Date/Place of Birth:
January 21, 1950
Upper Kalskag, Alaska

Residency in Alaska:
Upper Kalskag: 1950 - 1959
Aniak: 1959 - 1996
Mt. Edgecumbe: 1965 - 1969
California: 1970 - 1972
Anchorage: 1973 - 1989
Aniak: 1989 - present

Family:
Wife - Angela
Children - Mona, Mary, Buddy (Carl), Fia (Sophia),
     Philip
Seven Grand Children

Education:
Mt Edgecumbe High School: Graduated 1969
Northrup Institute of Technology: 1971 - 1972
IBEW Apprenticeship Program: 1972 - 1976
   - Journeyman's License

Alaska State House of Representatives: 1999 - present
Chair, Community & Regional Affairs Committee:
     2003 - present
Co-Chair, Community & Regional Affairs Committee:
     1999 - 2002
Co-Chair, Special Committee on Fisheries:
     1999 - 2000
Joint Armed Services Committee: 2003 - present
Joint Legislative Salmon Task Force: 2003 - present
Rules Committee: 2001 - present
Resources Committee: 1999 - 2000, 2003
Special Committee on Economic Development, Trade
     & Tourism Committee: 2001 - 2002
Health, Education & Social Services Committee:
     1999 - 2000
Finance Subcommittees:
   - Community & Economic Development:
     1999 - present
   - Education & Early Development: 2003 - present
   - Transportation & Public Facilities: 1999 - present
   - Revenue: 2001 - 2002
   - Community & Regional Affairs: 1999 - 2000
   - Fish & Game: 1999 - 2000
Bush Caucus: 1999 - present

Other Political and Government Positions:

Member, U.S. President's Board of Advisors on Tribal
     Colleges and Universities: 2003 - present
Chair, Western Interior Federal Subsistence Advisory
     Committee: 1997 - 1998
Western Interior Federal Subsistence Advisory
     Committee: 1996 - present
Chairman, KNA, Executive Committee: 1996 - 1998 Aniak Traditional Council: 1990 - 2001
Kuskokwim Native Association: 1990 - 2001
   - Executive Committee: 1996 - 2001
Mayor of the City of Aniak: 1991 - 1996

Business and Professional Positions:
Calista Corporation: 1991 - present
   - Board of Directors/Treasurer

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
National Rifle Association
IBEW: 1972 - 1991
Interior Rivers RC & D

Special Interests:
Hunting, Fishing, Snow Machining, Boating

biography last updated 2/3/2004

Chair:
Community & Regional Affairs Committee

Member:
Rules Committee
Joint Armed Services Committee
Salmon Task Force Joint Committee

Finance Subcommittees:
Community & Economic Development
Education & Early Development
Transportation & Public Facilities