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1). Support as an elected officer the incorporation of a volunteer fire protection association at the college district and the Riverview Gardens School District. 2). Improve the police and fire science program. 3). Hire police chiefs for each campus with fire marshal professional training under the National Fire Protection Association standard No. 1037.

My 50-year-plus work history, including as a police and fire official, my education and experience and my election in 2014 to the community college board. Founder of the nonprofit STLCC Afro-American board of trustees veterans association. Elected Libertarian Party township committeeman.

As an incumbent on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees, my top priorities are expanding dual enrollment and real-world learning in K-12, growing programs that lead to high pay careers including Workforce Pell pathways and strengthening wraparound supports so every student can enroll, persist and succeed.

As a current trustee for St. Louis Community College, I have delivered results. I have expanded programming and dual enrollment, launched a student services fund to remove barriers and led a full policy update to strengthen governance and accountability. I was honored with the 2025 Missouri Community College Trustee award.

1). Expand education access for all St. Louis area residents, seeing it as vital for community growth and crime reduction. 2). Improve workforce development programs to meet evolving economic needs and getting people back to work. 3). Ensure STLCC operates with the utmost transparency and accountability, building trust within the community.

As a graduate of the STLCC Boeing program, a Hazelwood School District board member and former state legislator, I understand student and higher education challenges firsthand. I passed the College Credit Disclosure Act to protect students from predatory colleges and safeguard taxpayer dollars, uniquely qualifying me to ensure STLCC succeeds.