Town Moderator

Candidate, New Hampshire State Senate, District 1, 2018

Senator, New Hampshire State Senate, District 1, 2012-2018

Minority Leader, New Hampshire State Senate, 2015-2018

Representative, New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1988-1990

Candidate, New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1986

Executive Director, Council for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions, New Hampshire, present

Former Member, Election Law and Internal Affairs Committee, New Hampshire State Senate

Former Member, Executive Departments and Administration Committee, New Hampshire State Senate

School District Moderator, present

Freelance Writer, New Hampshire Business Review, present

Legal Columnist, New Hampshire Magazine, present

Education Columnist, Parenting New Hampshire Magazine, present

Teacher, Civics and Social Studies, White Mountains Regional High School

Writer/Columnist/Reporter, Salmon Press

Teacher, Walden School

Teacher, Whitefield Middle School

Manager, Woodburn House Restaurant, 2003-2009

Co-Founder/Owner, Historic Properties, 1994-2005

Campaign Manager, Congressman Dick Swett, 1990-1994

Chair, Democratic Party, New Hampshire, 1997-1999

Member, 17th Constitutional Convention, New Hampshire, 1984

Awards:

In 2012 he was honored by the New Hampshire Press Association as the columnist of the year.

Favorite Quote:

" Small towns are a rich blend of savagery and philosophy."
- E.B. White

"It's better to untie than to cut." Robert Frost

"Amateurs wait for inspiration, pros get to work." Phillip Roth

"to love wisdom [is] to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust."
-Thoreau