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.
My wife and I have lived in Lexington for 26 years. All three of our children attended Fiske, Diamond, and Lexington High School, giving us a strong connection to the schools and the community. We’ve become deeply involved in town life.
I have served as a Town Meeting Member for the past six years and currently serve on the Communications Advisory Committee, where I work to improve cellular service, and on the Economic Development Committee, focused on strengthening Lexington’s local economy. Experiencing the town both as a parent and as a civic volunteer has shaped my commitment to thoughtful planning, strong schools, and open local government.
Professionally, I have worked as a technology executive and investor. I hold an undergraduate engineering degree, a master’s degree in computer science, and an MBA. That background informs my focus on problem solving, long-term planning, and the responsible use of public resources, and I am committed to bringing a practical, informed perspective to Town Meeting.
Why are you running for Town Meeting?
I am running for Town Meeting to continue serving Lexington at a time when the town is making some of the largest and most consequential decisions in its history. As projects grow more complex and expensive, residents deserve clear, accessible information about how decisions are made and how public funds are used.
Over the past six years representing precinct 5, I have participated directly in many of the key decisions facing Town Meeting. I have worked to balance progress with preserving residential character, including helping advance updates to the short-term rental bylaw so rentals remain focused on visitors—not party houses or commercial uses that disrupt neighborhoods.
Looking ahead, I want to focus on greater transparency around major projects and on keeping Lexington affordable for current and future residents. In my professional life, I’ve led organizations where trust depends on clarity and discipline. I bring that same approach to Town Meeting to help Lexington make well-informed decisions and invest responsibly for the long term.
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 experience combines long-standing civic involvement with direct responsibility for leading organizations and managing budgets. I have served multiple terms as a Town Meeting Member and on town committees, where I focus on practical problem solving, clear communication, and accountability.
Professionally, I have run my own business and led a range of organizations, both larger and smaller than Lexington’s town government. In those roles, I was personally responsible for budgets, long-term planning, and results. That hands-on experience shapes how I approach Town Meeting: I believe public funds should be treated with the same care and discipline as one’s own, with clear expectations, transparency, and follow through.
As a resident who raised a family in Lexington, I care deeply about the town’s future. I work collaboratively, ask informed questions, and help evaluate tradeoffs so decisions are thoughtful and well-informed.
In Town Meeting, I’ve learned that getting results often requires listening carefully to people who disagree. When Lexington updated its short-term rental bylaw, I proposed an amendment to prevent short-term rentals from becoming “party houses” in residential neighborhoods. Several members raised thoughtful concerns, including that a strict limit could unintentionally affect normal family gatherings or be difficult to enforce.
Rather than dig in, I engaged directly with those concerns—clarifying that the goal was to stop repeated, commercial-style events by short-term renters, not neighborly get-togethers. I worked with others to find a workable compromise and agreed to an adjustment preferred by the Planning Board. That collaboration helped the amendment pass and strengthened the final rule. The experience reinforced my approach: focus on shared objectives, respect differing perspectives, and build solutions people can support.
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 most important issue to me is transparency and accountability around the major capital projects and long-term investments the town is undertaking—and ensuring residents can easily see how those projects are performing over time. As projects grow larger, more expensive, and more complex, both residents and Town Meeting members need clear, timely visibility into how they are tracking against approved budgets and schedules.
I believe the town should address this by providing a simple, consistent way for the public to follow major capital projects over time. My proposal is to create an online capital project transparency platform that presents clear, project-level information—such as approved budgets, expenditures to date, remaining balances, and schedule status—in one place. The platform would connect to the town’s existing financial and project information and focus on ongoing visibility rather than one-time reports.
Today, much of this information exists but is scattered across multiple documents and updates, making it difficult to follow progress or identify emerging issues. Nearby communities, including Arlington, Woburn, Waltham, and Concord, already use similar tools to provide transparency.
Better transparency strengthens accountability, builds trust, and helps Lexington make smarter decisions—before small issues become expensive problems.