About Gavin and Britney

I own a home in Florence Township, and I plan to stay a long time. My background is in government innovation and modernization, which mostly means helping public offices run better and answer people faster.

I've served on a nonprofit board, so setting policy, overseeing a budget and asking hard questions of leadership aren't new to me. At work I manage a team of 12 in a unionized public workplace. A lot of school board work looks like that: reading contracts, reviewing budgets line by line, and keeping people talking when things get tense.

This year I earned the Certified Public Manager credential through New Jersey's CPM program, run by the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration. I've also been a small business owner.

I started out in education. At Rutgers I was the first data scientist at the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics Lab, worked for the executive dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and helped start the school's Master of Public Informatics program, where I taught and mentored students. I hold an M.S. in Data Science and Strategic Analytics and a B.A. in Political Science, both from Stockton University.

Open government is the thread through all of it. I founded OPRAmachine, the free platform that has helped thousands of New Jerseyans request public records, and I served on the board of the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government from 2023 to 2026. I'm a member of IBEW Local 30.

I've lived in Florence Township my whole life. I went to Florence schools, and I own a home here now. I want our schools to be at least as good for the next kid as they were for me.

For high school I went to the Burlington County Institute of Technology in Westampton, the county's career and technical high school. Kids work harder when school leads somewhere they want to go.

I earned my Bachelor of Science in Biology from Montclair State University, where I was in the Presidential Scholars Program and the Honors Program. My research looked at how UV radiation damages cells and how an enzyme called photolyase repairs the damage.

Today I'm a public servant working in radiation safety. It's careful work, and the details matter. I read a school budget and a building safety report the same way. I'm a member of CWA Local 1036.

I also run my own small business, which teaches you to watch every dollar and solve problems without waiting for someone to hand you the answer. I'd love for more Florence students to get the chance to try their own ideas before they graduate.