The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Married
Birth date: 12/26/1976
Birthplace: Ahwaz, Iran
Home City: MD
Religion:

Profession

Senior Associate/Alliance for Massage Therapy Education Managing Director, Coulter Companies/Coulter Nonprofit Management, 2008-present PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, Atlantic Edge Dive Center, 2008-present Program Coordinator, Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research, 2007-2008 Development Assistant, The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont, 2006-2007 Peace Corps Health Volunteer, Peace Corps, Zambia, 2002-2005 Wildland Firefighter, United States Forest Service, 1995-1998

Education

Attending, Intercultural Leadership, Service, and Management/Sustainable Development, School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont BA, Spanish, University of Nevada, Reno, 2000 BS, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, 2000

Committees

Environmental Matters
Subcommittee on Environment
Subcommittee on Land Use and Ethics

SB 433 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Private Passwords
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 236 Septic System Installation Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 433 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Private Passwords
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 373 Raises the School Drop-Out Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 441 Authorizes Subsidies for Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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SB 433 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Private Passwords
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 236 Septic System Installation Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 433 Prohibits Employers from Asking for Private Passwords
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 373 Raises the School Drop-Out Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 441 Authorizes Subsidies for Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 443 Establishes State Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 650 Reduces prison sentences for inmates gaining education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 438 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 994 Increasing Sales and Use Tax on Alcoholic Beverages
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 167 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 690 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 302 Parole Approval
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 235 Prohibiting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 70 2012-2013 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment 223923 Civil Marriage Protection Act
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 302 Parole Approval
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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