Precinct 6
Tell us a little about yourself. You can include your personal background, family, outside interests that are important to who you are as a person and a candidate.
I grew up in Lexington and was educated in the public schools in town. I moved away after college and returned in the early 90s. My professional background is financial – I was an accounting major in college, am a CPA (lapsed license) and worked in the audit group of a large public accounting firm early in my career and then moved into a financial/operational role for several professional services firms. I retired as the COO/CFO of a small financial consulting firm 7 years ago. I enjoy traveling, hiking, walking (including an annual half marathon), reading and the southern NJ shore.
How has your past experience — whether in your professional life, elected office, or as a community leader — prepared you for a role in Town Meeting?
My financial and operational background, coupled with past experience on the Town’s Appropriation Committee (6-1/2 years) and 12 years as a town meeting member in Precinct 4 have prepared me to serve as a town meeting member for Precinct 6. Much of the role of a town meeting member is to consider/evaluate the financial implications of various warrant articles and my financial knowledge is helpful in that regard.
Additionally, I am a Board member (and Treasurer) for the Cary Library Foundation (am serving in my fourth, nonconsecutive 3 year term) and a past Board member of the Lexington Symphony (4 years).
What is the most important issue in this election to you personally, and what ideas do you have about how to address this issue?
The top 3 areas that are important to me are –
1. Continuing to practice sound fiscal practices and maintaining the Town’s Aaa rating (involves balancing operational and capital needs in both the short and long-term),
2. Addressing environmental issues relating to noise, trees, energy and resource consumption to ensure that the day to day environmental impacts on the community are considered/mitigated,
3. Supporting low and moderate income housing that is appropriate for a given site (type (single/multi) and density).