Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 30, 2013-2019

Senator, Iowa State Senate, District 10, 2004-2012

President Pro Tempore, Iowa State Senate, 2006-2012

Candidate, Iowa State House of Representatives, District 20, 2002

Member, Iowa Capital Investment Board, present

Former Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Council, Iowa State Senate

Former Chair, State Government Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Administration and Regulation (Joint Appropriations), Iowa State Senate

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Education (Joint Appropriations), Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on International Relations, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Iowa State Senate

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Iowa State Senate

Firefighter, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1994-present

Adjunct Professor, Public Policy Process, University of Northern Iowa, present

Electronics Warfare Technician 2nd Class, United States Navy, 1988-1994

Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders, present

Member, Black Hawk Economic Development, Incorporated, present

Life Member, Cedar Falls American Veterans Post 49, present

Member, Cedar Falls Firefighters Association, present

Member, City of Waterloo’s Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission, present

Board Member, Hawkeye Chapter American Red Cross, present

Member, International Association of Fire Fighters, present

Member, Iowa Department of Transportation Commission, present

Member, Iowa Firemen's Association, present

Member, NewDeal Leaders, present

Member, University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association, present

Member, University of Northern Iowa Leadership Advisory Board, present

Member, Waterloo Elk Lodge Post 290, present

Member, Waterloo Exchange Club, present

Member, Waterloo Planning, Programming and Zoning Commission, present

Former President, Cedar Falls Firefighters Association

Former Campaign Chair, City of Cedar Falls United Way

Former Chair, Iowa’s 2010 Decennial Census Redistricting Process

Favorite Quote:

"Any man who may be asked... what he did to make his life worthwhile, can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the United States Navy." - John F. Kennedy.

"The arch of history is long, but it bends towards justice." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Public Policy, United States Navy, Golf, Organic food, Health & Fitness

Pets (include names):

Coco, a chocolate lab