HISTORY

* IBEW Local Union 160 member since 1970
* Shop Steward at Xcel Energy's Black Dog Plant for 8 years
* Elected to Local Union 160's Executive Board in 1984
* Elected as President of Local Union 160 in 1987 & 1990
* Appointed as Business Representative in 1992
* Appointed as Business Manager/Financial Secretary in 2004
* Elected Business Manager/Financial Secretary in 2005 & 2008
* Negotiated Labor Agreements for NSP/Xcel Energy since 1987
* Negotiated Labor Agreements for Herc/Covanta Energy since 1994
* Negotiated first Labor Agreements for Xcel Energy's Radiation Protection/ 
   Chemistry Protection
* Negotiated first Labor Agreements for Xcel Energy Planners/Schedulers
* Currently the President of the IBEW Minnesota State Council
* Currently Chairman of the Mo-Valley Line Apprenticeship Program
* Completed University of Minnesota-Labor Services, Shop Steward,
   Psychology of Union Leadership, Investigating Employers, Grievance
   Training & Presenting Arbitration Cases, IBEW Business Manager Orienta-
   tion course at the 6th District/University of Wisconsin, School for Workers