Running for Portsmouth Town Council

Today I filed papers to run for Portsmouth Town Council as a Democrat.

I’m a third-generation Portsmouth resident — my grandparents bought our cottage in Island Park in 1925, and Karen and I raised our son Jack here. For nearly three decades I’ve given back to the town I love by volunteering, serving on two Charter Review committees, the Conservation Commission, and the PSD Technology Committee.

I’ve watched the current Council struggle to work effectively — dithering on decisions that needed clear thinking, revisiting votes that should have stayed settled. Portsmouth deserves better. I want to bring what I’ve learned from a 20-year career in corporate project management, and from my current academic research on AI and communication, to help re-align the Council with the people it serves.

I’m running with a strong slate of Democratic candidates. You’ll be hearing from them this week.

It’s time to get to work.