
	After graduating from Utah State University in 1997, Mr. Woolf interned at the Idaho State Controller&rsquo;s Office, and rose through the ranks serving as a training specialist in the office&rsquo;s Division of Statewide Payroll, bureau chief, division administrator over Statewide Payroll and deputy chief of staff.
	
	He earned a Masters of Business Administration from Boise State University in 2006 while working full time at the State Controller&rsquo;s Office.
	
	In 2011 Mr. Woolf was appointed chief of staff for State Controller Donna Jones. Following her automobile accident in May 2012, Governor Otter, at State Controller Jones&rsquo; recommendation, appointed him temporary acting State Controller. Following Ms. Jones&rsquo; retirement in October of 2012, Governor Otter appointed Mr. Woolf as permanent State Controller to serve the remainder of Ms. Jones&rsquo; term, which expires in January of 2015.
	
	Mr. Woolf and his wife Janalee, who is from Preston, Idaho, married in 1994 and have three children: Brittney, Justin, and Bailey. Mr. Woolf and his family are actively involved in their church and its youth groups. He&rsquo;s also an avid runner and speaks, reads and writes Dutch fluently.
