Middle & High School

I have spent my entire professional life in the Pacific Northwest, growing up in South Eastern Washington, attending undergraduate school in The Treasure Valley of Idaho, and from 1987 to present in Western Oregon where I finished my graduate education at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. My wife Shelley and I are active in our local church where we teach Bible in Sunday school and home Bible studies. We are the parents of four adult children and have one grandchild. My professional education includes:

• BA – Biology Education: Northwest Nazarene College (NNU), 1984
• MA – Counseling: Oregon State University, 1989
• Initial & Continuing Administrative Credentials – University of Oregon

Professionally speaking, I have served as a middle and high school Science Teacher, Coach, Counselor, Dean of Students, Athletic Director, Assistant Principal, & Principal. My first 31 years in education were spent in the public education systems in Idaho & Oregon before coming to East Linn Christian in July of 2017. My initial plans when I started college in 1979 were to earn a degree in biology and return home to Washington and take over my father’s farm equipment business, but ultimately my plans were not the LORD’s plans (Prov.16:9). The initial change to secondary education was providential, and has been the most rewarding career imaginable. Never have I felt more fulfilled in my calling as I have since becoming an “Eagle.” Working here gives me the opportunity to address education for the whole person and not just the academic mind. I am thrilled to be able to address the historically based revelation of God first through the patriarchs, then the prophets, Christ, and the apostles (Hebrews 1:1-2)