I am a librarian and work at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. I have been a member of the Grand Forks Unitarian Universalist Fellowship since 1998. I served as congregation president for 6 years and am currently serving as State Chaplain for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of North Dakota. I also served 4 years as vice president of the Greater Grand Forks HIV Network. In my spare time I do wood turning, welding and machining.