Years Served
July 2011-Present
Committee Assignment
Agriculture & Conservation (Chairperson); Appropriations-Public Safety; Environment; Police & First Responders (Vice-Chairperson); Veterans' Affairs (Vice-Chairperson); Negotiations Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Animal Baiting Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Transportation Subcommittee; Petroleum Regulation Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson).
Biography
Financial adviser; born February 13, 1969 in Belleville, IL; graduate, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; former paratrooper, U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Desert Storm; former patrolman and assistant chief of police; member, Fraternal Order of Police, Laborers International Union of Northern America, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Catholic War Veterans; member, St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Belleville; married, has three children.