Training and Experience
DBT Skills Trainer- NEABPD @Harvard/McLean Hospital, HAVA- Disability Standards, Policy Advocate-Genetic Alliance, Small Business Owner, Stan Hywet-Program Coordinator, Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau-Program Coordinator (TASL), University of Akron-Special Projects, Cultivating The Gift of Preaching Alumna-Alma College/Eli Lilly Foundation
Volunteer/Community Service
National Newborn Screening Task Force, Inaugural Akron Roadrunner Marathon Committee, Akron Childrens' Hospital Emerging Leaders, Faithful Innovation Team-Eli Lilly Foundation
Having worked under Ken Blackwell on HAVA, I am very proud of Ohio's dedication to fair and balanced elections...though, we are far from perfect. A continued focus on ballot access, transparency, clean voter rolls, and voter ID is imperative.
How much time do you have? As a Libertarian, I want Ohioans to keep as much of their hard earned money in their own pockets, as possible. First and foremost, the means of funding schools has to be addressed. I believe Property tax should be abolished, and other means found for our educational commitments.
In addition, I believe tax abatement's for corporations should also go away.....companies should want to contribute to our economy by every means possible, instead of expecting special treatment.
Our State expenditures are bloated by bureaucracy, and cronyism.
Legislatures must begin putting their constituents first.
As above, the rising costs of living can begin to be allayed by cutting back on government regulation. Fees, taxes, & licensing have made running a business more difficult by the year....and, force many businesses to raise costs for their customers, just to stay afloat. Utilities, especially, need to be more closely monitored.
I would like to hear more from small business owners on how our State can be run more efficiently. In many cases, entrenched appointees and elected officials have very little idea of how to cut costs. Businesses know how to maintain quality and service, by the most frugal means possible.
Again, as a libertarian, I would like to see more voluntaryism and less taxation. Many government services could be better managed and more efficently run, if privatized.
K-12 education costs need to be streamlined, while providing the greatest benefit to students. Parents must be included in decisions regarding their children, at every level.
Though it is a divisive subject, School Choice is an imperative in our modern educational arena. Competition breeds excellence AND more varied choices.
Higher Education is being affected by our economy as much as every public sector. It is time to assess the importance of balancing training in skilled trades, along with academics.
School loans need to be re-assessed, especially in conjunction with earning potential for particular fields.
Civility comes from a well informed and emotionally regulated citizenry. Hyper-partisanship is, quite frankly, fomented by the two party system in many ways. .....Though the media holds a profound responsibility for the information it disseminates; informed, critical thinking on the part of citizens AND the media is essential.
