Systems Experience

After searching for over three years for an ideal place to retire, my wife Mollie and I settled on Dalton as our new home in July of 2021. We still run a creative design and marketing business together, where I contribute writing, website support, and photography to the business. We have very much been enjoying Dalton – and all the Berkshires has to offer. By the Spring of 2023, Mollie was also fully engaged with the local visual arts and music community, and I had joined the Green Dalton Committee and begun other ongoing volunteer efforts in the Town. For the Green Committee, I helped plan and coordinate the 2025 Climate Action Plan, evaluated local impacts of the state’s specialized stretch code, introduced a free thermal camera checkout program, and coordinated the town’s 2024 Climate Change Solutions Fair. For the town of Dalton, I consulted on website management and petitioned to save the town’s sidewalks from an ill-advised “cost-saving” strategy. I then began volunteering as a trustee at the First Congregational Church of Dalton, where I chaired the committee, designed, proposed, and managed a cost-saving plan for the church that enabled a balanced budget and permitted us to raise the pastor’s salary, managed the church’s rental tenants, contracted services, and building repairs, and helped implement technology at the church. My goal with volunteering in Dalton has been simple: to give back to my community, get to know Dalton’s history and people, and advocate for things I care about.

As for credentials and past professional experience I bring to volunteering, here is a brief overview: