Expertise you can trust
Fiscally responsible
Transparent
About Dan
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Dan has lived in Douglas County for 18 years, where he and his wife are proudly raising their two teenagers and have been happily playing with their two dogs. Dan’s early career explorations included work as a teacher, working for the FBI, and working with Filipino street children in Manila, where he helped to establish the first hospital-based center for treating child sexual abuse in Southeast Asia.
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He then settled on a career in corporate finance and governance, where he spent the last 20 years of his career working for some of the largest brokerages and banks in the US. Dan played NCAA soccer in college and has remained active in the community as a referee and a coach. Dan has spent the last seven years volunteering on several advisory committees to the Douglas County School District’s Board of Education, where he has had an unrelenting focus on promoting transparency and clear governance.
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Why I am running
Douglas County residents and taxpayers deserve to know how their property taxes compare to each other and where their property taxes go. Right now, they don’t have that. I have 20 years professional experience in Corporate Finance working for some of the largest banks and brokerages in the U.S., overseeing half-billion dollar budgets and making sure that financial advisors treat their clients ethically and legally. I understand how to provide transparency and how to provide financial reporting because I’ve been doing that for more than two decades for some of the most demanding customers on the planet: private sector investors! Treasurer isn’t a political job and it shouldn’t be a partisan job. This job should be about who has the skills and qualifications to collect and safeguard taxpayer money. I’m not a career politician. I’m a finance guy and I am the right person for this job.
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Bottom line, Douglas County voters deserve to understand how their property taxes compare to each other and they deserve to understand how their property taxes get spent. Right now I see very little transparency and I am running to change that.
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