Ron Zelt (Republican)

White Bluff
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009
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Husband of Cindy (teacher) for 40 yr; father of 4 (including 2 veterans, 1 engineer, 1 educator).
Christian since 1974; Detroit Lutheran East H.S.-graduate 1975.
Pro-life, pro-first-amendment, pro-second-amendment, pro-energy, pro-agriculture, pro-small-business.
Hobbies in retirement include gardening, landscaping, carpentry, archery, and self-improvement.
9-year resident of Cheyenne; 26-year taxpayer of Wyoming.
Ron came from Michigan to Nebraska in 1976 to attend college at Concordia, Seward. He received a B.S. in 1981, and an M.A. in Geography from Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988, and later earned an M.S. in Watershed Science from Colorado State Univ., with his thesis on wildfire effects near Pahaska, Wyo. During 1987-88 Ron also began his federal science career with student trainee positions with USGS and CIA, where he acquired and applied skills in the emerging fields of GIS and digital cartography.

Retired federal hydrologist with 34-yr career of civilian public service, 1987-2021.
USGS Hydrologist (31 yr; various locations) most recently as "reports specialist"–reviewing science information for technical, policy, and editorial quality.
Supervisory Hydrologist (14 yr) and Associate Director, USGS Nebraska Water Science Center, Lincoln.
Cartographer or Carto. Tech./Aid (3 yr), U.S. Geological Survey, Lincoln, NE, and CIA, Langley, VA

2002 M.S. Watershed Science (Fluvial Geomorph. Concentration), Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins. Thesis: "Channel and woody debris in adjacent burned and unburned watersheds"
1988 M.A. Geography (Digital Cartography Concentration), Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln.
1981 B.S. Education (Elem.; Geography Concentration), Concordia College, Seward, Nebr. (Honors)
Also studied at Univ. of Kansas (credit for 3 courses), and distance learning through Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension (credit for 1 course).

Family Harvest Church, Cheyenne (2 yr)
Christian Faith Church, Sacramento, CA (3 yr)
Cheyenne Missionary Alliance (4 yr)
Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship, Lawrence, KS (8 yr)
Youth basketball coach at Family YMCA, Cheyenne.
Men’s fellowship or study group leader/attender (various churches/cities, incl. Cheyenne; Lincoln, NE)
Instructor for Personal Finance Makeover class, Sacramento, CA (1 yr)

Alarmed at federal power-grabbing and misleading of the public.
Alarmed at state-level growth of government and ignoring common sense and the voice of the general public.
Want to see grass-roots voices heard at all levels of government.
Want to see common citizenry empowered and involved in their governance.
Working to see states begin to reign in federal government:
- Fiscal responsibility: e.g., balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- Ending of “politician” as a career: e.g., term limits on federal officials and Congress.
- Get federal government out of state/local elections, education, and law enforcement.

Legislative -- Stop allowing voters to change party registrations between primary and general elections.
Voter Mobilization -- Increase Republican voter turnout for both Primary and General Elections.
Legislative -- Need Wyoming state legislature to call for an Article 5 convention to reign in federal government (Convention of States).