Professional Background
Union Pacific Health Systems: Leadership & Impact
Three decades at Union Pacific Health Systems taught me how to steer large organizations through growth, transformation and economic uncertainty.
- Financial Stewardship: As Chief Financial Officer for 20 years, I balanced multi-million-dollar budgets, implemented cost-savings initiatives that reduced overhead, and secured funding for new medical treatments and critical technology upgrades.
- Strategic Growth: Promoted to Chief Executive Officer for the final 13 years, I led a team of 100+employees, launched three new service lines (Mail Order Pharmacy, National C-PAP Program UP workers and technology sales) and increased annual revenue year over year all while maintaining patient-first values. I also oversaw the successful acquisitions of six other railroad medical groups.
- Crisis Management: Navigated economic downturns and regulatory shifts - such as OBAMA CARE - with agility, preserving jobs, protecting local community health services and building just under 100 million dollars in reserves for unexpected challenges.
- Team Building & Culture: Developed leadership pipelines by mentoring emerging managers, fostering cross-department collaboration and championing a companywide culture of fairness, transparency, diversity and inclusion.
My professional journey has helped me develop a set of complementary competencies directly relevant to mayoral leadership:
- Financial planning and & oversight
- Strategic vision and policy development
- Complex problem solving and critical thinking
- Collaborative stakeholder engagement
- Transparent communication and public speaking
- Negotiation and conflict resolution
- Performance management and accountability
Community Engagement & Governance Experience
Beyond my corporate roles, I have invested in South Davis County through volunteer service and board leadership.
- Voting member on the Legislative Policy Committee for Utah League of Cities and Towns
- Board Member of South Davis Recreation District
- Competition youth soccer coach for over 20 years
- Volunteer, in Community Cleanup here in West Bountiful
- City Counsel Liaison with the Planning and Zoning Council
- I am Certified as an “Community Emergency Reponses Team” member sit on the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee (EMPAC) and one of the original authors of our community’s current “Emergency Preparedness Plan” used by both West Bountiful Stakes
- Completed the “Davis County Citizen’s Police Academy”
- Currently hold a volunteer role in my church, and have held various leadership roles
- Former Chairman of the Board of “The Road Home,” Salt Lake City’s was the largest homeless shelter in the state
