Graduate of Rigby High School; associate degree in business from BYU-Idaho; bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Idaho State University; chartered life insurance underwriter and chartered financial consultant from American College in Pennsylvania; commercial and residential real estate developer; serves on the Revenue & Taxation Committee, the State Affairs Committee, the Business Committee, the Environmental, Energy, & Technology Committee, the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee, the Property Taxes & Revenue Expenditures Committee, the Economic Outlook & Revenue Assessment Committee (EORAC), the Teachers Health Insurance Group, the Your Health Idaho Exchange Board, the Idaho Individual High Risk Reinsurance Pool Board, the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, and the Idaho Petroleum Storage Tank Fund; Precinct Committeeman for Jefferson County; past president, Idaho Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors; past president, Idaho Falls Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors; past president, Idaho Falls Society of Financial Service Professionals; past president, Idaho Falls Estate Planning Council; qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table, Court of the Table, and Top of the Table; National Sales Achievement and National Quality Award; past president, Education Foundation School Dist. #251; five children; eleven grandchildren.