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Bowers Field Joint Operating Agreement Advisory Committee <br />Appointed by Senator Murray to the Federal Judicial Merit Selection <br />Committee to review and recommend the appointee to a new judgeship <br />position for the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of <br />Washington; the committee consisted of eight members from Eastern <br />Washington charged with investigating and interviewing judicial applicants <br />from the area (2013) <br />4. Please detail your business planning experience. <br />Not really sure how to answer this as "business planning experience" implies <br />to me just thinking about doing something rather than actually doing it and <br />getting the scars. But, I have formed and presently own or have owned <br />several different business entities including a petrochemical blending <br />facility, both a commercial and residential real estate development company, <br />different investment companies, and a law firm, some with revenues well <br />over six digits. Development of real property, in particular, involves the <br />constant reevaluation of options and outcomes, whether financial, structural <br />or political. I have also formed well over a hundred corporations, limited <br />liability companies, and limited and general partnerships for clients over the <br />years. The formation of all of these entities involved financial and tax <br />planning, ownership structuring, private or commercial financing options, <br />and on-going operational and management matters. For my own account <br />and for others, I have negotiated and/or participated, in the aggregate, in <br />literally hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and business <br />transactions of many types, including leases and business financial <br />transactions with local and national buyers, sellers, tenants, banks, insurance <br />companies and pension funds. I have formed, managed and/or served as <br />trustee for numerous trusts of substance and am active in the financial <br />markets on a daily basis. I have a finance degree from the U of W and could <br />go on about all this ad nauseam. If this answer is not responsive to your <br />inquiry, let me know, and I will try again. <br />5. What experience do you have relative to economic development? <br />In 1981 I became president of what was then the Ellensburg Chamber of <br />Commerce at a time when there were serious discussions at the state level <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />