TAKING THE INITIATIVE, ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tim Beck is a 1974 graduate of the University of Detroit, where he served as student body president, and received a BA in Political Science. Upon graduation, he was employed as a staff assistant to a member of the Michigan legislature. In 1975, he entered the insurance business, and after a variety of sales and management positions, he founded his own company, Michigan Benefit Providers., Inc. in 1988, specializing in the sales and service of corporate employee benefit programs. He was a candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives and received the Republican Party nomination for Wayne County Sheriff in 2000. He was elected Executive Director of Michigan NORML in 2005. Today, his full time political focus is marijuana reform. |
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