ZINKE, Ryan, a Representative from Montana; born in Bozeman, Gallatin County,
Mont., November 1, 1961; graduated from Whitefish High School, Whitefish,
Mont., 1980; B.S., University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore., 1984; M.B.A., National
University, San Diego, Calif., 1991; M.S., University of San Diego, Calif.,
2003; United States Navy, 1985-2008; business executive; member of the Montana
state senate, 2009-2012; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for lieutenant
governor of Montana in 2012; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred
Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress until his resignation on March 1,
2017 (January 3, 2015-March 1, 2017); Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet
of President Donald J. Trump, 2017-present.