Waltham has been my only home and our city's future is uncertain. Recent Lexington developments are putting Ward 3 neighborhoods at risk and the open spaces off Trapelo Road have not been used properly. Wellington Farm on Trapelo Road has been dormant for years and was left incomplete, wasting taxpayers' dollars. Ward 3 needs active representation for local issues, and I will put constituent service as my top priority. This is what drove me to run for city council.

After renting on the south side and in the highlands for several years, my parents bought their first home on Seminole Ave in Ward 3. I attended MacArthur Elementary and Kennedy Middle Schools, graduated from Waltham High in 1992 and Purdue University in 1996. My wife Kristie, a library teacher at Whittemore Elementary School, and I rented a small apartment on the south side and scraped and saved enough to buy a fixer upper in Waltham. Using eighteen years' worth of sweat equity, we bought our forever home in 2020. We have been Waltham homeowners and taxpayers since 2002.

Our son Billy graduated from Waltham High in 2022 and just finished his first year at the UNH. Our son Michael will be a senior at Waltham High School. Our family unit grew recently when Kristie's mother moved in with us. My parents, grandmothers, my brother and sister and their families and aunts, uncles and cousins all chose Waltham as their home. Many in Ward 3.

Waltham is a great city to live, work and play. We have an enviable balance of high property values and city services combined with low taxes. I have always worked to improve our city and quality of life, whether it be coaching or organizing youth sports, fundraising, organizing parades, volunteering on non-profit boards or school principal selection committees. Mayor McCarthy appointed me to serve on the board of health in 2006 and I continue to serve today. I was also appointed by the Mayor as the School Building Committee Community Liaison in 2020. I now want to take my service to Waltham a step further and serve Ward 3 on the city council.

I love Waltham and all the opportunity it has to offer. I want to stand up for our neighborhoods with an active, forward-thinking voice. Local issues matter. Family values matter. So do single-family neighborhoods and their character. I am an experienced community leader with no debts to special interest groups and have no conflicts of interest that prevent me from being an effective city councillor.

Resume & Community Involvement

Education

• Waltham High School Class of 1992

• Purdue University Class of 1996                              

Employer

• Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners Healthcare) - IT Manager. I manage and lead a team of analysts and software developers for Population Health, Reporting, Value-Based Care and Ambulatory Care.

Community Involvement & Volunteer Work

• Waltham City Councilor, Ward 3, January 7, 2023 to present

• City of Waltham Board of Health, 2006-present

• Board Member, Waltham Education and Beyond Foundation

• Board Member, Waltham Museum

• Board Member, Waltham Lions Club

• Past President, Waltham Youth Baseball, 2012-21

• Past President, Waltham Gridiron Foundation, 2019-22

• Member, Waltham Land Trust

• Member, Waltham Triad Lodge

• Community and Neighborhood Liaison to Waltham School Building Committee, 2020-21

• Treasurer, Waltham 135th Anniversary Parade Committee, 2019

• Waltham High School Principal Screening Committee 2018-19

• Waltham High School Associate Principal Screening Committee, 2019

• Waltham High School Class of 2022 Parent Advisory Board

• Former Member, Waltham Schools Technology Advisory Council

• Former Coach, Kennedy Middle School Baseball

• Former Coach, Waltham YBA Basketball

• Former Coach, Waltham Youth Soccer

• Former Coach, Waltham Police Athletic League Basketball

• Founder, Watching Waltham Podcast