David was born in 1977 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Soon after, his mother returned home with David to Swansea, MA, and lived in Watertown, MA, and Preston, CT. Spending summers in Preston, David was heavily influenced by his mother’s family, who operated a family dairy farm, still in operation today.

In August of 1996, David was sworn into the United States Army. In November of the same year, he graduated from the M1A1 Abrams Armored Crewman One Station Unit Training at the Armor School located at Fort Knox, Kentucky. A brand new tanker, David was assigned to his first unit, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 34 Armored Regiment, at Fort Riley Kansas. David served with D Company until being reassigned in June of 1998 to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Now a Staff Sargent, David was deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom II as a Tank Commander. While in Iraq, David was decorated for leadership and valor for his actions in combat.

In Iraq for 13 months, his unit was assigned to oversee and provide security for Iraq’s first post-war election. Witnessing Iraqis voting for the first time in their lives greatly influenced David’s decision to enter politics after leaving the Army.

Following his return from Iraq, David returned to the United States Armor School at Fort Knox as an instructor at the Armor Officers Basic Course (AOBC).

In 2006, after 10 years of service, David returned to civilian life, met and married Erin.

In 2010 David earned a B.S. in Accounting from Rhode Island College. 2015 saw a change in course when he attended The Shipbuilding / Marine Trades and Advanced Manufacturing Institute (SAMI) at New England Tech. Newly retrained in the machining trade, David was hired by a family-owned Rhode Island machine shop in 2015.

Inspired by the courage and determination of imperiled voters in Iraq, David could not say no when asked to run for Burrillville Town Council in 2010. After serving four years, David was re-elected to the Town Council in 2014.

As a member of the Council, David served as chairman of the Audit Sub-Committee, and the Screening Sub-Committee and was a member of the Ordinance Sub-Committee.

David was also appointed to fill a vacancy on the Harrisville Fire District Operating Committee in 2015. Elected to his own term in 2017, David continued his service at first as a member of the Water Sub-Committee & Audit Committee, and later was appointed to the Fire Sub-Committee, along with being a member of the district’s fire fighters' collective bargaining committee.