House Committee Information
Committee Name: Commerce and Consumer AffairsPosition: Member
Committee Function:It shall be the duty of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Affairs to consider all matters pertaining to commerce, banks and banking institutions; insurance companies and contracts or insurance of any character; the licensing of businesses to sell liquor; the needs of the business community; all matters relating to consumer affairs and the economic conditions of commerce and industry; all matters relating to the economic development of the state, and such other matters as may be referred to it.
Personal Biography
UNH grad, former newspaper reporter for Manchester Union Leader. Former Merrill
Lynch stockbroker. Married with two children who are now adults, Sarah Herbert
and Joshua Buzza.
Local Government Involvement
Manchester School Board member for 12 years, Manchester Alderman for 4 years, reelected for a sixth, two year term to the House of Representatives. Five terms on
Commerce, one on Ways and Means.
Miscellaneous Information:
Born in Savannah, Ga. 1949. Father in the Air Force for 26 years. Lived in Tucson, Arizona, Moses Lake,
Washington, England, Germany, and Newport News, Virginia. Hobby is understanding macroeconomics
and national finances of monetary sovereign nations. And, of course, the history of American politics.