Growing up, part of a broken family that moved around quite a bit, Tim lived in extreme poverty until the age of 10. He lived in NH, ME, FL, and MA including multiple bouts of homelessness and using a campground site as a permanent address several times before age 10. Eventually his mother finally settled in Milford New Hampshire where Tim lived until graduating high school. As a young adult, Tim worked full time while attending college, as well as taking flying lessons during his off-hours, and was the first person in several generations of his family to graduate college. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in management at the end of 2007. His career is in the field of Information Technology. During his professional career he has worked for a variety of high-tech companies here in New Hampshire as well as in the non-profit sector. In his personal time he studies economics (and is a member of the American Economic Association), aviation, and world history, as well as enjoying various hobbies.
Having escaped childhood poverty, and overcome economic hardship with a lot of hard work as a young adult, Tim is dedicated to making sure that other people have the same opportunity to do so themselves. He believes strongly in having a just society where our efforts are rewarded and everyone gets a chance for a better future. These strong progressive values have helped drive his history of public service, and shape his agenda at the state house. Tim always looks for legislation which will help empower everyday people to improve their circumstances, and remove artificial obstacles to success. This includes his strong support for robust public education so that everyone has a strong starting-point for their career, a viable social safety-net so nobody goes hungry or loses their home because of a temporary hardship, and an empowered justice system to make sure that criminals who would use fraud and corruption to subvert the system face steep disincentives for such behavior.
Tim holds several certifications from the NH Office of Emergency Management, and is a decorated officer in the Civil Air Patrol (current grade of Major, and former commander of the local Manchester unit) with over twenty years of unpaid volunteer service in various leadership roles. He is a founding member of Progressives United, and previously volunteered with several presidential campaigns as well as serving as a member of the Milford (NH) school district budget committee. While campaigning for office over the years, he has received endorsements from the NH-AFT, NH-NEA, NH-AFLCIO, Sierra Club, NH Young Democrats, Rights&Democracy, Our Revolution, and many other groups. He has also been recognized as a “Public Health Champion” by the NH Public Health Association and was the NH Young Democrats “elected official of the year” in 2015. He has also served at various times on the NHDP State Committee and is active in the state party.