Initial Work Experience (1959 -1968) Farm Work (1959-1968) Cows, Hay Bales & Driving Tractor Direct Service Gas Station (1965-66) Service Station Attendant Aitkin Iron Works (1966-1968) Welding & Machinist Apprentice US Navy Career (1968 -1997) Enlisted as a fireman recruit. Advanced through the enlisted ranks to Master Chief Petty Officer - E9. Concurrent with enlisted service, commissioned as a mustang officer. Augmented to unrestricted line Special Operations Officer (1140) and attained the rank of Commander - 05. Retired from Naval Service in 1997. Last Navy assignment, US Navy Supervisor of Diving, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington DC Recent Private Sector Experience - Small Business Owner (1997 - Present) Nordland Cattle & Timber Company (1997-present) Beef Cattle Operation MN Cattleman Publications (2001-present) Newspaper Publication Formal Education Graduated Aitkin High School (Class of 1967) Bachelor of Science Degree, Occupation Health & Safety (1984) Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration (1984) Current Community Service Aitkin County Planning Commission, Chairperson Aitkin-Carlton County Farm Bureau, President MN State Cattlemen and National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Property Rights and Environmental Policy Committee, Member Aitkin Area Persian Gulf Support Group, Member Previous Elected and Other Community Service Aitkin County Board of Commissioners (Two Terms - District 2) Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Director Aitkin County Housing and Rehabilitation Authority, Commissioner Northeast Solid Waste Advisory Group, Member Mille Lac's Watershed Committee, Member Association of Minnesota Counties, Agriculture Task Force, Member Bethlehem Lutheran Church Council & Stewardship Committee Aitkin County Forest Advisory Committee, Member Aitkin County UMN Extension Committee, Member Organizational Affiliations Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association, Member Minnesota and American Farm Bureau, Member Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, Member Minnesota Trappers Association, Member National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Member Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1727, Life Member American Legion - Aitkin Lee Post 86, Member Fleet Reserve Association, Member & Past Branch Vice President National Rifle Association, Life Member