Champlin deserves experienced leadership with a proven record of delivering results. I’ve had the honor of serving our community as Mayor, City Councilmember and Parks Commissioner, giving me the experience and relationships needed to move Champlin forward. Together, we’ve strengthened public safety, invested in roads and parks, delivered Mississippi Crossings, and built strong regional and state partnerships. As a lifelong Champlin resident, Champlin Park graduate, small business owner and father of 4, this community is personal to me. I will continue providing accessible, collaborative leadership focused on keeping Champlin safe, financially strong and an exceptional place to call home.
My top three priorities are public safety, responsible spending and investing in Champlin’s future. I will ensure our police have the staffing and tools necessary to keep residents safe while being thoughtful with taxpayer dollars. I will also advance major priorities including a year-round indoor athletic facility, another Mississippi River crossing and completion of the West River Rd Trail- leveraging state, regional and private partnerships to limit the financial burden on Champlin residents.
Trust in local government starts with openness, accountability and leadership that puts the community ahead of any individual. I will continue providing clear communication, explaining decisions and responsibly stewarding taxpayer dollars. Decisions should be based on facts, meaningful public input and what is best for Champlin - not personal agendas. I will continue working collaboratively with the City Council and staff while holding myself and our organization to high ethical standards.
Being accessible to residents has always been important to me. I will continue engaging residents through community events, social media, email, phone calls, public meetings and conversations throughout Champlin. I believe listening is just as important as communicating. Residents may not always agree with every decision, but they deserve to be heard, treated respectfully and understand how and why decisions are made. The best local government is one that stays connected to the people it serves.
Public safety will remain of my highest priorities. We have proactively added 4 officers in recent years to strengthen staffing and patrol coverage. I will continue ensuring our officers have the staff, training and technology they need while supporting community focused policing that builds trust with residents. Effective public safety requires strong relationships between police & the community, proactive enforcement, accountability and a commitment to keeping every Champlin neighborhood safe.
I bring a combination of experience that fits this moment in Champlin. I began my career in business and accounting, served in public-sector financial leadership, and spent 17 years as a pastor and nonprofit executive. Today, I am an outpatient mental health therapist and addictions counselor. I am also an eight-year Champlin resident, a single father of three, and a community organizer. Across each role, I have learned to listen carefully, bring people together, manage resources responsibly, and keep people at the center of decisions. I am not running to preserve politics as usual. I am running to offer a transparent, service-minded approach grounded in Community. Transparency. Service.
My priorities are: (1) Fiscal stewardship—clear budgets, competitive bidding, and careful evaluation of long-term costs before asking residents to pay more. (2) Responsible growth—decisions that account for infrastructure, cumulative traffic, parks, green space, and neighborhood character. (3) A connected, safe community—strengthening community-police trust and pursuing a police–mental health co-responder model so we better match the response to the need.
I will make information understandable, engage residents before major decisions, and press for clear budgets, competitive bidding, and meaningful oversight. Ethical leadership also means avoiding both actual and perceived conflicts of interest. I will disclose conflicts, abstain from discussion and voting when appropriate, and never use public office to create private business opportunities. I apply that standard now by not accepting new therapy clients who live or work in ZIP code 55316.
I will hold regular community listening sessions and seek resident input early—before major decisions are effectively settled. I will make information clear and accessible, explain the reasoning and financial impact behind decisions, and create meaningful opportunities to participate both in person and online. Listening also requires responding honestly, including when we disagree. Every person has value. Every person has dignity. Every person matters—and every resident deserves to be heard.
Effective public safety begins with a professional, well-trained Police Department that earns community trust. I will support community policing, continue the embedded social-worker partnership, and pursue a police–mental health co-responder model so we match the response to the need. Public-safety technology such as Flock must face transparent review of its effectiveness, cost, retention, data sharing, audits, privacy, and civil-liberties safeguards. Safety and accountability belong together.
