Graduate Whitewater High School; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1978; M.S. Ed. in School Business Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1990.
Owner, rental property business. Former payroll benefits analyst and information analyst/ negotiator. Member of Wisconsin Air National Guard (retired, CMSgt, 33 years of service), served in Middle East in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Member: American Legion; VFW.
Elected to Whitewater City Council, 1977—81; University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Board of Visitors, 1979—89; Assembly 1990—2012. Elected to Senate since 2014.