I grew up in Sycamore and am proud to be part of the class of 2013. I met my wife, Madeline, during my junior year of high school, and we now have a wonderful two-year-old son, Charlie, with another baby boy on the way in May. We’ve been fortunate to call Sycamore home our entire lives, with both of our parents and siblings living in the community as well.
I have been an Insurance Broker in my family’s business for the past 11 years, working alongside my parents and brothers while serving the local community’s insurance needs. In addition to my career, I am an Adjunct Instructor at Kishwaukee Community College, where I have been teaching Management, Accounting, and Business courses at the college level for the past four years.
Sycamore High School – Class of 2013
NIU, B.S. in Business Administration – Class of 2017
NIU, M.B.A. – Class of 2021
Board of Education Member 2021-Present
Board of Education President August 2024-Present
Rotaract Club of Sycamore Co-Founder 2020-Present
Rotaract Club Treasurer- 2020-2022
Sycamore Pumpkin Festival- Director 2017- Present
Turning Back Time Car Club- Director 2011-2024
Turning Back Time Car Club- Volunteer 2011- Present
Adopt-A-Classroom Co-Founder 2021- Present
Born Learning Trail Volunteer 2021- Present
Adopt A High Way Volunteer 2021- Present
Rotary Club of Sycamore- President 2020-2021
On February 25, 2013, as a senior at Sycamore High School, I lost a section of my exhaust to a six-inch-deep pothole. Eleven years later, I have had the honor of serving as both a Member and President of the Sycamore Board of Education. What started as a problem turned into a lifelong commitment to civic duty.
Our district is undergoing its most significant transition in over 25 years following the passing of longtime Board President Jim Dombek this past August. Serving first as Vice President and now as President, I recognize the many challenges ahead.
In the past year alone, our district has achieved significant milestones:
• Every school administering MAP assessments has placed in the high-growth, high-achievement quadrant.
• Failure rates at the high school are trending downward.
• We celebrated 35 Illinois State Scholars.
• World language students earned nine Seal of Biliteracy awards and 27 commendations.
• We introduced the Portrait of a Spartan, outlining eight key dispositions that guide student success from early childhood through senior year.
• The board has maintained a balanced budget without issuing tax anticipation warrants while completing substantial facility improvements district-wide, with the high school as the final piece.
One of our most ambitious undertakings has been the development and implementation of the District Strategic Plan. This plan, shaped by nearly a year of stakeholder input, is structured around five key domains:
1. Learning & Teaching
2. Operations
3. Human Resources
4. Instructional Technology
5. Communications
This strategic plan serves as a roadmap for district priorities and board decision-making. Recently, we conducted a board self-evaluation and have made significant progress toward restructuring board committees, meetings, agendas, and overall governance.
Looking ahead, we face critical challenges, including:
• Addressing infrastructure needs across district buildings.
• Refining board reporting to focus on the most impactful data for decision-making.
• Strengthening strategic communication to better support staff, students, and the community.
• Developing a technology adoption framework.
• Completing the Profile of a Staff Member initiative.
• Creating pathways to “grow our own” leaders within the district.
• Aligning expenditures with educational priorities while exploring alternative financing strategies.
• Implementing learner-centered education with a focus on inclusivity and belonging for students and staff.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it provides a high-level view of the direction our strategic plan will guide us in the months and years ahead.
We all have a voice in shaping the things that matter most in our lives. Sometimes, all it takes is the right direction, a little courage, and a lot of passion to make that voice heard.
Serving on the school board has taught me a profound lesson: we are entrusted with the most valuable part of a person’s life—their children.
Our role is to support, empower, and lead the next generation of learners toward success. We can choose to be passive observers, or we can be catalysts for meaningful change. I choose the latter.
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