A Representative from Florida. Born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga. , August 23, 1964. Graduated from Lakeland High School, Lakeland, Fla. , 1982. B. S. , United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. , 1986. M. B. A. , Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla. , 1994. Attended the Air Command and Staff College, Montgomery, Ala. United States Navy, 1986-2000. United States Navy Reserve, 2000-2012. Insurance agency owner. Commissioner, Lakeland, Fla. , 2018-2021. Mayor pro tem, Lakeland, Fla. , 2020. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2021-present).