| Physician at Fry Eye Associates
Trustee at Large at American Academy of Ophthalmology
Commissioner at Finney County, Kansas
Studied MBA - Master in Business Administration at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Studied Computer science at U.S. Air Force Academy
Went to Immaculata High School (New Jersey)
Studied M.D. at University of Southern California
Lives in Garden City, Kansas
From Garden City, Kansas
Joined April 2015
Clifford is the third candidate to enter the race for the district and the second from Finney County. Former Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann of Salina and former teacher Kali Barnett of Garden City have also thrown their hats in the ring. Marshall announced last weekend he will not seek re-election, instead making a bid for the U.S. Senate.
Current chairman of the Finney County Commission and president of the Finney County Republicans, Clifford has previously served on other local government boards, including the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees, Garden City Airport Advisory Board and a committee vying for construction of a new high school in Garden City. He served in the military for 10 years, the last four as a fighter jet pilot in Germany.
Today he lives just outside Garden City with his wife, a veteran and member of the Kansas State Board of Education. They have six children, five of whom are adopted. Clifford is an ophthalmologist, or eye surgeon, at Fry Eye Associates in Garden City.
Clifford said the board of trustees taught him about governance and the county commission about being mindful with taxpayer dollars and working with the state and federal governments. Because of his public positions and work at Fry Eye, he has traveled to Washington, D.C., multiple times a year, sometimes in service of his patients and at other times in service of his constituents, he said. |