Meet Steve:

• Family: Wife Paula, and children Katherine, William, Michael, Daniel and Andrew  
• Served five years in the Minnesota Legislature (third term)
• Named a "Guardian of Small Business" by the National Federation of Independent Business
• Named a "Champion of Minnesota Community Hospitals" by the Minnesota Hospital Association
• Named a "Voice for Public Health" by the Minnesota Medical Association 
• Named "Minnesota Public Policy Official of the Year 2009" by Associated Builders and Contractors
• Volunteer, Church of St. Peter, St. Cloud
• Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 106
• Volunteer, POW/MIA Freedom Flight crew