I have been a resident of the Orcutt community for the past 28 years and currently serve as the Board Chairman at CoastHills Federal Credit Union as well as an elected member of the Santa Maria Public Airport District Board of Directors.  I am a current Board member of the SB County Taxpayers’ Association, vice-Chairman of the Committee to Improve North County, Past Chairman of the Santa Maria School Bond Oversight Committee and a member of the Allan Hancock College Bond Oversight Committee.  I also serve on the Board of Coastal Business Finance and the Orcutt Aquacenter.

I am the recipient of the ‘2008 Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation Lay Citizen of the Year’ Award for my volunteer work with the SM High School Bond Committee, and attained the highest level of achievement in the Nation Credit Union Association (NCUA) Volunteer Achievement Program and the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) Volunteer Leadership Program.

I am honorably discharged from the US Marine Corps, and retired from both the IBM Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation.  I am a 25-year member of  Santa Maria Elks Lodge 1538 and a founding member of the Coastal Valleys Detachment of the US Marine Corps League.

I have a Master’s Degree in Management and Human Development, and a Ph.D in Management.

My wife Arlene and I have been married for 45 years, and have two children and four grandchildren.