I started my career on Wall Street after earning my MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and my BA in Economics from Northwestern. Since then, I’ve worked across the financial services industry, and today I serve as Senior Vice President at a leading Connecticut bank. I’ve helped more than 700 small and mid-sized businesses across Connecticut succeed by managing risk, capital, and growth—experience that’s directly relevant to managing our state’s multi-billion-dollar investment portfolio.

Public service has always been a calling for me. I served two terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, where I helped craft and pass the first GOP-approved budget in over 30 years. That budget put in fiscal guardrails, respected the constitutional spending cap, boosted the Rainy-Day Fund, and pushed for long-overdue pension reform. My legislative service was grounded in results, not rhetoric, something the Treasurer’s office needs now more than ever.

Before my time in the legislature, I served for eight years as Chairman of Norwalk’s Board of Estimate and Taxation—our city’s top fiscal authority. I’m proud to have protected Norwalk’s AAA bond rating throughout the Great Recession while keeping taxes under control and balancing the budget. I understand what fiscal discipline looks like because I’ve practiced it during the toughest economic times. Local government teaches you quickly how to do more with less, and that’s a lesson Hartford still needs to learn.