Graduate of Salmon River High School, Riggins. 38 years of business experience founding multiple businesses with husband, encompassing logging, trucking, ranching, tourism, aerial firefighting, back country freight, and powerline construction. Past Grangeville JSD#241 school board member and founding Salmon River JSD#243 school board chairman. Current secretary of the Helicopter Association International (HAI) Restricted & Experimental Category Aircraft (RECA) Working Group and member of the HAI Utilities, Patrol, and Construction (UPAC) Working Group. Resides on the family ranch along Salmon River which has been in the Carlson family for almost 100 years.
