Education

• 1981--Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, with High Honors, Pacific University.
• 1986--Master of Science degree in Journalism, Northwestern University.
• 2006--Received certification from County College program sponsored by OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Association of Counties.
• 2007--Completed Ford Family Foundation Leadership Program, Waldport/Yachats class.

Governmental Positions

• Co-Chair, Governor's Council on Alcohol and Drug Programs
• Co-Chair, Oregon Ending Homelessness Advisory Council
• Chair, Association of Oregon Counties Human Services Committee
• Vice Chair, Local Government Advisory Commitee, Dept. of Human Services
• Member, ODOT Public Transit Advisory Committee
• Chair, Lincoln-Linn-Lane-Benton Regional Investment Board
• Board member, Region 4 Workforce Investment Board
• County Commission liason to Lincoln Commission on Children and Families
• County Commission liason to Central Oregon Coast Association
• Member, Local Public Safety Coordinating Council

Community Involvement 

• Board Chair, Lincoln Community Land Trust
• Vice chair, Lincoln County Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (operator of the Trueman Recovery Center)
• Board member, Samaritan House (homeless shelter)
• Board secretary, My Sister's Place (domestic violence shelter and services)
• Board chair, PADAA (Partnership Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
• Advisory Board member, Salvation Army Lincoln and Tillamook County Corps
• Former board member and president, Lincoln County Food Share
• Former board member, Lincoln County Chapter, American Red Cross
• Former Chair, state board of directors and local committee member, Thugz Off Drugz (recovery housing)
• Member, Toledo Rotary Club, 2005-08
• Member of Session (board of elders), First Presbyterian Church, Newport, 1990-93, 2004-08