A proud native of Arizona State, and lifelong Republican, Casey Burke Welch has two decades of leadership experience. Casey joined the U.S. Peace Corps as a Small Business Development Volunteer in Nicaragua helping create 11 agriculture cooperatives producing beef, cheese, and milk. Afterwards, Casey built a successful meat processing business from the ground up in Nicaragua. Given his strong desire to serve his country, Casey returned to public service accepting even greater challenges by working for the U.S. Government in hotspots such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Colombia. As a government official, Casey provided faithful and valuable service to the country by working in kinetic and remote areas to help stabilize towns and villages plagued by conflict between host governments and terrorist organizations. nnCasey attended ASU where he graduated with a BS in Global Business. Casey later earned three graduate degrees in business administration, public administration, and natural resources management.n nCasey looks forward to using the experience he has acquired in business and public service to represent Arizona’s second congressional district. Particularly, Casey wants to be a forceful advocate for the district in Congress and work on legislation that puts our economy and national security first.n