After working for eight years as a registered nurse, I returned to college and earned a Master’s Degree as a Nurse Practitioner from the College of St. Catherine’s. Currently, I am employed as a Nurse Practitioner by the Fond du Lac band of Ojibwa. I live in Duluth with my wife Jennifer, a physician, and our two daughters; Mary age 17, and Clare age 14 and our furry besties, Gabby (pictured) and our cat Stew (who really wishes he was pictured here.)
I grew up just outside Superior, Wisconsin, in a family in which public service was a way of life, and have worked hard to live up to that ideal. I graduated from Superior Senior High, attended the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and graduated in 1997 from UW-Madison with a nursing degree.
I have served on multiple Duluth City Council committees including the Personnel Committee and the Public Utilities Commission. On the St. Louis County Board, I chaired the Public Safety Committee in 2014 and have been chair of the Health and Human Services Committee from 2015 to present.