Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

I am a friend, a neighbor, a leader and a 26 year old entrepreneur who has called High Point home all my life. I graduated from UNCG with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2008. I have been married for the last two years to my wonderful bride Beth who has been a nurse at High Point Regional Hospital for the last four years. Although we do not have children, we do have a black lab puppy named Molly. I have also attended High Point First Wesleyan Church, and have for the past 15 years.

Personal

• Born in High Point, NC, July 1, 1984
• Eagle Scout, 1999, Troop 20, First Presbyterian, High Point, NC
• Married; Wesleyan

Education

• 2002 Southern Wesleyan University
• 2007 AS, Business Administration, Guilford Tech, Jamestown, NC
• 2008 BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

Professional

• 2003-06 Logic-Source, Inc, Sales and Marketing
• 2006-09 Superior Seals & Service, Inc, High Point, NC, Sales and Website Marketing
• 2009-Present GCS Services, Inc., High Point, NC, Owner, Product marketing

Running for High Point City Council has been a desire of mine for years and I know now is the time to act. My goals are easily communicated, but they are not easy.

High Point needs to revamp its economic development structure in the way it is implemented.

High Point must seek to beautify the city as a whole, and not just new parts of the city. High Point must rise to the occasion and become a city that proves itself to its citizens as a city that is both technologically astute and capable of meeting the 21st century on equal footing.

Our city must have realistic long-term goals. One such goal should be developing a more business friendly environment. We are sandwiched between two quickly growing cities, and home to one of the fastest growing universities in the southeast, yet we still have a diminishing tax base. Now is not the time for a city to be using a decades old economic development policy. The local economy has shifted and we must realize that our furniture industry will not sustain us. The playbook must be rewritten as the game changes. All the while, we must strive toward the same goal: a strong and sustainable local economy.