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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BS, Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1976
  • Attended, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972

Professional Experience

  • BS, Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1976
  • Attended, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972
  • Dairy Farmer
  • Chair, AgSource Cooperative Services
  • Former Director, Badger AgVest, Limited Liability Company
  • Former Director, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Founding Board Member, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Director, Marshall and Ilsley Bank
  • Advisor, Seattle Trade Talks, World Trade Organization, 1999

Political Experience

  • BS, Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1976
  • Attended, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972
  • Dairy Farmer
  • Chair, AgSource Cooperative Services
  • Former Director, Badger AgVest, Limited Liability Company
  • Former Director, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Founding Board Member, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Director, Marshall and Ilsley Bank
  • Advisor, Seattle Trade Talks, World Trade Organization, 1999
  • Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2006-present
  • Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2020
  • Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Sergeant at Arms, Majority Caucus, 2010-present

Former Chair, Elections and Campaign Reform Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Former Member, Energy and Utilities Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Member, Farm Business Management Task Force, Wisconsin Technical College System

Former Member, Jobs and the Economy Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Former Member, Labor Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Member, National Animal Identification Task Force

Former Member, Public Benefit Reform Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Former Member, Renewable Energy and Rural Affairs Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Former Chair, Small Business Development Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Shawano County Planning Department

Member, United States Policy Advisory Committees for Trade

Member, United States Technical Advisory Committees for Trade

Member, Wisconsin Emergency Preparedness and Biosecurity Task Force

Former Chair, Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

Former Director, Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium

Sergeant at Arms, Minority Caucus, 2008-2010

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Agriculture Committee

Member, Energy and Utilities Committee

Member, Family Law Committee

Member, International Affairs and Commerce Committee

Vice Chair, State Affairs Committee

Member, Tourism Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1976
  • Attended, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971-1972
  • Dairy Farmer
  • Chair, AgSource Cooperative Services
  • Former Director, Badger AgVest, Limited Liability Company
  • Former Director, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Founding Board Member, Cooperative Resources International
  • Former Director, Marshall and Ilsley Bank
  • Advisor, Seattle Trade Talks, World Trade Organization, 1999
  • Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2006-present
  • Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2020
  • Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6, 2018
  • Member, Board, Shawano County Rural Health Initiative
  • Member, Dairy Business Association
  • Member, Dairy Discovery Trip
  • Member, Dairy Trade Coalition/American Trade Coalition
  • Member, Governance and Oversight Subcommittee, United States Animal Identification Plan
  • Former Director, National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
  • Speaker, National Institute for Animal Agriculture
  • Founding Director, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
  • Chair, Rural Urban Committee, Shawano Rotary
  • Member, Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce Health Care Program
  • Member, Shawano County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
  • Former Director, Shawano County Dairy Promotions
  • Former Vice President, Shawano County Farm Bureau
  • Director, Shawano County Holstein Association
  • Member, Shawano County Republican Party
  • Former Chair, University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Profitability
  • Advisory Board, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Member, Waupaca County Republican Party
  • Member, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
  • Speaker, World Dairy Expo