PROFESSIONAL
B.S. in Accounting, Seton Hall University
M.B.A in Finance, Seton Hall University
Certified Public Accountant (Inactive)

ENTREPRENEUR/JOB CREATOR
Founder & Co-Publisher, American Medical Publishing, LLC, 1995-1999
Founder & CEO, Galen Publishing, 2000-Present

FAMILY/COMMUNITY MAN
Married with four children & resident of Hillsborough Township since 1998
Previously resided in Raritan Borough (Somerset County) for 37 years
Raritan Borough Councilman, 1989-1995
Somerset County Freeholder, 2007-present, Director in 2010
League Coordinator, Hillsborough Recreation Softball, 2005-Present
Coach/Manager, Hillsborough Little League, 2004-Present

FISCAL CONSERVATIVE & PROVEN REFORMER
Voted “Yes” only on budgets that did not raise taxes on individual property owners
Streamlined county operations, downsizing workforce by 12%
Won union wage freezes
Sponsored reformed of county personnel policies
      –All employees contribute to health insurance
      –Reformed employees’ sick time policy, reducing sick time by 20% and making it “use it or lose”
      –Eliminated lifetime medical benefit for all new hires
      –Proposed reducing holiday schedule
Never accepted any taxpayer-funded salary or benefits as Freeholder
Generated municipal tax savings by convincing municipalities to join county dispatch and department
  of health
Sponsored feasibility analyses for tax-saving delivery of municipal services (i.e., police, courts, tax
  assessment, and construction code enforcement) using regional/county models
Sponsored long-term economic development plan that identified emerging industries that will be
  engines of job growth over the next 10 years
Sponsored creation of New Jersey’s first county Energy Council, comprised of expert citizens who
  advise the Freeholder Board on energy and sustainability
Sponsored creation of Somerset County first Public Health & Safety department, dedicated to
  protecting our community
Sponsored sustainability plan for community volunteer-based rescue squad system
      –Created Somerset County Youth EMT Program, which certifies and licenses high-school junior and
        seniors and bolsters local rescue squad (over 120 graduated to date)
      –Augmented Somerset Medical Center’s rescue squad fleet by donating two ambulances (enabling
        them to better back-up local rescue squads)
Sponsored solar energy initiative that brought less expensive renewable/sustainable energy
  technology to county public sector entities (i.e., municipal and school buildings) at no cost to
  taxpayers
Protected thousands of acres in open space throughout the county