Ready on Day One
Big Canoe is a special place—and it deserves a Board that is prepared, engaged, and focused on outcomes.
I’m running to bring an operations-first perspective to the Board—grounded in accountability and follow-through. Over my career, I’ve been responsible for delivering results: aligning stakeholders on priorities, managing budgets, reducing risk, and ensuring complex work stayed on schedule and within scope.
📊 Locally, my perspective is grounded in three years of service on the POA Finance Committee and other committee work—working through budgets, long-range planning, and the practical tradeoffs required to sustain a community of our size.
🧭 Clear roles matter: Board vs. Management
A strong POA starts with clear roles:
- 🧩 The Board sets direction and priorities — strategy, policy, budgets, and measurable goals
- 🛠️ The General Manager and staff execute — the day-to-day operation
✅ The Board best serves property owners when it provides disciplined oversight and support without micromanaging operations.
🕳️ “Unknown unknowns” — and why committee experience helps
Big Canoe benefits from leaders with impressive experience outside our gates. But Big Canoe also has its own operating model—amenities, infrastructure, staffing, vendors, budgets, covenants, and processes that don’t behave like a city or a corporation.
New Board members (including me) inevitably face “unknown unknowns”—things we don’t know we don’t know.
🧠 One practical way to reduce those blind spots is prior service on formal POA committees. Committee work doesn’t make anyone omniscient, but it does provide real exposure to how Big Canoe actually runs and where the risks and dependencies are. That insight helps a director contribute effectively from the beginning, especially during leadership transitions.
👥 Leadership transitions: getting the right fit matters
Over time, the Board will navigate leadership transitions. When those moments come—selecting a General Manager or other key leaders—the Board’s responsibility is to:
- 🎯 Define the skill set Big Canoe needs
- 🧾 Run a disciplined selection process
- 🤝 Empower management to execute while holding the organization accountable to clear goals
✅ What I will focus on
If elected, I will focus on:
- 🧭 Strong governance and oversight — clear priorities, expectations, and measurement, then consistent follow-through
- 💰 Financial stewardship in plain language — what we’re funding, why it matters, and how success will be measured
- 📣 Better two-way communication — more opportunities for informal owner conversations and clearer updates around major decisions
🙏 Thank you — and please participate again
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🌟 I wish you and your family a happy, safe, and collaborative 2026. Thank you for your consideration.
