Background
Decorated U.S. Coast Guard veteran with a 28-year career. Bronze Star Medal recipient. Led disaster response operations in Haiti as Senior Defense Official and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Post-military career in the intelligence community and as a global security executive at Snapchat. Currently operates two Maryland-based businesses in risk consulting and technology. Moved to Calvert County in 2014 on a military transfer; describes Calvert as his "forever home." Ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for District 3.
Position on data centers
Farm Bureau forum: would "fight the construction of data centers" in Calvert County.
Signed joint statement calling for immediate moratorium, ban on hyperscale development, and repeal of heavy industrial zoning amendments.
Campaign themes include government transparency, open county meetings, workforce housing, and infrastructure readiness. Campaign slogan: "People, not politics - first."
Joint candidate statement
Signed joint statement alongside Ethan Cox (District 1), Judy Pedersen and Antoine White (At-Large) calling for: (1) an immediate moratorium on data center permitting and construction through at least January 1, 2027; (2) solutions that ban hyperscale data center development and construction in Calvert County; (3) full repeal of heavy industrial zoning text amendments made in the past two years.
Questionnaire status
Questionnaire sent. Response pending. This page will be updated upon receipt.