I also grew up knowing that while we all value our independence, we always will  show up for one another. I still remember the teachers at Wood River Middle School passing around an envelope so that, as a scholarship student heading to boarding school back East, I would have some pocket change. I’ve never forgotten that.

 

My path took me far from home. I began my career at the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, then worked at the International Monetary Fund and in the Mayor’s Office in New York City. I worked on complicated problems with real consequences and learned to ask hard questions, make tough decisions with limited resources, and not wait until a problem becomes a crisis.

 

When I came home to the mountains, I worked for the City of Ketchum, Moss, and the Environmental Resource Center before stepping forward three years ago to serve on the Blaine County Board of Commissioners. 

 

Blaine County is in the midst of massive change. We all can feel it.

 

Serving as Commissioner has made the stakes even clearer to me. The decisions we make now about growth, water, land, housing, and our economy will shape Blaine County for decades.

 

Over the next four years, I want us to get ahead of change instead of constantly reacting to it—to manage growth thoughtfully and firmly, strengthen our local economy, use our resources wisely, and protect our open spaces, working lands, water, and wildlife.

 

I’m running for another term because I believe we can manage change without losing the independence, character, and wildness that make Blaine County home.