Place of Birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma

Practical and Professional experience: Retired U.S. Army 1994, Funeral Director for Mills & Mills/Olympic Funeral Home in Olympia 1994-2000, Deputy Coroner for Thurston County Coroner's Office 2000-2007, L3 Communications: training and outfitting servicemen and women for combat, 2007-2008. Life and Health Insurance Agent, 1994-Present. Advance Planning Manager for Whiteside Family Mortuaries, 2000-Present.

Education/Training: Monterey Peninsula College (Administration of Justice), St. Louis School of Medicine (Medicolegal Death Investigation), Mt. Hood Community College (Mortuary Sciences), Iowa State University (Mass Fatality Studies), Texas A&M University (National Response and Rescue Training Center), Department of Homeland Security at Emmitsburg, MD (Development and Supervision of Training).

Other: Established and developed Mass-Fatality program for Region III (Grays Harbor, Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Pacific Counties), Encompassing training, equipping, coordination and response for a Mass-Fatality event within the Region. Developed the first human remains post-recovery and maintenance system of it's kind in the world.

Wife: Kim
Sons: Arthur, Andrew, Matthew