Training and Experience
Chief Executive Officer, USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation (2019-Present); Intelligence Officer, US Navy (2002-Present); Chief of Staff, US Office of Personnel Management (2018); Principal, The Dovilla Group (2006-2017); State Representative (2011-2016); Executive Director, Chief Human Capital Officers Council, US Office of Personnel Management (2003-2006); Professional Staff Member, Sen. Voinovich (2001-2003); Management Analyst (Presidential Management Fellow), US Department of State (1999-2001)
Volunteer/Community Service
Member, Berea Civil Service Commission; Life Member, VFW Post 3345; Member, American Legion Post 91; Member, Berea Historical Society; Board Member, Northeast Ohio Classical Academy; Co-chairman, Cleveland Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
1. Supporting private sector job creation with a particular emphasis on growth industries that will continue to modernize and expand Ohio’s economy. 2. Preparing the next generation of Ohioans with a strong K-16 education system that produces a world-class workforce across economic sectors. 3. Improving Ohioans’ trust in government through greater transparency and accountability from an efficient, effective public sector that respects taxpayers.
In Ohio, it should be easy to vote and hard to cheat. Having worked extensively on election law as chairman of the House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee (2013-2014), I believe Ohio offers eligible voters fair and robust access to the ballot box so they can carry out their right and responsibility to participate in our elections.
Government does not create jobs, but it can help create an environment favorable to job creation through low taxes and regulations. If elected, I plan to continue my previous legislative work (2011-2016) to reduce taxes, streamline bureaucracy, and make government more efficient, effective, and economical for Ohio's taxpayers and job creators.
As the first member of my family to graduate from college, and having since earned two master’s degrees and a doctorate in education, I believe strongly in the value of high-quality education at all levels. Regrettably, American students continue to fall behind global competitors in academic achievement and job preparation for our modern economy. That’s why I support universal school choice so parents can select an option for their children that features student-centered learning, encourages innovation, and allows funding to follow the child. Moreover, every student should learn about the history of our great nation and its form of government, as citizenship is the prime imperative of public education in a republic based on self-rule.
I believe in a collaborative partnership between state and local government and worked diligently to develop a symbiotic relationship during my prior service in the legislature. Although home rule is a time-honored component of the Ohio Constitution, there are certain issues on which uniform, statewide law provides greater certainly and stability for all concerned. These issues generally fall into areas of complex public policymaking like energy and natural resources, where state officials have more wherewithal to carry out their responsibilities for ensuring businesses and residents can prosper while also protecting our environment.
Overall, I believe that citizens should have greater control over their health care expenditures, and we must strengthen the doctor-patient relationship. I support efforts to expand and strengthen Health Savings Accounts, allowing more Americans to obtain affordable health care by using tax-free dollars.
Energy is a vitally important policy issue with national security and economic implications. The U.S. must advance a comprehensive, sustainable energy policy that employs our nation's diverse resources and serves as a mechanism to create new jobs for Americans - all while carrying out our obligation to steward the environment. I support an all-of-the-above energy policy that expands the use of domestic resources and maintains safeguards to protect Ohio's residents and natural resources, ensuring the state’s energy extraction is performed in a safe and responsible manner.
The best way the American people and our government at all levels can fight discrimination is not to institutionalize such pernicious beliefs. Our nation has come a long way over the past half-century in addressing these challenges. My faith teaches that we must treat each individual as a beloved child of God, uniquely created in His image. The Declaration of Independence elegantly sums up the American ideal on this matter: the self-evident truth that God creates each person as equal and endows him or her with unalienable rights – and that government is instituted among people to protect such rights.
Volunteer/Community Service
Berea Planning Commission, Berea Tax Incentive Review Board, Grace Church, Church Street Ministries.
My platform would consist of:
• Mental Health
• Minimum Wage
• Abortion
• Gender Issues
• The Youth
• Housing Issues
• The Opioid Epidemic
• Senior Citizens
• The Border
• The Wars
• Veterans -
I believe that all these issues and more can be modified for the better good with citizens and politicians sitting at the table and seeking solutions. We may not like them all; because you can’t please everybody; but at least we can go to the people and start these discussions.
I would make election day on President's day Monday Feb. 14th of each year. This would be for Primaries. I would make the General election in September right after Labor Day and when summer is over.
Voters should all have I.D.'s. Voting days and laws should not be changed to benefit any party.
To compete against the other states I feel that you would have to offer companies some form of tax abatements and if possible extra money for them to bring jobs to your state. To make money you have to spend money.
With technology and specially AI growing faster then we can keep up certain Technogym should not be used in our schools. In some situations we need to go back to more teacher aids in classes and more one on one interaction with the students. This would slow down bulling, mental health issues, and cheating. It spans from K-12th grade. Just think about how much technology has made a difference; good and bad; with our children.
When the state isn't using federal grant money for what it was supposed to be used for it should take it away. If reapplying for a federal grant that they received the year before and have surpassed it's usage; then the government should consider rewarding another one to that city.
I believe that everyone should have access to free or affordable healthcare. There should be the chice to pick and choose which health plan that suits you the best.
We laugh at environmental and natural issues; but if you look at our world we don't know the seasons from the seasons. And how high are gas prices where it doesn't meet our wages? That's one of the reasons that electrical cars are as important as much as solar capabilities. From what we knew for years was the norm; now we have to really research the future by defining what our new natural resources are. If we keep doing what we're doing and deplete our present resources we will give our planet a less life span then it already has.
Well, if we go by the constitution then no one should be discriminated against. If that happens then there should be laws where whoever is doing the discriminating should be held legally accountable to be determined by the offense.
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