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Professional Career:
- Chairman of the Nebraska Public Service Commission 2004, 2005, and 2010
- Elected to the Public Service Commission in November, 2004 and November, 2010
- Appointed to the Public Service Commission on August 7, 2001
Committees:
- Current:
- Member, Ag Energy Work Group 25 x 25 Steering Committee
- Member, McCook Tree Board
- Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- Committee on Water
- Committee on Critical Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Clean Coal and Carbon Sequestration
- Member, E911 Advisory Board
- Member, Nebraska Information & Technology Commission Community Council
- Past:
- Member, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Committee of Visitors
- Member, Governor Mike Johanns Agriculture Advisory Council
- Advisor to the Chief of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Member, Governors Republican River Basin Advisory Commission
- Member, Western Governors Association Great Plains Partnership Council
- Chairman, Middle Republican Natural Resources Board of Directors
- President, Republican Valley Conservation Association
- President, McCook Chamber of Commerce
- President, McCook Rotary Club
- President, Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
- President and Vice President, National Association of Conservation Districts
- Testified before the US Senate Agriculture Committee and the US House of Representatives Agriculture and Public Works Committees
- Member, Board of Trustees, National Conservation Foundation
- Member, National Geographic Society Non-Point Source Forum
Education:
Graduated from McCook High School and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration from the University of Nebraska.
Personal Data:
Born in McCook, Nebraska, November 9, 1940. He and his wife Sherry have three children,
Jeff, Tim and Stephanie, five grandsons and one granddaughter.
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