Farmer/manager of farm six miles northwest of Brooklyn

Substitute teacher B.G.M. High School and Middle School 2011-2012

Rabiner Treatment Center at Marshalltown 2010-2011. Subjects taught include: six-eighth grade Geography, high school World History, American History, Health, Basic Math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra

Houston Independent School System 1997-2010. Subjects taught include: six grade World History, 9th grade World Geography, 12th grade U.S. Government, 12th grade Ethics, 11th grade Model United Nations, 12th grade AP Macro Economics, and 12th grade Economics

Weslaco Independent School District 1989-1997 Taught: seventh grade Texas History and eighth grade U.S. History

University of Iowa Graduate Assistant 1987-1989 Taught undergraduates: Introduction to Teaching Social Studies, Social Studies Education Theory and Methods, and supervised Social Studies student-teachers at various junior highs and high schools in and near Iowa City

United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Liberia, West Africa 1984-1987 and Lesotho, 1979-1980, Secondary school classes: 11th Grade World Geography, seventh grade Sociology, and sixth grade Agriculture and farm manager and on board of directors of a community operated farm

Grinnell Independent School District, Grinnell, Iowa Fall 1984, Middle school substitute teacher

Mt. Pleasant Independent School District, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 1983-1984 Seventh grade Sociology and eighth grade World History

Sacred Heart School, Waterloo, Iowa 1980-1983 Seventh and eighth grade Sociology and American History

Self-employed as a wildflower seed retailer and landscaper. Name: Broad View Seed, 2011-present. 2010 to present, farmer/farm manager at Mom’s farm.

Store cashier, Walmart, Grinnell, Part time, seasonal 2013-2015

Grocery store cashier, Hy-Vee, Grinnell, IA Part time, 2011-2012

Associate of Acts Degree, Mount Saint Clare College, Clinton, Iowa 1974 Bachelor General Studies Degree, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1979

Master of Arts in Social Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa 1989

Continuing education study spanning 1980-2010: University of Northern Iowa, University of Houston Downtown Campus, University of Houston Main Campus, Houston Community College, Texas State University at San Marcos, A&I Texas University at Kingsville, Baylor University, Rice University, and in service sessions with Houston I.S.D.

Member of Prime Timers of Central Iowa, Gay Men’s social organization

Member of First Friday Breakfast Club, LGBTQ social and college scholarship funding organization headquartered in Des Moines

Member of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. Washington DC fly-in, 2017 and 2019

Member of ICCI Action delegation to the People’s Summit, Chicago, June 2017

County-wide elected official, Poweshiek County Soil and Water Commissioner, Term of office: 2018-2021

Iowa Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners Conference, Ames, 2019

Member of Iowa Farmers Union. Delegate to National Farmers Union’s Washington DC fly-in, 2018

Poweshiek County REAP delegate to the State Capital’s Resource Enhancement and Protection Congress, January 2018

Member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Grinnell, 2010-2023, Lead organizer of three presentations hosted by St. Mary Church about climate change and LTE articles about climate change published in Catholic Diocese of Davenport’s newspaper

Lead organizer of Climate Change presentation at St. Francis Manor’s Social Center, 2016 and same presentation given at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grinnell, 2016

Guest speaker on Climate Change topic, First Friday Breakfast Club, Des Moines, 2015

Al Gore Climate Change Initiative leadership training, May 2015

Volunteer work at Pilgrim Heights Camp and Retreat Center, Montour, Iowa 2011-2015

Phi Delta Kappa Member 1989-2011

Elected representative for Site Decision Making Committee, Sharpstown High School, Houston I.S.D. Term of office: 2008-2010

Elected representative for Site Decision Making Committee, Austin High School, Houston I.S.D. Term of office: 2006-2008

Bilateral Arab-American Chamber of Commerce: appointed delegate on an education delegation to Qatar, Middle East, 2009

World Affairs Council of Houston, 2004 award for outstanding lesson plan and awarded travel scholarship to study Egyptian culture, 2008

Economics Campus Coordinator for Junior Achievement of America, H.I.S.D.

Certification of English as a Second Language, Texas

State of Texas Life Certification of Social Studies Composite, State of Texas

Member of Texas Council on Economic Education and Texas Council on Social Studies Education, 2005-2010

Teachers as Historians, study grant, Summer 2005, and Summer 2006

College Board Certification of Advanced Placement Economics, 2000

Intervention Assistance Team Member, Barbra Jordan High School, H.I.S.D., 2002

U.S. Constitution Institute, study grant, Texas State University, 1991

Superintendent’s Advisory Committee Member, Weslaco I.S.D.

U.S. State Department Fulbright Fellowship study grant, Mexican culture, travels to various parts of Mexico during study, Summer 1993

Professor’s Assistant (P.A.), University of Iowa, Social Science Department, 1987-1989

University of Iowa appointed delegate to Midwest University Consortium on International Affairs, internship grant, at State Department, Washington, D.C., three months: Summer 1988

U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Liberia 1984-1987

U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Lesotho 1979-1980

Certification for teaching secondary Social Studies subjects, State of Iowa beginning 1979

Student Senator, University of Iowa, 1978-1979

Nursing Assistant/Orderly certification, University of Iowa Hospitals, 1975

Catholic Worker, Day Care Director, Chicago South-Side, Summer 1975

State-wide Secretary of College Young Republicans, 1974

Member of Who’s Who in Junior Colleges, 1974

President of Student Body, Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, Iowa, 1973-1974

Drama Club Member, Mount St. Clare College,1972-1974

Iowa Department of Transporation employee, summers of 1972, 1973

Son of American Legionnaire, volunteer worker at Veterans Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, during 1970’s

England, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Lesotho, South Africa, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Morocco, Qatar, Egypt

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