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"ARE IT'S PEOPLE! Our intellect and work ethic create a community like no other!
A true and genuine listen to our citizens shows a tremendous vibrancy and depth. It is our strength for our current generation…. And the generations to come."
"I look forward to the opportunity to serve as County Treasurer for Washtenaw County. We enjoy living here. The community vibe is like no other and we have been very blessed with so many outstanding friendships!"
Rob earned an undergraduate degree in Economics and Business from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Northwestern University. His professional certifications include a CPA and a CPIM.
Rob's professional career highlights experience with a “Big 4” CPA firm along with financial leadership responsibilities for over 30 years. This experience covered both publicly and privately owned companies, in the telecommunications, manufacturing, and metals industries. His accountabilities have included cash and balance sheet management, safeguarding of assets, assessing and implementing internal controls, and organizational policies and procedures.
Washtenaw is a very blessed community in very many respects. Significant challenges remain for our working and middle classes that are asked to pay for up to seven county millages in the upcoming 2024-2026 elections.
As one County Commissioner commented at a recent board meeting reflected, “It’s awfully tough for families making $60-70,000 per year to afford to live here.”
We need to be exceptionally fiscally responsible to avoid pricing the core of our residents out of our county!
We are all suffering a vicious “tax” as inflation stretches budgets in every household, which is most burdensome to our working class. Our county needs to scrutinize each expenditure to ensure Washtenaw County taxpayers are getting the best value for its money, particularly as Washtenaw County carries the highest county tax burden of Michigan’s 83 counties. Rob's management skills are honed to dig deep into an organization’s operations. With career experience as a Controller and CFO, Rob looks forward to an opportunity to lead this charge.
Are we too accepting of “The Status Quo”?
Collaborate with our Treasurers in our cities and townships, and our taxpayers throughout the county:
The County Treasurer’s job responsibility includes the safeguarding of assets:
My wife Melissa and I relocated to Michigan in 1993 from our native Pennsylvania.
We elected to raise our family in Michigan as we believed it would provide the best opportunity for our children to grow into adults of character, compassionate for others, and with the skills needed to successfully compete in their chosen professions. When accepting a career assignment in Michigan, one of my first tasks was to help identify site selection for a startup manufacturing operation. Washtenaw County and Pittsfield Township were chosen for the 200+ person operation for the skill set of its workers, access to transportation, and cost competitiveness.
Melissa owns and operates her own Occupational Therapy practice. Her focus is the special education needs of students in multiple Washtenaw County school districts. She is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.
Melissa and I are joined by our adult daughters Christina and Natalie. Christina, a Michigan State Graduate, is a multi-Emmy award winner for her Broadcast Meteorology talents with a Michigan based TV station, where she also serves as co-anchor of a morning talk show.
Natalie, a University of Michigan graduate, teaches at a Title 1 elementary school near Washington DC where close to 90% of her students qualify as low income and approximately 50% of her students have a home language other than English. She is a candidate for school board in her local district.
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