CISD school board members don't run classrooms. They govern a roughly $700 million public institution. That requires financial oversight, policy analysis, contract review, and the ability to ask hard questions of a professional administration. Those are governance skills, and I've spent a decade building them.

I currently serve as president of Montgomery County MUD 88, a special-purpose government district with real budget authority, infrastructure responsibility, and public accountability requirements. Before that I served as president on two different HOA boards. I understand how governing boards are supposed to function: fiduciary duty, conflict of interest rules, open meetings compliance, and the difference between a board's role and management's role. A lot of school board dysfunction happens when trustees don't understand that line.

Professionally, I'm an IT Architect with about 20 years in the energy sector. I work with complex systems, large budgets, and data every day. I know how to read a financial report and recognize when numbers don't add up.

Elsewhere, my wife taught in CISD schools for over a decade before leaving the teaching profession, so I have firsthand accounts of what goes in classrooms.

I'm a CISD parent, I serve as Parent Co-Chair on the district's School Health Advisory Council, and I've spent years studying this district's finances, policies, and governance decisions through my work at WeHaveQuorum.

I have also built and continue to expand the Conroe ISD Board Monitor tools, which are transparency apps meant to keep the community informed and engaged.

I'm not a politician. I'm a parent who learned how boards work and decided to use that knowledge where it matters most.

My top priority is making sure every budget decision, every policy vote, and every administrative directive is answerable to one question: does this help kids learn?

That sounds simple, but it gets lost when boards spend their energy on culture war fights instead of governance. A board member's job isn't to run classrooms -- it's to set policy, approve budgets, and hold the administration accountable for results. When the board does that job well, teachers get the resources and support they need. When it doesn't, teachers absorb the consequences.

My wife taught in CISD for over a decade before leaving the profession entirely. I heard directly what the classroom looks like when district decisions don't account for the people doing the actual work. Also, as Parent Co-Chair of the CISD School Health Advisory Council, I've also seen how student well-being gets deprioritized when boards are distracted by politics.

I'll bring the same approach I've used on other governing boards: study the data, ask hard questions, follow the money, and vote based on what the evidence says is best for students -- not what's politically convenient.

Yes, three kids in CISD schools.

That matters to me for a specific reason: I see this district from angles most board candidates don't. My kids are in the buildings every day. My wife Denise spent 12 years teaching in CISD before leaving the profession. And through WeHaveQuorum, I've spent years digging into how board decisions translate -- or don't -- into what actually happens in classrooms.

When the board makes decisions on everything from the budget to curriculum, I see it as a parent, hear about it as a spouse who watched this district from inside a classroom for over a decade, and analyze it as someone who reads the financials and writes about what he finds.

Our family lives with the consequences of these decisions. That's not something I take lightly.

We have lived here since 2007, so going on 19 years. We've built two homes here, work within the county, and are raising three children that all attend Conroe ISD schools.

Several things, and I'll be specific:

Governance has been replaced by political performance. A board's job is fiduciary oversight -- budget, policy, and holding the administration accountable for results. What we've had instead is trustees using board seats to advance an outside political agenda. When board members are more accountable to a political action committee than to the families in this district, governance breaks down. That's where we are.

Curriculum adoption has lacked proper vetting. The push to adopt Bluebonnet Learning materials is a clear example. The board moved forward on curriculum with documented concerns about content accuracy and alignment, without the kind of rigorous independent review that a decision affecting every student in the district deserves.

Staff have been caught in the middle. The instructional coach restructuring affected real people's careers and classroom support. Decisions like that should be driven by data and educational outcomes, not administrative politics. When teachers and staff don't feel supported or heard, kids lose.

Transparency is selectively applied. Information that should be readily available to parents and taxpayers requires public records requests or persistent digging to surface. That's not how a public institution should operate.

Beginning day one, I will work with the board to correct these issues and realign our schools in a way that supports public education rather than undermine it.

I am not running as a representative of any political party. School board service is about students, teachers, and building trust with parents and the community while not advancing political agendas.

My decisions are guided by clear values: academic excellence, parental transparency, fiscal responsibility, and respect for educators. I will work with anyone committed to helping students succeed and keeping schools focused on education rather than politics.

I support keeping inappropriate books out of schools and ensuring instructional materials and library books are grade-appropriate.

At the same time, recent policies have sometimes gone too far, removing classic literature or other well-known American favorites, some of which are required in AP-level courses. Board policies (EFA/EFB) should be reviewed for clarity to ensure staff have clear guidance on which books or digital media is appropriate for students.

I also support modernizing the book challenge process. Recent Texas law allows the creation of a Student Library Advisory Council (SLAC) to help manage library materials and make recommendations on book challenges, which is a more effective approach than debating each book title in public board meetings.

Finally, I believe board oversight should focus on policy and process, not micromanagement. Our district hires professionals to manage schools and libraries. If inappropriate books appear, the focus should be on improving procedures, not creating public spectacle.

See my priorities page.