Building a Brighter, Better Future
MEET DAVID
BUILDING A BRIGHTER, BETTER FUTURE
David grew up in Southern Indiana and graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he received a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering. After college, he served in the U.S. Army as a Chemical Officer for 7 years at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, where he met his wife Meg. After leaving the military in 1991, their young family moved to Jefferson County and David went to work for the Dow Corning Corporation in Carrollton, KY where he worked for over 13 years. Upon moving to Jefferson County, it did not take long for David to volunteer as a little league soccer coach, and he was instrumental in helping the Southwestern Recreation Association (SWRA) establish their soccer program. In 2004, Dow Corning offered a compressed work week which allowed David to volunteer in classrooms at Southwestern High School in Hanover. By January of 2005, his interest to do more to help the students in the community reached a point that he decided to leave his engineering career and become a teacher at Southwestern High School. While teaching, he taught classes in chemistry, physics, and high school engineering and was the middle and high school soccer coach. In June of 2018, David returned to a full-time engineering career at the Dow Chemical Corporation in Carrollton, KY.
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David and Meg are the proud parents of four children, Joe, Michael, Stuart, and Elizabeth. Joe and his wife, Emily, live in Louisville with their son, and Joe is an officer in the Kentucky National Guard. Michael is an officer in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Stuart and his wife, Olivia, live in Madison. Stuart is employed with Bulk Truck and Transport (BT&T) in Hanover. Elizabeth graduated with a Nuclear Engineering degree from Purdue University and currently works for GE in Wilmington, NC. Meg and David have been married for 37 years this year and have been involved in many activities throughout the community. They are active members of the Remnant Reformed Baptist Church in Scottsburg.
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David has always had an interest in serving, be it for family, military, church, students, or community. It was a natural transition for him to serve Jefferson County when asked to represent the Lower District as Commissioner.
After securing the office of commissioner in the 2016 election, David has worked to fulfill the promises made during his campaign.
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Better Communications - A new website for Jefferson County was developed during 2017 and went live in early 2018. Jefferson County set up a social media account to provide citizens with information on various aspects of county government.
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Economic Development - In collaboration with the Jefferson County Board of Tourism and Visit Madison, a Small Business Revolving Loan Program called Restart, Sustain, Succeed was started with a grant from the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), the first of it's kind for Jefferson County.
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Planning for Future - A new Comprehensive Plan is being finalized using the input received from the Citizens of Jefferson County. Efforts are already underway to begin activities from the Comprehensive Plan .
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Open Government - The Commissioners Office has implemented a system to allow all interested companies/ businesses to compete for County projects by utilizing requests for proposals. This system allows interested companies/ businesses to submit project proposals based upon specific criteria that are reviewed and evaluated by County representatives with the objective of selecting the best company/business for the project.
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Better Partnership - Working with Other Local Governments and Officials - David has been meeting with local government leaders on monthly basis to keep each other informed on activities in each area of responsibility as well as collaborating on common goals and objectives.
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Better Infrastructure - Jefferson County has continued the implementation of a road rating system (PASER) that provides an objective way to determine the roads which require maintenance and/or preservation. In addition, Jefferson County has begun a Gravel Roads Conversion Program that will upgrade the surface of gravel roads throughout the County.
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David's Partner
Margaret (Meg)
Wife, Mother
Meg and David will celebrate their 37th wedding anniversary in August of this year. Meg is from a small town in western Pennsylvania, and met David in Maryland where she was teaching music in the local schools. She is first and foremost a wife and a mom and a grandma. She enjoys teaching music locally as a private instructor at Ghost Notes in Madison, volunteers for the Jefferson County Republican Women's Club and the Ruth Haven House as well as gardening and quilting.
