For 20+ years, Glen Rock has been home to my family. As a semi-retired actuary with 30+ years leading teams and budgets over $10M, I bring analytical rigor and consensus-building to local government. With Ed Morley, my top priorities include: Fiscal Responsibility - shared services, department reviews, and grants over tax hikes.
Public Safety - strong support for police, fire, and EMS, plus safer crosswalks and traffic calming near schools.
Responsible Development - growth that fits Glen Rock's scale, with real public input.
Revitalizing Rock Road - filling storefronts, walkable streets, thriving small business.
Standing Against Hate - zero tolerance for bigotry and firm support for targeted residents.
Local government should be a reflection of all the people it serves; that's the spirit Ed and I will bring to the Council.
Finance Committee is the clearest fit. I spent 30+ years in insurance and as a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society for most of those years. My responsibilities included pricing risk, managing reserves, and overseeing budgets north of $10M as a Chief Actuary and Managing Director. That's the exact toolkit Finance needs: reading a budget critically, stress-testing assumptions, and planning years ahead instead of line item by line item. I also know insurance and risk from the inside, which matters when evaluating the Borough's liability, property, and workers' comp coverage. Shared services, department reviews and smarter forecasting are things I've spent a career doing, not just talking about. I'd bring a new voice to the committee, and just as importantly, the ability to translate technical financial detail into digestible decision items.
Glen Rock already utilizes shared services in a number of areas, and I believe we should continue looking for opportunities to expand them where they can reduce costs without compromising the quality of services our residents receive. Certain municipal health services are provided through Bergen County, police dispatch is handled through Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch, and we share municipal court administration services with neighboring communities. Building on that foundation, I would like the Council to continue exploring opportunities involving cooperative purchasing, vehicle and fleet maintenance, technology and cybersecurity, specialized public works equipment, and other services where partnering with the County or neighboring municipalities can produce meaningful savings. Shared services should not be pursued simply for the sake of sharing a service, but where the numbers demonstrate that we can provide the same or better service more efficiently.
1) Ensuring that our public services are provided at the high-quality residents expect, and as efficiently as possible through shared services, and purchase agreements with the County and/ or other municipalities.
2) Working to enhance stormwater management locally as well as regionally. In my work with the Glen Rock Environmental Commission (GREC) I have been the Glen Rock representative to the Saddle River Watershed Alliance, and I helped complete a $2.2 million grant application along with the County and nine other municipalities along the Saddle River, under the NJDEP Resiliency Regional Grant Program, to study potential regional stormwater management projects in the watershed region.
3) Also through GREC I have been monitoring the NJ Food Waste Reduction Act and exploring possible shared services with a neighboring town for an inter-municipal-wide composting facility, to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions at landfills and reduce carting costs for the municipalies.
I studied urban planning at Rutgers, formerly worked in urban planning, and I have served on the Glen Rock Planning Board for four years, was the chair in 2025, and would like to continue serving as the Council liaison. I would also like to serve on the Public Works committee so that I can continue to work on the issues mentioned above.
In addition to exploring intermunicipal composting as mentioned above, I believe we should look at all the public services our Borough provides and try to determine if they are provided at the most efficient level. If not, we should see if by working with neighboring towns there is a reasonable opportunity to significantly increase efficiency and lower costs.
