Background
- Elected Washtenaw County Clerk & Register of Deeds in 2004
- Attorney, member State Bar of Michigan and Computer Law Section
- Staff specialist, Health and Retirement Study, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, 1998-date
- Adjunct faculty, Eastern Michigan University, teaching graduate course in historic preservation law, 1992-2000
- Academic specialist, MSU Political Science department, 1995-98
- Analyst and computer lab director, MSU School of Criminal Justice, 1993-95
- Washtenaw County Commissioner, 2000-02; vice-chair of Working Session
- Ingham County Commissioner, 1983-88; chair of Personnel, Administrative Services committees
- Member, Ann Arbor Historic District Commission, 1992-98; chair, 97-98
- Creator and webmaster of PoliticalGraveyard.com, popular web site on U.S. political history, 1996-2004
- Member Sierra Club, ACLU, Pittsfield Union Grange
- Married to Janice Gutfreund, six-year-old daughter Sarah in public elementary school; active members of Temple Beth Emeth congregation in Ann Arbor
