Born in Boise, 5th-generation Nampa resident; graduate Nampa High School, University of Idaho (business finance), NW Agricultural Credit School at Washington State University, and Pacific Coast Banking School at University of Washington; 20-year commercial banker,10-year small business owner/entrepreneur, and vice president of Zions Bank; past chairman, Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Nampa; past vice chairman, Nampa Chamber of Commerce; past president, Snake River Stampede; treasurer and board member, Your Health Idaho; spouse: Patricia; two children.