Professional Experience

Director, Pacific Islands Washington Office (1982–Present)

• Lead government relations, strategic planning, and conference management for Pacific governments and organizations, including American Samoa, Guam, Nauru, and the Cook Islands.
• Supported initiatives with the Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal, Pacific Basin Development Council, and Pacific Islands Development Program.
• Served as Regional Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (Asia-Pacific).
• Published The Washington Pacific Report, an internationally circulated newsletter.
• Guest lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution, University of Guam, College of the Marshall Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands Humanities Council.
• Led U.S. observer delegation for the 2000 Russian and Georgian presidential elections.

Director of State & Federal Relations, Republican Governors Association (1979–1982)

• Served as political liaison between governors, the presidential campaign, and the White House.
• Managed policy committee, national conferences, convention participation, and inaugural events.
• Edited all RGA publications and launched the association’s first national fundraising program.

National Political Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1975–1979)

• Designed and directed the Chamber’s first Political Action Committee (PAC).
• Advised corporations on grassroots legislative and political strategies.
• Edited political newsletters and co-authored the corporate PAC manual.
• Regular lecturer on political strategy at the Institutes for Organization Management.

Staff Coordinator for Territorial Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (1969–1975)

• Second-ranking federal official overseeing U.S. policy toward insular territories.
• Served as Washington representative for the High Commissioner of the U.S. Trust Territory.
• Worked as White House advance representative (1971–72).

Political Positions (1967–1969)

• Director of Management Services, Presidential Inaugural Committee (1968–69).
• Research Assistant, Republican National Committee (1967–68).

Affiliations & Leadership

• Member: American Mensa, Circumnavigators Club, National Eagle Scout Association (Life Member).
• Leadership roles with: National Association of Republican Campaign Professionals, Capitol Hill Club, National Capital Interfraternity Forum (Founding President), Delta Tau Delta (Past Alumni President).
• Contributor: Pacific Islands News Association, Washington Roundtable for the Asia Pacific Press.
• Listed in Who’s Who in Politics and Who’s Who in America.

Education

• M.S.F.S., Georgetown University (1968)
• B.A., Northwestern University (1966)

Personal

Longtime member of Westminster Presbyterian Church (Christian Education Committee).

Born in Louisville, Kentucky.

Married, with three children.