Welcome
Welcome! The fact that you are here shows that you want to make an informed decision when you make your selection of the candidate you feel will best represent you on Council.
Beware! Like all candidate websites you will receive my personal, biased information on what I bring to the table. If you want to get less biased information on me and all the other candidates, I suggest you Google the names of each candidate and see what information comes up.
Clicking the links from the main media outlets (i.e. digital news, television, audio news, and newspapers) will usually provide you with useful, factual and unbiased information (media outlets could be sued if the information wasn’t factual and unbiased).
To find out how engaged each candidate has been in the municipality, I suggest going to the Richmond Hill website and entering each candidate’s name in the search bar to see if they have ever corresponded with Council or have even attended before council as a delegate. I think you may find it quite revealing as to how little some candidates have been involved in municipal politics.
While I applaud those who are willing to put their name in the race, it has become obvious to me that some candidates don’t have a proper grasp of what it takes to be a councillor. In fact, every election you will find candidates who think that the role of a councillor is a “part-time” position which they can do while they continue to run their businesses and raise their families. When in reality, you really want a candidate who is fully committed to the role “full-time”.
I am someone who will be committed to the role of councillor “full-time”.
Please feel free to browse the rest of my website and reach out to me if you have any questions or would like to support my campaign.
Cheers!
About me
Family:
- Married with two adult children
- Twenty-four year resident of Richmond Hill
- Residing in Ward 2 for the past 22 years
- Raised and educated our children in Richmond Hill
Education / Experience:
- Over 30 years government experience managing and administrating purchasing and financial risk management functions
- Well versed on various municipal and provincial legislative acts and regulations that govern council decisions
- Well-established and highly skilled performer in leading and collaborating on the development and implementation of new processes and initiatives
- Effectively able to collaborate with all levels of government personnel and ensure smooth maintenance of on-going relationships
- Recognized by the Province of Ontario with a Service Excellence Award (2011) for leadership in implementing chip & PIN technology to the Province of Ontario’s 35,000 corporate cardholders.
- Graduate of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, Certified Professional Purchaser (CPP) program
Community Involvement and Volunteer Experience Highlights:
- City of Richmond Hill – Committee of Adjustment member (4 years)
- Appointed by Council and authorized by the Ontario Planning Act to grant minor variances from the provisions of the Zoning By-law
- Council Accountability Group – Executive member (3 years)
- Increasing resident’s awareness of the policies, actions and impact of the decisions made by Richmond Hill’s City Council
- Richmond Hill Ringette Association (4 years)
- Media Relations: generating news releases and positive editorial coverage
- Assistant Coach
- Richmond Hill Stars / Kings (3 years)
- Assistant Coach
- Canadian Ski Patrol System (13 years in various Executive Positions)
- VP of Administration
- Vice President without Portfolio
- Executive Secretary
- Director of Registration
- Assistant Patrol Leader