Senator Dave Lent (R)

DLent@senate.idaho.gov
District 33
3rd term
1186 Caysie Cir, Idaho Falls, ID, 83402
Home (208) 521-0716
Statehouse (208) 332-1313 (Session Only)
Nuclear Facility Training Manager (Retired)
Committees:
Education – Vice Chair
Finance

Graduate of Eastern Idaho Technical College and Idaho State University; national credential in Radiation Protection; site-wide Training Manager for Fluor Idaho at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) where he was responsible for both regulatory and facility specific training programs; served as chair for the Energy Facilities Contracting Group; received a Distinguished Leadership award at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington D.C. for regulatory reform and cost-cutting initiatives; consulted in the nuclear power industry in both radiation protection and training; managed several multimillion-dollar projects and has participated in mission critical activities at the INL since 1980; served on the Idaho Falls School District 91 Board of Trustees since 2006, where he played a key role in replacing four elementary schools and transitioning a junior high into a successful project-based high school; invited by Idaho Falls Mayor Casper to participate on committee that eventually recommended the creation of the College of Eastern Idaho; wife Terri is known throughout the community for her work teaching the performing arts to youth; Dave and Terri have five children and twelve grandchildren and enjoy hosting family and friends at their Spencer cabin and boating on area waters.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Lance R. Hansen – Superintendent of Schools

Executive Secretary: Heather Knight / 208.748.3043

Oversight: Under direction of the Board of Directors, oversees all functions of the District as well as administrative and certificated personnel. Directs legal, policy and financial matters as well as public relations. Manager of the District including the following student services: transportation, maintenance, custodial and food services; and directs the District’s network administration and staff. Provides management of human resources including recruitment, hiring, supervision and evaluation, wage and salary scales, job descriptions, employment history files and appropriate filing of personnel reports with the state. Additionally, provides oversight for Educational Support Personnel/classified staff.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.

Dave McKinney was elected to the ACHD Commission in 2020. McKinney holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in highway and transportation engineering and a law degree. He initially moved to the Treasure Valley in 1991 and began his engineering career designing and building highways, bridges, and other infrastructure projects for ACHD, ITD, and other government and private entities, earning his Professional Engineer’s license in 1995. McKinney left Idaho to attend law school and returned in 2012. Since 1998 he has practiced law as a registered patent attorney in Utah and Idaho and has remained involved in public affairs and transportation matters as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner in Utah, and as a member of the Meridian Transportation Commission prior to joining the ACHD Commission.

The Ada County Highway District Board of Commissioners is a non-partisan, locally elected government entity. The Board is made up of five members, divided into geographic districts, with each member serving a four-year term. The five elected Commissioners provide direction and set policies impacting the public right-of-way within the district. They have the authority to construct, maintain, acquire, and improve Ada County roadways and public right-of-way, either directly with the ACHD team or by contract.

The Commission holds scheduled meetings at 12pm on the first, second and third Wednesday of the month. The Commission meets at 6pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. The Commission does not meet on the fifth Wednesday of the month. Special meetings are scheduled as needed.

Here We Have Idaho is a local radio show heard on KSPD 790 AM and 94.5 FM translator. Here We Have Idaho is a show focusing on celebrating Idaho and all that makes Idaho great. Hear We Have Idaho will focus on the issues and events that impact Idaho’s citizens and families. Each week we will visit those that are writing Idaho’s story and keeping the spirit of our state song alive with hosts Victor Miller and Tom Luna.