Business owner; previously served in the Idaho State House of Representatives, 2007-2008; member of the Senate Joint Finance & Appropriations Committee and chairman of the Senate Education Committee; associate degree, Ricks College; bachelor’s degree in communications and master’s degree in business administration, Utah State University; retired mortgage banker; builder/developer; precinct committee chairman; Boy Scouts of America; Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce; spouse: Judy Woodbury; four children; seven grandchildren.