David is a founding board member of Washington Wildlife First, and serves as its treasurer and interim executive director. David has been a resident of Ocean Shores, WA since 2008 where he has acquired vacant lots adjacent to his house and is re-developing them as a wildlife habitat. These properties now comprise almost two acres providing sanctuary for a variety of wildlife in Ocean Shores ranging from frogs to black bears.
Since retiring, David has been an advocate for environmental and wildlife issues at all levels of government. He has presented information to the city council on issues such as excessive lot clearing, deer feeding and the spraying of chemical pesticides throughout the city. David has provided testimony before the Washington state House and Senate committees on legislation concerning wolf recovery, net pen aquaculture, chlorpyrifos spraying and whale watching. He has been a frequent commentator at the Department of
Fish and Wildlife Commissioners’ meetings and during the Wolf Advisory Group public comment period. He has been an active local coordinator for environmental campaigns by national organizations to bring public awareness to important issues.
David has had a special focus on wolf recovery in Washington and has been outspoken in opposition to the Fish and Wildlife Department’s unnecessary killing of our wolves. This began with the 2012 killing of the Wedge Pack and was intensified by the brutal slaughter of the Profanity Peak pack in 2016.He keeps a keen eye on the Department’s activities and is quick to remind the commissioners and the staff of their fiduciary responsibilities to the citizens of Washington to protect all of our wildlife.
During his working career, David was an investment manager and consultant for various teachers’ and public employees’ pension funds as well as several trade union pensions plans. He invested over three billion dollars in commercial real estate properties, including office buildings, retail centers, industrial parks, and multi-family residential developments on behalf of his clients. In addition to his deal-specific investment activities, David had responsibility for long range planning, budgeting, and auditing for his clients.
David was on the board of a residential condominium association and served as its treasurer for two years.
David received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Case Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton and a Master of Arts degree in Finance from The Ohio State University.
