Bio Toler
I am married to my wife Alicia, also a politician and we have three Children, 15, 17, and 22. I was born in Elgin Illinois just north of Aurora and grew up in Niles Michigan, a 13,000 population in the southwestern lower corner of the Great Lake State
I attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated with a B.S in Public Administration. My business career's main focus over the decades was mainframe computer software as an ex-IBMer and longtime employee of CA Technologies, where I was key in managing the mainframe software Partner program to sell mainframe software through third parties. I dealt with international transactions, especially Canada with complex contracts. In the new era of global warming my expertise in Green IT, Eco-software and Carbon Tracking is an important underpinning to ecologism economics
History in the Green Party
My journey with the US Greens is much different than Nader or Stein's experience. When I began organizing the US Green Party and holding public meetings in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Chicagoland in the very early eighties there was no Green Party to join. I was the first to register the Green Party with the Federal Election Commission and set up a bank account. At this moment in history the Citizen's Party was active with many Greens supporting that path electorally in the United States. As the US Greens evolved and matured the splits between factions became more manageable, less of a distraction. Rather than challenge Nader in 1996 I chose to run for Mayor of Aurora, which is Illinois's 2nd largest city. Local TV stations would bring this up in interviews if I was running against Nader for President. I have the old TV tapes I'll be posting.
Today I am proud to be a recently reelected Co-Chair of the Green Party of Florida. I am excited about the upcoming Presidential Race and primaries. Let's join together and put the green back in the Green Party 2024.