About Me

I moved to the Anchorage Hillside after accepting a position as a resource projects Quality Manager and Team Lead in Alaska’s oil and gas industry. My job was to help project management teams improve the quality and efficiency of their North Slope projects to deliver greater value for the every dollar spent on their capital improvements.

When I retired in 2017, I knew that Alaska was my home and that I was staying put. I became more active in our Community Councils, the Anchorage HALO organization, and served as the Hillside Lead for the Coalition of Community Patrols. I helped organize several events to address the ongoing threat of wildfires on the Hillside and other realities of living in Alaska: Earthquakes, record breaking snow storms, volcanic eruptions, and the pandemic. In each of these roles I focused on how to improve the safety, security and resiliency of our community.

Seeing the need in our state government for more common sense, I successfully ran for public office. After serving two years in Alaska’s House of Representatives, I am grateful to serve District F in the Alaska Senate. A career in quality management on large and complex oil and gas projects has taught me a range of skills that can be directly applied to my role in the Senate. These skills include the ability to analyze complex and expensive organizations and projects, determine the root causes of failure, find efficient solutions, identify opportunities to improve, and successfully manage the necessary changes to avoid unintended consequences.

For the 33nd Legislative Session, I have the honor of being Chair the Senate Transportation Committee, and serving as the Vice Chair of the Health and Social Services Committee. I also sit on the Resources, Legislative Budget & Audit, and Judiciary committees. Every day I seek to use my range of skills to help guide the State of Alaska towards a more fiscally-sound and sustainable future. I am excited to continue working for my neighbors in Abbott Loop, Independence Park, Huffman/O’Malley, the Lower Hillside, and Prospect Heights.