After nearly 20 years of providing financial leadership to arts organizations, including several years managing our beloved Bucks County Playhouse, I believe that these experiences have taught me how to bring skilled individuals together to align often disparate ideas and converge those energies toward a common good. In the not-for-profit sector, talent and resources are always at a premium, so the art of collaboration is critical to thriving and paramount for growth. I now want to bring that experience of community building and cooperation to the State House in Harrisburg, where the current climate of dysfunction and waste are standing in the way of the true priorities of Pennsylvania families—key among them, education, renewable resources and the environment, healthcare, common-sense gun laws, and incentives for bringing tomorrow’s jobs to our region. And once and for all, let’s bring a united voice to the fight against bigotry and in support of freedom from discrimination for all.