Summary
- Highly motivated, well educated, active citizen seeking to use his experience as a business owner, volunteer, parent, and former attorney to serve Brunswick and Maine as a legislator to propose, consider and enact laws that will be beneficial to all concerned.
Personal
- 50 years old, married with three children
- Brunswick resident since 2002
Political Party
Education
- JD, School of Law, UC Berkeley, California (1995)
Juris Doctor
- BA, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania (1991)
Political Science with concentrations in International Relations and Computer Science
- High School, Highland High School, Salt Lake City, Utah (1987)
Community Service
- Rotary Club of Brunswick, Board Member
- Master Gardener Volunteer (Brunswick Dragons High School Garden project)
- Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Former Board Member
- Brunswick youth sports coach (soccer, baseball)
- NorthWest Brunswick Neighborhood Association, Former Board Member
Work Experience
- Co-Founder, Spark Applied Efficiency, South Portland, Maine (2014-2020)
- Sustainability Consultant (various projects), Brunswick, Maine (2012-2014)
- Sabbatical (with my family), Tokushima, Japan (2011-2012 academic year)
- Founder, F.W. Horch Sustainable Goods & Supplies, Brunswick, Maine (2004-2011)
- Project Coordinator, Maine Interfaith Power & Light, Brunswick, Maine (2002-2004)
- Executive Director, EcoAccess (1999-2002)
- Legal Counsel, TriNet Services, Raleigh, North Carolina (1995-1998)
- Legal Editor and Researcher, Nolo Press, Berkeley, California (1994-1995)
- Summer Law Clerk, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco, California (1994)
- Network Engineer and Technical Support, Sybex, Alemeda, California (1991-1992)
- System Administrator, Swarthmore College Computer Science Department, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (1989-1991)
Publications
Licenses and Memberships
- Rotarian, Rotary International
- Helper Electrician
- Private Pilot
- Attorney, North Carolina Bar Association (Inactive)
Languages (Natural)
- French and Spanish: limited comprehension (lived in France for six months and Chile for six months)
- Russian: very limited (three semesters in college followed by one semester language study in Moscow in 1990)
- Japanese: extremely limited (lived in Japan for 2011-2012 academic year)
Languages (Computer Programming)
- JavaScript and Python: proficient
- Shell scripts and Perl: reasonably proficient (worked as a sysadmin for several years in college and between college and law school)
- C, Pascal, BASIC, LISP, assembler, various others: used in classwork for computer science degree and for hobby projects
Hobbies and Interests
- Sustainability (transitioned our family to be "carbon clean" with electric heat, an electric car, and solar panels on our house; transitioning our yard to a permaculture garden)
- Outdoor sports: skiing (grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah), hiking, kayaking, bicycling, soccer, etc.
- Politics (lifetime independent and Green Independent since moving to Maine)
- Open source computer programming (have contributed to various projects)
- Gardening and composting
- Travel (have lived in France, Russia, Japan and Chile)
- Investing (manage small family portfolio)
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