My wife and I have been residents of Cherry Hills since 1991 and we are very happy with the existing situation in our Village and do not want to see significant change. Cherry Hills is unique. Some improvements are needed, particularly with regard to traffic, and some services, although good, can be improved. I am a conservative by nature, both fiscally and culturally, and a believer in small government.
Specifically, the next Council will be adopting changes to the Master Plan, which can have long term effects. I will not support updates that could bring significant change, particularly with respect to density and zoning changes.
Many of the issues that come to the Council for resolution are very local in nature. I believe the views of those directly affected should be heavily weighted and the views of those not directly affected given lesser weight.
The Council will also have to address the issues of undergrounding utilities and integrating Quincy Farms into our Village services. I have no firm views at this point.
I have participated in community actions on CHV local issues that include opposing certain zoning changes, the location of the maintenance facility on Colorado Blvd., and the traffic round-about at Colorado and Quincy. I served for 10 years on the Board of Buffalo Mountain Water & Sanitary District, where we built and maintained the water and sewer systems, the roads and the bus service in the Wildernest development, outside of Silverthorne. I served on the Board of the Susan Komen Foundation and chaired the Board of the Denver Chamber Orchestra. I also held several offices with the Denver Lyric Opera Guild, including President.
I hold a Bachelor’s degree from DePaul University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. I am a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), was the President of the Institutional Business Units of Security Life of Denver and before that, Security Life’s Chief Financial Officer. I have started operations in Ireland Japan and Bermuda, and worked in post-Soviet Russia and Switzerland. I am a Co-Founder of Somerset Reinsurance Ltd., a highly rated Bermuda based Life Reinsurance Company. I, along with my consulting partners, hold several patents for financial products. I am also a U. S. Army veteran (Captain). Currently I am Treasurer of the Arapahoe County Republican Party, a FINRA Arbitrator and a Certified ARIAS Arbitrator.