• Resident of Ottawa for 40 years, including 13 years in Capital Ward
• 37 years in public education as a teacher, principal and supervisory officer plus 2 years as invited and then visiting professor pn the Master of Education program at the University of Ottawa
• Director of Education (CEO), Ottawa-Carleton District School Board 2003-08
• Founding member of Crime Prevention Ottawa
• Board of Directors, Tamir Foundation for developmentally disabled adults
• Volunteer canvasser for Heart and Stroke Foundation
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
• Married to Louise (their three children are proud graduates of Ottawa public schools.)
