Idaho Legislative Update

Native of Southeastern Idaho and grew up in Shelley, Graduate of Eastern Idaho Technical College and Idaho State University; national credential in Radiation Protection; retired site-wide Training Manager for Fluor Idaho at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) where he managed both regulatory and facility-specific training programs; served as Training Working Group chair for the Energy Facilities Contracting Group; received a Distinguished Leadership award at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington D.C. for regulatory reform and cost-cutting initiatives; Worked and managed radiation protection and training programs in both commercial power and Department of Energy facilities since 1980; served on the Idaho Falls School District 91 Board of Trustees for twelve years, he played a key role in replacing four elementary schools and transitioning a junior high into a successful project-based high school; elected to a third term in the Idaho Senate where he serves as Chair of the Senate Education Committee and a member of the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee.