Poway Unified School DistrictCandidate for Trustee, Trustee Area A

Tim grew up in Southern New Jersey to his mother Susannah and father Jim, where his father served on his local school board for 15 years.  He comes from a family of teachers, coaches, and small business owners.  Tim went on to be an NCAA Div. I athlete and obtained a BS Mechanical Engineering as an undergrad at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.  Later he received a M. Eng. Healthcare Systems Engineering, also at Lehigh, through their pioneering Distance Learning program.

In New Jersey Tim has worked as a substitute teacher of Technology and head wrestling coach and at a middle school. With a desire to be a positive impact on his new community, in San Diego he continued teaching through coaching the Torrey Pines youth wrestling team for several years.  He now coaches softball with his daughters.

Tim spent many years designing engineering systems in manufacturing and currently works as a Senior Director of Supply Chain for a local retailer.  He is Lean/Six Sigma trained and has lead transformative large-scale projects, programs, and teams.  Each year a group of senior industrial engineers works on a design project that he manages along with a University of San Diego faculty member.  Tim also is an adjunct at USD, teaching Manufacturing Processes.

Tim and his wife spent most of their adult life in San Diego, and have lived in Rancho Penasquitos for almost 3 years.  They have twin daughters in the District.  They have been in Pre-K, TK, and now Kindergarten at Park Village Elementary.  They enjoy the neighborhood and their friends very much.  They participate in soccer, softball, and gymnastics; and they cannot wait to get back on campus for learning.

Tim knows what it’s like to be an online student, an online teacher, a business leader, and a parent. He hopes to use this knowledge and industry experience to lead improvements and make the Poway Unified School District even better for his daughters and the PUSD Area A community.

PUSD has been celebrated for its educational excellence for years.  This is why people seek our schools when establishing their families.  However, in the recent past, significant challenges have prevented the improvement of the education.  During my time in the District, I have not seen these challenges overcome nor have I seen defined measures of success for the Board.  Covid has amplified the challenges and brought more our way.  I want a better educational experience for our kids.  I believe my skill set and years of experience in business, engineering, and education make me an ideal Trustee to represent the best interest of Area A.

My top priorities for PUSD are Reopening/Post Covid Learning, Facilities/Land Use, and the Budget Deficit.  They are separate but deeply intertwined.  The pandemic has forced education to redesign its processes and delivery of education.  This design must be able to iterate quickly.  Vulnerable and young students, along with their parents, are feeling the brunt of school closures.  The proposed bond measure to fix aging facilities failed in March.  There is no new solution.  Year after year, expenses outpace revenues, and Covid has amplified this problem.  My experience and background make me uniquely qualified to address these major hurdles.  I will create goals and KPIs for myself, tied to these and other priorities, so the voters can later measure my success.