Four decades of service to the communities I call home.
Since I took my oath as a police officer on April 2, 1986, service has been my way of life — forty years and counting. Here is where I’ve shown up and done the work.
Schools & Education
- Trustee — and former Board PresidentRoseville Joint Union High School District2020 – present
- ChairmanPlacer County Committee on School District Organization2022 – present
Keeping communities safe
- Member & Chair, Public Safety Policy CommitteeLeague of California Cities2010 – 2014
- Member & Chair, Public Safety & Crime Prevention CommitteeNational League of Cities2009 – 2014
- Board MemberRoseville Crime Stoppers2014 – 2017
- Member & Legion of Honor Award recipientAmerican Police Hall of Fame2003
Stewardship of public dollars
- Founding Board Member & SecretaryEquable Institute — bipartisan retirement & fiscal think tank2018 – present
- FounderVerdara Charter Alliance — retirement plans for charter-school teachers & staff2025 – present
- Trustee — multi-billion-dollar public pension fundsSan José Police & Fire and Federated City Employees’ retirement systems2007 – 2014
- Vice PresidentSilicon Valley Taxpayers’ Association2014 – present
Rooted in our community
- ChairmanCity of Roseville Board of Appeals2015 – 2024
- CommissionerPlacer County Economic Development Commission2024 – present
- Vice ChairmanCity of Roseville Charter Review Commission2019 – 2020
- CommissionerCity of Roseville Community Priorities Advisory Commission2015 – 2016
- Vice PresidentFiddyment Farm Neighborhood Association — my own West Roseville neighborhood, entirely within Trustee Area 22015 – 2020
Giving back
- President & Founding Board MemberThrowing Starfish Foundation — serving our most vulnerable neighbors2018 – present
- Assistant Scoutmaster & Merit Badge CounselorBoy Scouts of America, Roseville Troop 12014 – present
- RotarianRotary Clubs of San José North, San José & Roseville2002 – 2023
City of San José, 2000–2014
Before Roseville, I served two terms on the San José City Council (District 1, 2007–2014), where I chaired the Public Safety, Finance & Strategic Support Committee and helped steer the nation’s tenth-largest city through the Great Recession. Along the way I chaired the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and was founding chair of the Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Authority, and I served on the Rules & Open Government, Neighborhood Services & Education (vice chair), and Community & Economic Development committees, the Family/Domestic Violence Advisory Board (co-chair), the Redevelopment Agency Board, and the San José Sports Authority and Convention & Visitors Bureau boards.
Always learning
Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley, and a graduate of Leadership Rocklin (2023), Leadership Roseville (2015), and Community Leadership San José (2003). Currently completing a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership at the University of La Verne.
And a few things that keep life interesting: Certified Professional Photographer (Professional Photographers of America), Certified BBQ Judge (Kansas City Barbeque Society), and Certified Bourbon Steward (Stave & Thief Society).
Experience you can count on — and a neighbor you can reach.
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