern Oregon Community College
  • Co-Owner/Manager, Port & Starboard Restaurant & Lounge, 2002-2015

Political Experience

  • Attended, Communications and Political Science, Southern Oregon Univeristy
  • Attended, Southwestern Oregon Community College
  • Co-Owner/Manager, Port & Starboard Restaurant & Lounge, 2002-2015
  • Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2017-present
  • Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Member/Chair/Vice Chair, Curry County Commission, 2013-2017
  • Member/President, City of Port Orford, 2003-2012

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Early Childhood and Family Supports Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Economic Development and Trade Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Environment Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Member, Education Committee

Vice Chair, Energy and Environment Committee

Member, Joint Committee On Legislative Policy and Research

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, Communications and Political Science, Southern Oregon Univeristy
  • Attended, Southwestern Oregon Community College
  • Co-Owner/Manager, Port & Starboard Restaurant & Lounge, 2002-2015
  • Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2017-present
  • Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Member/Chair/Vice Chair, Curry County Commission, 2013-2017
  • Member/President, City of Port Orford, 2003-2012
  • Board Member, Port Orford-Langlois School Board, 2009-present
  • Member, Association of Oregon & California Board of Directors, present
  • Representing Chair, Association of Oregon Counties: Douglas, Josephine & Jackson Counties, District 4, present
  • Member, Governors Opioid Epidemic Task Force, present
  • Co-Convener, Maritime Workforce Development Task Force, present
  • Member, National Association of Counties Western Interstate Region, present
  • Member, Oregon-China Sister State Relations Council (OCSSRC), present
  • Co-Convener, Oregon Coast Trail, present
  • Oregon Delegate, Pacific North West Economic Region (PNWER), present
  • Chair, Southern Oregon China Connection, present
  • Co-Convener, Sudden Oak Task Force, present
  • Member, Western Legislative Forestry Task Force, present
  • Board Member, Board of Directors, Association of Oregon Counties
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Port Orford Rotary
  • Former Board Member, Curry County Fair
  • Chair, Curry County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council
  • Member, Energy, Environment & Land Use Steering Committee, Association of Oregon Counties
  • Former Member, Law Enforcement Blue Ribbon Committee
  • Member, Legislative Committee, Association of Oregon Counties
  • Member, Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association
  • Board Member, Port Orford & North Curry County Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Public Lands & Natural Resources Steering Committee, Association of Oregon Counties
  • Member, Public Lands Steering Committee, National Association of Counties
  • Board Member/Business Stakeholders Member, Redfish Rocks Community Team
  • Board Member, South Coast Business Employment Corporation
  • President, Port Orford & North Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 2004-2012
  • Director, America's Wild Rivers Coast, 2006-2010

Other Info

Favorite Quote:

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistant, persuasive and unrealistic." John F. Kennedy