Here’s My Story
Dave, Justin, and Kim
I’m currently serving my third term representing Newington, New Castle, and Portsmouth Wards 1 and 5 in the state legislature. I serve on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee where I am the Deputy Ranking Member. I’m also a legislative member of the Long-Term Seacoast Commission on Drinking Water and the Portsmouth City Council’s Safe Water Advisory Group.
I’ve been a Portsmouth homeowner since 2010 and a full-time resident since 2011.
In my former professional life, I was a partner at Aon Hewitt, one of the largest health and retirement consultancies and benefit administrators in the world. My focus areas were employee communication strategy and customer experience design. I led relationships and projects for many of our larger clients and was a cofounder of our Media Solutions Group.
Earlier in my career, I worked as a broadcast journalist for several television stations, including WMUR-TV in Manchester from 1978 to 1981. There I did station ID announcements, field reporting, occasional anchoring, and even helped produce the Uncle Gus Show—once appearing on-camera dressed in a Yogi Bear costume. From there, I worked for Sanders Associates (now BAE Systems) in Nashua as a television producer doing marketing and training videos. For more info about my professional career, see my LinkedIn profile.
After retiring, I became more active in issue advocacy. I organized a chapter of Indivisible in Portsmouth and was elected in 2016 to the Portsmouth Democratic Executive Committee. I’ve also been active in the Coakley Landfill Right to Know request and helped organize document searches related to the Coakley Landfill Group.
I’ve been married to the same wonderful woman, Kimberly Meuse, since 1983 and have one son, Justin, who works in governmental relations for the Wilderness Society in Washington D.C.
In my spare time, I enjoy doing landscape photography around the seacoast and in 2018 was juried into the NH Art Association as a photographer. You can see more of my photos on my Instagram page.
Molly the Wonder Dog.