Meet Keith
Originally from Pennsylvania, since 2001, I have been thrilled to call eastern North Carolina home. With over thirty years experience as an educator, I have a unique insight into what both teachers and students need to succeed.
As a career classroom teacher, I understand what it means to teach a room full of students with many different needs. I understand the limited resources teachers have not only to meet the academic needs of the students, but also to ensure their safety; physical, mental, and emotional well-being; and to help them grow into responsible stewards of the future. As a teacher of history and civics, I understand the role the government plays in nurturing today’s students into tomorrow’s adults.
It’s this passion for teaching and helping the next generation that has led me to provide educators and parents alike with the resources and governance they need to help students become the best they can be. I believe in the transformative power of good governance and the role the Jones County Board of Education plays in not only students’ futures, but the future of the community as a whole.
Prior to moving to North Carolina, I graduated from Grove City (PA) College cum laude in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science. I continued my education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, graduating with honors in 1990 with a Master's Degree in History and Museum Studies. I have worked in the field of education for 35 years, starting as the Director of Education at Eckley MIners' Village in Weatherly, PA for 10 years, and then as a classroom teacher in North Carolina for 25 years, including the last four at Jones Senior High School in Trenton before retiring in 2025. I have three children and two step-children, who have, in turn, blessed me with seven wonderful grandchildren. I live in Trenton with my wife Karen.