Senator, Oregon State Senate, District 6, 2023-present

Assistant Republican Leader, Oregon State House of Representatives, 2021-2023

Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 7, 2014-2023

Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 6, 2022

Member, Joint Subcommittee on Human Services

Member, Senate Committee On Energy and Environment

Vice Chair, Senate Committee On Health Care

Former Member, Early Childhood and Family Supports Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Human Services and Housing Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Oregon State House of Representatives

Dentist, Hospital Based Dental Surgery DDS, Lane County Oregon, 1994-present

Owner/ Operator, Horse and Cattle Ranch; Fall Creek, Oregon

Owner/ Manager, Private Charter Air Service; Creswell, Oregon

Founder, Caring Hands Worldwide, 2007-present

Volunteer, International Public Health, present

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I am running for the Oregon Legislature as a Republican. We first offered a full service dental clinic to two towns right here in House District 7, which is mostly comprised of rural areas in Douglas and Lane Counties. My wife and I were astonished when our services were rejected by local public officials. In one case we had even purchased land for the clinic--property that still sits empty in an economically depressed logging town.

You have to ask yourself, why would free health care services be rejected? Was there not a need? No, there is a need, so why would free public oral health be denied to those to whom it could benefit? We had spent years building a modern semi-mobile dental clinic and now with all the elements in place the government said no. As best as I can tell, the reason was because we were not a government-based solution.