Representative, North Dakota House Of Representatives, District 19, 2022-present

Former Speaker, North Dakota State Assembly

Representative, North Dakota State Assembly, District 10, 1992-2022

Candidate, North Dakota State House of Representatives, District 10, 2020

Assistant Majority Leader, North Dakota State Assembly, 1998-2008

Science Teacher/Secondary Principal, Milton-Osnabrock School, 1981-1984

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Education and Environment

Former Member, Education Funding Formula Joint Review Committee, North Dakota State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Education Policy, North Dakota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Higher Education, North Dakota State House of Representatives

Owner/Operator, Monson Farms, 1975-present

Former Teacher/Principal/Superintendent, Nekoma School District

Superintendent, Edinburg School District #106, 1995-2008

Field Underwriter, New York Life Insurance Company, 1988-1995

Superintendent, Adams School District #128, 1984-1988

High School Principal, Milton School District, 1981-1984

President, Dovre Lutheran Church, 2002-present

Member, Children's Coordinating Council, 1999-present

Member, Governor's Task Force on Education, 1999-present

Director, Northeast Mutual Insurance Company, 1998-present

Member and Director, North American Industrial Hemp Council, 1997-present

Former Member, North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders, 1976-present

Member, Fraternal Order of Eagles, present

Member/Golden Eagle, National Rifle Association (NRA), present

Member, National Wildlife Federation, present

Member, Retired Teachers Association, present

Member, Board Member UUSE

Member, Close Up

President, Family Mutual Insurance Company Board

Sunday School/Confirmation Teacher, Hankinson Church

Former Grand Chancellor, Present Member, Knights of Pythias

4-H Leader, Langdon Bobcats

Minister, Milton Church

Board Member, NAIHC

Board Member, NEM

Former Director/President, North Central Council for School Television

Member, North Dakota Association of Life Underwriters

Former Member, North Dakota Association of School Administrators

Former Member, North Dakota Association of Secondary School Principals

Member, North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board

Former Member, North Dakota Education Association

Member, North Dakota Farm Bureau

Member, North Dakota Pulse Growers Association

Board Member, Northeast North Dakota Heritage Association

Former Member, Northern Canola Growers Association

Sunday School/Confirmation Teacher/Minister, Osnabrock Church

Former President, Osnabrock School District

Member, Rural Leadership North Dakota

Former President, Southeast Education Council

Former President, Upper Valley Special Education Unit

Former President, Walsh Pembina Administrators

President, Western Walsh Consortium

Board Member, Prairie Public Broadcasting, 2006-2012

Member, North Dakota Township Officers' Association, 2011

Member, North Dakota Association for Career and Technical Education, 2007

Director, Osnabrock School Board, 1988-2001

Director, Cavalier County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, 1988-1998

Member, Knights of Pythias Lodge, 1970-1998

Former Grand Secretary, Knights of Pythias State Lodge, 1984-1996

Trustee, Dovre Lutheran Church, 1981-1992

Treasurer, Dovre Lutheran Church, 1976-1981

Secretary, Local Elevator Board, 1976-1981

Number of Grandchildren:

4