People will give City Hall the benefit of the doubt when it listens first, shows its work, spends every dollar like it’s their own, and keeps decisions locally focused.

My career has been about service, communication, and stewardship—I built a 50-person customer-service department and then took a chance to serve my community. I spent three decades devoted to volunteer leadership and reviving a local nonprofit organization that had previously suffered due to a lack of strong organization and fiscal leadership. The community noticed: Distinguished Citizen (2020), Outstanding Non-Profit Leader (2018), Chamber “Volunteer of the Year,” and Portneuf Valley Partners Black Belt Award. I’ve never wanted to run for public office, but it’s clear to me that being mayor is the best way to serve the city I love. 

What I’ll do:

• Transparency & voice: weekly “Mayor’s Minute,” open-data dashboards (budget, permits, projects), more robust public comment opportunities, livestream all boards, expanded public-comment windows, quarterly town halls, citizen budget advisory.

• Fiscal responsibility: priority-based budgeting, competitive bidding, pay-as-we-go capital plan, strong reserves—every dollar tracked and explained.

• Champion local control: build regional coalitions to push back on one-size-fits-all mandates so Pocatello sets Pocatello’s priorities.

How to know I’ve kept my word:

• clean audits

• on-time/on-budget projects

• dashboard usage

• resident-satisfaction trends.