(2/2022) I very happy to announce that I am running for County Council at large in Frederick County. I am a lifelong Frederick County resident who loves Frederick County. I was born in Frederick and attended Governor Thomas Johnson High School. I went on at attend and graduate from Frederick Community College and then to the University of Maryland where I graduated with a degree in Economics. I later graduated from Frostburg State University with a master’s degree in business. I began my career in Frederick working for Farmers & Mechanics National Bank in 1987 working in the Trust department.

I joined FCNB Bank in 1995 to start their Trust Division. In 2001 I started my own firm in Frederick where I still work which is Maryland Financial Planners. I am a Certified Financial Planner, CFP TM. I have been blessed to live and work in Frederick County where my wife Cheryl and I have raised our 3 daughters and now we have 4 grandchildren. My wife and her family have also been small business owners running businesses for over 35 years and currently own Riverside Liquors in Frederick.

I believe strongly in education and have served on many educational Boards. I have been a Board member of Frederick County Public Schools, FCPS for the past 11 years, I served 15 years on the Board of Frederick Community College, FCC, and I was active on the national and state community college Boards where I served as President of both. I also have volunteered in FCPS through Junior Achievement and serving on the board of the academy of finance through the Career and technology center, CTC. I also have been an adjunct professor at Mount St. Mary’s University for the past 19 years. I teach Corporate Finance, Personal Finance, and Investments. I currently am a member of Frederick Rotary and serve on the boards of I Believe in Me, Love for Lochlin, and the Frederick Health planned giving committee. I have served on many more local non-profit boards. I have also been active with youth sports coaching over 25 years with GVAA, Heartbreakers, Maryland Express, Maryland Stars, Walkersville High School & Hood College. I taught Sunday School at Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ for over 10 years.