Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science, Medical Technology Program
Associate of Arts
Laboratory
Administrative Director
New
Training: see Education
above.
Experience:
As
a business manager in the healthcare sector, I have been a leader in reducing
expenses and increasing productivity in an industry that has experienced
increasingly severe constraints on revenues along with escalating expenses many
years before local government was impacted to the same extent. I have carried
my fiscal conservatism and creativity with me to my role in local government,
where my responsibilities have included approving expenditures and the
municipal budget.
I
have a proven track record as a consensus builder. As an example, one can look
at my history of environmental consciousness while promoting responsible and
needed development.
a. First, we must have strong economic
development. Working with economic development staff from the county, cities, the
Chambers of Commerce and others, and focusing on the diverse educational
opportunities in the county, I will promote recruitment of new employers to all
of our diverse neighborhoods with the goals of providing incentives for our
residents to become trained, retaining our trained workforce as employees and
bringing appropriate businesses to the community.
I
believe we have great opportunities in education in
Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University; University of Central Florida; Bethune-Cookman
University; Daytona State College; Keiser University; Phoenix College; Daytona
College; Palmer College of Chiropractic and International Academy of Beauty.
There are also programs to help small businesses, many staffed by volunteers.
Secondly, I believe city-county, public-private and
interagency cooperation and collaboration will become increasingly important in
the years to come in order to continue to provide the same services with
shrinking dollars. For example, we want to maintain strong public safety
through initiatives that will maintain the services we enjoy today in spite of
shrinking revenues. My knowledge of public services will help me make creative
decisions.
Other
areas in which we can consider cooperative arrangements are:
I
will continue to promote cooperation on all levels in
b.
What is my position on the State Legislature dictating local government
taxation and revenue policy? Defense of my position.
Each community has its own needs and wants and the local
government should make the policy decisions with the strong citizen involvement
that only occurs “at home”. The State has a history of imposing unfunded
mandates on local governments and rushing to solutions that haven't worked. The
result is that citizen confidence in
Every level of government is cutting their budget. There are no
excess county funds to help other communities. That being said, more
cooperation between county and local governments and private enterprise, with
resulting economies of scale, could cut expenses for all. In both my public and
professional life, these are the types challenges I routinely deal with.
Mass transit in
mode of transportation for
many
high, it is an alternative
we need to maintain for those who choose to use it.
Although the geography of the County doesn't support fuel
conservation, mass transit can help move us toward that goal.
I support maintaining the services of VOTRAN as they are today,
although I recognize that some routes may have to be run with smaller vehicles,
fewer stops, etc. I will support enhancing the services where needed.
Since we have no "
I support the commuter rail project for long-term relief and would
strive to bring it all the way to the
I
believe we must preserve the ecological corridor overlay (ECO) as a blueprint
to guide development to make sure “Smart Growth” is not just a slogan. At the
same time, we must make responsible development easier and use common sense.
The
needs of the naturally occurring corridor do not necessarily follow political
boundaries. We need to tie everything together with an understanding of the
need to protect the watersheds in the middle of the county today to ensure that
we can meet the water requirements of our future as well as the need for protection
for the existing wildlife. As a former member of the Board of Directors of WAV
(Water Authority of Volusia) and a nature lover, these concerns are very real
to me. I believe we can accomplish both growth and protection with appropriate
compromises.