Born Berlin, September 10, 1967; married; 3 children. Graduate Omro H.S. 1986; Brown Institute (MN) 1987. Assembly line operator, General Motors, Janesville. Former morning radio personality, UAW shop steward, worked on family dairy farm. Member: UAW Local 95; UAW Local CAP; Cub Scout leader Pack 137; Jefferson Co. Labor Council; Rock Co. Labor Coalition; Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Atkinson (Sunday school teacher); UAW Public Relations Committee (chp.). Former member: Fort Atkinson FFA Alumni; Fort Fest, Inc. (chp. of exec. bd.).