I offer a unique background for the Fourth District Commission seat as a sixteen year now retired police officer and a fifteen year employee of the city as the police department's Victim Advocate. Needless to say, I know the City of Boynton and the fourth district which has a population of largely single family dwellings with a mixture of young families, empty nesters, and seniors.

I first took the oath of office to "protect and defend" at the age of 45, when I graduated from Palm Beach Junior College Criminal Justice Institute in 1979. I affirmed that oath working as an investigator with Florida Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco. I then joined the Broward Sheriff's Office as a deputy/detective and remained there for 14 years. Retiring to North Florida in 1992, I began a new career as a Domestic Violence Counselor for Refuge House in Tallahassee. In 2001, I again affirmed that oath, establishing the Victim Advocate Office for the Boynton Beach Police Department retiring in 2015. I have a BAA degree in Social Science from Florida Atlantic University (1978) and an MS degree in Criminal Justice from Nova Southeastern University (1983). I held the separate positions of Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President of the Fraternal Order of Police (a bargaining unit) with the Broward Sheriff's Office. I was on the Board of Directors of The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence for 10 years. I was an Outreach Counselor, Jefferson County, Florida for Refuge House, Tallahassee, Florida and a Member and Chair of the Fatality Review Team of Palm Beach County. I am now a Board Member of the Lawrence Oaks Homeowners Association.