I am a 68-year-old Colorado Native and have lived at my current Lakewood home address for more than 30 years and have invested my life and family in the Green Mountain area. I have raised three children—two daughters and one son—at the Lakewood residence and would not consider residing in any other location. I take pride in my home, community and its surroundings, and proud to be a Native of Colorado. I have a Bachelor degree in Information Systems Management from Metropolitan State University, and attended Denver University. I worked in the Information Technology (IT) field for 32 years and have been retired for 9 years. My IT tenure Included managing datacenters, IT personnel, computer systems and project management. I also taught Computer Management Science and Metropolitan State Collage. Currently serving on the Green Mountain Water & Sanitation District Board of Directors (GMWSD), appointed June 2024.

My home and Colorado have been important to me my whole life, that is why I have never left the state, even though I have had very lucrative opportunities to do so in my career. The Colorado way of life, the environment, and open space lifestyle are what make Colorado special and a desirable place to live and rase a family. The state has grown at a fast rate, sometimes without fair checks and balances to infrastructure and resources. I feel we need to take care of what Colorado has to offer before it’s gone and too late. This has always been a concern for me since I was a young boy in the Boy Scouts camping in the mountains, and my farther who would teach me about his respect for land and resources growing up on the family ranch in Gardner Colorado, which is still in the family. One thing he would say to me over and over was about land usage “They are not making any more Land”, when it’s gone its gone, which made me think about what we have here in Colorado when I as a young boy until now, and how lucky we all are to live in Colorado.

We all need to take responsibility for the limited resources and environment we have here in Colorado. So, I aim to retain my position on the Green Mountain Water & Sanitation District Board to continue supporting the Green Mountain residents’ Water and Sanitation needs and interests. I am a limited growth proponent with fair and comprehensive oversite within the GMWSD district, and work to maintain and respect the limited water and sanitation resources within the district. I don’t want developers to come into the district, using GMWSD as a pass-through to our limited resources and services, without fair checks and balances. I strive to meet the expectations and wishes of the residents within the district I represent.