Raised on a California peach orchard, the small business owner from Live Oak spent 20 years maintaining industrial equipment for large power and water development projects throughout the western United States. He handled multi-million budgets, trained workers, and conducted system-wide evaluations of the various projects.
In addition to running a peach and prune farm in Sutter County — Paul works as an asbestos contractor, a pest control advisor and a property insurance adjuster.
He and his wife, Andrea, have three children, including an adult child living in England.