A Neighbor. A Leader. A Voice for Ogden Valley.

I grew up in the rural West—splitting time between the mountain communities of Colorado and the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada. My high school bus ride was over an hour and a half each way, and the county I called home didn’t have a single stoplight. Life was simple, grounded, and built on hard work, and knowing your neighbors. Those values never left me.

At 18, I joined the U.S. Air Force Academy and began what became a 25-year military career. I served all over the world and retired as a Colonel after leading hundreds of airmen and managing multi-million-dollar operations. I was a war planner at the Pentagon on 9/11. I’ve worked across government, industry, and nonprofits—and I’ve learned that true leadership means listening first, then acting with integrity.

My high school sweetheart Stacey and I married in 1987. We saw the world, moving 14 times, living in seven states and Germany, and choosing to raise our family in Ogden Valley when I retired from the Air Force in 2012. We were drawn to the land, the space, the pace of life, and the sense of community. We live near the former Monastery, irrigate our pasture with Huntsville Irrigation Company water, and enjoy riding our horses. Every year I stack hay in the barn, toss bales in the snow, and drive home slow—just like any good neighbor would expect.

We love this Valley. For many years I’ve been a referee and coach for our local kids in the AYSO soccer league. I’m a horseman, and love horse packing in the wilderness, up Middle Fork, and around North Fork Park. I hunt, fish, and ski. I am equally comfortable in City Hall and mucking out horse stalls. I’ve built fences and built policy, coached kids and coached executive teams, and I care deeply about the future we’re creating here.

We are all in this together. We are all looking at the future we face and deciding for ourselves the future we want for our kids and grandkids here in District 5 and Ogden Valley. If it was easy, it would already have been done. Growth is coming whether we like it or not, and I will work with you to make sure we grow wisely, protect what makes this Valley special, and build a local government that serves the people, not the other way around.

I’m running for City Council in District 5 because I believe that we can create a future that we all want. Successfully working with executive councils, be they non-profit Boards, elected city councils, or Colonels in the Pentagon, can be really challenging. I am a team builder. I seek out wise council from all sides of an issue before I decide, as I know that I do not know all the history nor have all the answers.

This isn’t about politics—it’s about home. I’m not running to build a résumé. I’m running because I love this place, and I want to give back to the people who’ve welcomed us and shaped our lives here.