Education

• MBA Seattle University
• BA in Finance, Washington State University
• Graduated from Mercer Island High School

Professional Experience

• 33 years with The Boeing Company working in Finance, Manufacturing and Systems management
• Service as an officer in the USAF, 1971-1974

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

Coming soon!

Public Service

• State Representative, 41st Legislative District
• Director, Mercer Island School District
• 16 years service on Mercer Island's City Council
• Two terms as Mayor of Mercer Island
• Chair, Metro Transit Committee
• Chair, Joint Regional Planning Committee (responsible for the plan to create Sound Transit)
• Director, Committee for Balanced Regional Transportation (advocacy group for I-90 construction and funding during late 1970s and early 1980s)
• Member of the King County Growth Management Policy Board chairing the subcommittee on Regional Finance for the Fiscal and Economic Impacts Task Force
• President, Suburban Cities of King County, 1985-86
• Chair of 41st District Republican Organization and Precinct Committee Officer
• Leader in regional and suburban cities planning and policy bodies

Community Involvement

• Treasurer & director, Mercer Island Water Polo Club
• Mercer Island PTSA
• Boeing Employees Good Neighbors
• Mercer Island Charitable Fund

Awards

• Cascade Lands Conservancy's 2006 Cascade Agenda Leadership Award
• Washington Conservation Voters' 2003 Legislator of the Year Award
• Puget Sound Women's Transportation Seminar 1983 Local Leadership Award
• Rideshare Man of the Year Award, 1984
• Nominated for Seattle-King County Municipal League Public Official of the Year, 1992, 1993, 1994
• Air Force Commendation Medal, 1974 

YEARS IN HOUSE: 
4^th term in House  

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES:
Transportation – Moving forward with the SR 520 bridge replacement despite the failure of Prop. 1. 

K -12 Education ­– Addressing the Math WASL failure rate in a way that prepares students for success and maintains the integrity of the WASL.

Higher Education -- Working with colleges, universities and businesses to develop strategies to improve access, quality and affordability. 

Accountable Government – Changing the focus of budgeting from spending funding to results delivered.

Healthcare – Designing a statewide healthcare system that focuses on making patients lives better, rather than the bureaucratic wrangling over gets care, what drugs are covered, and who pays for what. 

Personal

• Married to Susan, School Psychologist, Mukilteo School District
• Children: Aric, Keith, Cathy (and Cathy and her partner Grace's foster children Diana, Esther and Alondra) and Amy (and Amy and Kaleb's sons, Tristan and Ashton!)