Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Born: Illinois

Parents:
Dr. L.R. Overby, of Tennessee, Scientist-Health Care Researcher (Deceased)
Elizabeth M. Overby, of Kentucky, Chemist and Homemaker (Deceased)

Education:
Bachelors of Science, Geological Science, University of the Pacific Masters of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin

Family:
Wife, Sandra Lynn of Olympia, Washington
Children: Jeremy Ryan age 13, Claire Elizabeth age 12

Faith: Attend Forest Hill Church Charlotte

Professional History:
Twenty-eight years as an Environmental Engineer/Consultant. Personally led the clean up of more than twenty severely contaminated sites.  Designed systems to prevent contamination of the air, water and soil.

Business Experience:
Vice President at a 16,000 employee engineering company.  Responsible for profit and loss.  Managed engineering projects multi-million dollar budgets.  I have work experience throughout the U.S. and internationally.

Author: Author of the book “Who Will Speak for the American Ideal?”

Public Service: I am a volunteer with the following organizations:
Crisis Assistance Ministry
BRIDGE jobs
ECO Inc. (Energy Committed to Offenders)
Hope Haven Inc. Drug Rehabilitation
Charlotte Emergency Housing
Goodwill Industries VIEW program

My National Heroes:
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Susan B. Anthony, Harry S Truman, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy.  You will see one common thread binding these people; each reached toward our aspirations as a country and refused to submit to fear.

A Critical Time in our History

The 2008 election is one of the most important elections in our history.  It is an election where we will choose to restore our national values, we will choose to take back our Government, and we will choose to re-ignite the beacon of light that once illuminated the path to the American dream.

We will return to our core values of human dignity, justice, freedom in our person and faith, and we will once again help others in a time of crisis.

We will reject the failed political vision of the last decade where fear, anger and distrust charted our course.  We will hear the call for change and we will answer.  This is why Ross Overby wants to serve you in Congress.

A Time for Change

Ross Overby is running in the 9th District of North Carolina, a district that includes portions of Mecklenburg, Union, and Gaston Counties.  He is fighting the status quo in Washington that lives on special interest money while overlooking the challenges of daily life for many Americans.  We need an energy policy for the needs of the 21st  century, we need to get the waste out of health care costs and provide affordable access to care for every American, and we need to focus on quality education and economic development for all Americans.

Who is Ross Overby

Ross is a man who has lived a real life. He is not part of any political machine.  He earns a paycheck, saves as much as he can to build security for his family, and invests in his family’s future.  He and his wife Sandra have two children -- Jeremy and Claire.  Ross brings the real family experience to Congress.