I was born in Virginia Beach, VA and lived at my great-grandparents' industrial chicken farm in Polk County until I was 5, then Little Rock; and then by the grace of God my family moved to Cabot when I was 9.

 

My dad -a Little Rock Detective- died in an aviation accident when I was 11; and the community really came together to support us during that time. I think that's when Cabot became my hometown, or rather, that's when I truly understood what it meant to have a hometown. It's not a place, it's not any one person. It's community.

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I graduated from CHS in 2006, the same year I started dating my wife, Haley. In 2011 we decided to settle in our hometown, bought a house in Cabot, and got married. I hold a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with emphasis on Philosophy, History, and Sociology, and went on to Interdisciplinary Master's program, completing enough graduate hours to each in History and Criminal Justice college courses. At that point I did the math and realized that the money job I took to keep the bills paid had accidently become my career.

 

Today I work as a Regulatory Operations Director overseeing Appeals, Grievances, Broker Fraud Investigations Units, and a supporting Data Analytics team for the largest health insurance carrier on the health insurance marketplace. I've spent my career operationalizing federal and state law, and optimizing those processes. I work closely with the regulators of a little over two dozen states on regulatory and accreditation audit, and I have a front row seat on the drafting and implementation of law.

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I've worked with both the Biden and Trump administrations to develop the model Broker Fraud Investigation Unit for the Marketplace. I work on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence; which I've recently used to improve through by ethically assisting human agents, rather than replacing them outright with AI models. My experience has uniquely prepared me for my role on council.

 

It's my experience operationalizing bad laws that motivated me to try my hand at writing some. I've spent my entire career in the health insurance marketplace watching the effects that poorly written, poorly thought out, ethically compromised legislation can have on systems, and on individuals. In my day job, I'm empowered to identify and fix systemic problems; and it's a practice I've tried to let bleed over to my City Council work. I'm working to proactively offer solutions for tomorrow's problems. I've fought aggressively to steer incentive efforts towards small, local businesses instead of big box and corporate chains, and I always try to find compromise and common ground. 

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I spend my free time admiring Cabot from the cockpit of an FPV drone. Cabot really is a beautiful place.