I'm running because I love this community, and I believe it's time to make room for a new generation of leadership. Teton County deserves representatives who understand what it takes to build a life here today—not just decades ago. Most recently, I've been working in community organizing and campaign strategy, helping people solve difficult problems by bringing diverse voices together. I know how to listen, build consensus, and turn ideas into action. I'll bring a fresh perspective, thoughtful leadership, and a deep commitment to protecting the people, places, and character that make Teton County home.
The passage of Amendment A in 2024 has given us a real opportunity to provide relief to the people who actually live here, especially on primary residences, instead of letting longtime homeowners carry more and more of the load. I'd like to see this community support more visitor-based revenue where we can, including a general penny.
First, expand opportunities for working people to live in Teton County by tackling housing in a way that supports the people who keep this community going. Second, improve the services that help families and workers succeed, including transportation, emergency response, and the everyday public systems people rely on. Third, safeguard our land, water, and wildlife so growth does not happen at the expense of the place we all value. A healthy community is one where people can stay, feel they belong, and help care for the place they call home.
The Town and County govern one community, yet we sometimes act like separate islands. Housing, transportation, economic vitality, and conservation don't stop at jurisdictional boundaries. We need earlier collaboration before major decisions are made, clearer shared priorities through joint planning, and regular evaluation of what's working—and what's not. Strong relationships matter, but accountability matters too. Residents deserve governments that communicate openly, solve problems together, and focus less on institutional boundaries and more on community outcomes.
Housing is the foundation of a healthy community. I support expanding deed-restricted housing, incentivizing the preservation of existing affordable housing, and encouraging a wider range of housing types in appropriate locations. I oppose policies that reduce housing opportunities for local residents or allow new growth to shift its costs – including housing – onto the rest of the community. A thriving economy depends on the people who make it work being able to live here.
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7204700769
Founding Hole Food Rescue connected me to this community and ecosystem in a deep and enduring way. I'm running for the Board of County Commissioners to fiercely defend one of the last large, intact ecosystems on Earth, and to keep our community from being dismantled by unchecked growth and inequality. The relationships I built through Hole Food Rescue with community, nonprofits, business, and local government will make me an effective collaborator on the Commission. My work on global social and environmental issues taught me to think in systems, trace root causes, and weigh tradeoffs across wide boundaries and long time horizons–experience and skills this moment calls for.
I'd like to see Teton County work with the Wyoming Legislature to amend the lodging tax statute so housing and childcare for our tourism workforce count as eligible "visitor impact services," alongside changing the ratio of local tax spent on impact services versus marketing. Colorado's 2022 law is a useful model: counties there set their own ratio, as long as at least 10% still funds marketing, with the rest available for tourism-workforce housing and childcare.
1. Reining in the growth that privatizes profits and socializes losses.
2. Building our community's resilience to climate change, wildfire, and other emerging risks.
3. Strengthening community wellbeing and belonging through affordable housing, robust social services, and accessible public, non-commercial gathering spaces.
Challenges seem to arise around funding allocations for joint departments. I'd bring in a neutral facilitator to help both bodies build a shared understanding of their mutual responsibility, then pair that with a small citizens assembly to weigh in on service-level expectations and cost-sharing values. Get the vision and values right first, and the math gets easier.
Wherever possible, limit the growth that increases the demand for additional workforce. With every new luxury development we are digging the hole deeper. We need to stop making the problem worse. Additionally, we need to build as much affordable housing possible through all avenues: public, public-private, private. Teton County should modify LDRs and zoning to incentivize affordable housing development and disincentivize luxury development.
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5202411510
I am running for a third term because Teton County is deeply important. Local political leadership strongly affects how our future plays out. I’ve spent eight years standing firm and delivering results: protecting public lands, wildlife and water quality; strengthening public safety; and working to ensure people who make this community work can continue to live here. Rapid, poorly-planned growth is increasing pressure on our community. I am willing to acknowledge that there are limits to growth in this valley. I have the experience to make tough decisions, build community support, and get things done while staying true to the values that make Teton County such a special place.
1. Everyone who wants local public services such as protection from wildfire and house fires, law enforcement, the recreation center, roads and pathways, restaurant kitchen inspections, clean water, and so on should join me in opposing Initiative 1 in November, which would severely undercut revenue.
2. During my seven years on the county commission, we have reduced the mill levy most years. I wish the state had the same record of fiscal responsibility.
3. If Wyoming voters slash our tax revenue, we may have to increase the mill levy to offset the losses, consider converting SPET tax to a general penny, and advocating for real estate transfer tax or other measures in Cheyenne.
Conservation - Protect our public lands, wildlife, and water quality.
Public Safety & Community Health - Support those who keep our community safe by investing in first responders, wildfire preparedness, and social services. My record on public safety is strong and consistent, which is why I am proud that the firefighters' union (IAFF Local 5067) has endorsed me.
Livability, Housing & Infrastructure - Strengthen the community by addressing workforce housing, transportation, water infrastructure.
The Town and County have different legal authorities and responsibilities, but we share the same community. On issues like housing, transportation, public safety, and infrastructure, shared success requires working together. We won’t always agree, but we should collaborate respectfully (while robustly advocating our perspectives). We can disagree without assuming bad intent or compromising productive working relationships. Life is too short for allowing disagreement to morph into grudges.
I’ve learned that the best outcomes come when we build relationships, solve problems together, and remember that we’re all working toward the same goal: a stronger Teton County.
First, we should decouple workforce housing from new commercial growth and expensive new market housing. Too often, workforce housing is tied to new growth, which is simply running on a hamster wheel, not solving the problem for our local workforce. We need to house the teachers, hospital employees, first responders, social service providers, retail workers, and others who make this community function, rather than subsidize new development.
Second, we should put more emphasis on preserving the naturally affordable housing we already have. Preservation, reuse, adaptation is generally cheaper, quicker, and better aligned with other community values than new construction.
