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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Political Science, Colorado College

Political Experience

  • BA, Political Science, Colorado College
  • Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2010-present
  • Former Commissioner, Clallam County
  • Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2018, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Washington Association of Counties’ Coastal Caucus, present

Former Member, Capital Budget Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Clallam County Agricultural Advisory Committee

Former Member, Clallam County Agricultural Resource Lands Committee

Former Chair, Clallam County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee

Former Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Aging and Disability, Washington State Senate

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Health Care Reform Realization Committee

Former Member, United Way Access to Health Care Committee and Community Solutions Committee

Member/Chair, Clallam County Planning Commission, 1992-1997

Chair, Carlsborg Urban Growth Area Task Force, 1994

Member, Clallam County Forest/Mineral Lands Committee, 1991

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Appropriations Committee

Chair, Capital Budget Committee

Member, Health Care and Wellness Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues

Chair, Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Resource Mitigation

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Political Science, Colorado College
  • Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2010-present
  • Former Commissioner, Clallam County
  • Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2018, 2020
  • Ex-Officio Member, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition Board, 2011-present
  • Chair, Clallam County Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Fund Advisory Board, present
  • Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Watershed Planning Implementation, Washington Biodiversity Council, present
  • Member, Olympic Consortium for Workforce Development, present
  • Volunteer Mediator, Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center, present
  • Member, Sequim Sunrise Rotary, present
  • Former Member, Clallam County Board of Health
  • Former Board Member, Clallam County Economic Development Council
  • Former Member, Council of Governments for the Olympic Area Agency on Aging
  • Former Member, Dungeness River Management Team
  • Former Chair, Peninsula Regional Support Network for Mental Health
  • Former Member, Salmon Recovery Council and Ecosystem Coordination Board, Puget Sound Partnership
  • Former Member, Washington State North Coast Local Loan Board
  • Member/Chair, Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board, 2002-2010
  • Treasurer/Member, United Way of Clallam County, 2003-2009
State Bills
Speeches