I am a community leader who wants to serve the people of Des Moines. I have lived here for 17 years and serve as president for the Des Moines Police Foundation and as captain of my neighborhood block watch. I care about providing recreation and fitness opportunities for our children and adults. I also believe that there should be no conflicts of interest for an elected official. I will bring transparency to this position, and if elected, I will also bring my cybersecurity knowledge and leadership to the pool district and help to keep our systems and data safe and secure. I humbly ask for your vote and I will continue to do my best to serve the community.

Swimming is an essential life skill, an activity we can continue throughout our lifetimes. The pandemic has taught us swimming is also a vital healing tool. COVID severely disrupted our kids’ educations, but studies show that kids perform better in the classroom if they’ve learned to swim. It’s why I led the campaign in 2009 to save Mount Rainier Pool and continue to help introduce more kids to swimming. 

During the pandemic, I secured over $125,000 in grants to provide free lessons to help kids get back on track and to remove the economic barriers to lifeguard/swim instructor certifications. I’ve worked to diversify our lifeguard staff, so all kids can see that our pool welcomes everyone. To help increase capacity, I secured $100,000 to study how we can better utilize the facility. 

I humbly ask for your support to continue making swimming a priority.