Deputy Republican Leader, Oregon State Senate, 2024-present

Senator, Oregon State Senate, District 1, 2023-present

Candidate, Oregon State Senate, District 1, 2024

Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2017-2023

Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 1, 2022

Member/Chair/Vice Chair, Curry County Commission, 2013-2017

Member/President, City of Port Orford, 2003-2012

Member, Joint Committee On Conduct

Member, Joint Committee On Legislative Policy and Research

Member, Joint Committee On Ways and Means

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Public Safety

Member, Senate Committee On Conduct

Vice Chair, Senate Committee On Energy and Environment

Member, Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs

Vice Chair, Committee On Energy and Environment, Oregon State Senate

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, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

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

Former Member, Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Oregon State House of Representatives

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

Former Chair, Oregon Legislature's Coastal Caucus

Co-Owner/Manager, Port & Starboard Restaurant & Lounge, 2002-2015

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

Co-Convener, Oregon Coast Trail, present

Member, Oregon-China Sister State Relations Council (OCSSRC), 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

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