READY TO SERVE
EXPERIENCE
Oversight of a school district is serious work. Here's the background I'd bring to the board — leadership, budgets, and a lifetime connection to Rock Hill.
LOCAL CONNECTION
A Rock Hill Schools graduate raising my family in the same community that raised me.
BUDGET & RESOURCES
Managed program budgets, procurement, resource allocation, and prioritization inside large, complex organizations.
EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
Built partnerships across high schools, colleges, nonprofits, and industry, with advisory experience at UNC Pembroke and Vanderbilt.
8 YEARS OF SERVICE
U.S. Air Force, Cyber Systems Operations. Promoted to Staff Sergeant within four years, named Airman of the Year, and awarded Achievement and Commendation Medals.
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Worked on significant U.S. government cloud and technology programs spanning engineering, security, operations, and executive stakeholders.
MENTORSHIP
Personally mentored high-school and college students on education, technology, and career development.
TEAM LEADERSHIP
More than a decade leading teams and complex projects across the U.S. Air Force and Microsoft.
STUDENT PROGRAMMING
Founded and led STEM programming for 150+ high-school students from 30+ states — hands-on learning, mentorship, and exposure to real careers.
PATHWAY PERSPECTIVE
From Rock Hill High to Air Force technical training to a career at Microsoft — firsthand understanding of military, technical, and workforce pathways.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
OVERSIGHT OF A 250M BUDGET
Voters deserve trustees who can understand the numbers, challenge assumptions, ask hard questions, and hold the administration accountable.
$214M
AIR FORCE ENTERPRISE
Worked on a network enterprise supporting 26,000 personnel across 11 locations, then led multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects.
$40M
ENGINEERING BUDGETS
Led a roughly 30-person engineering organization executing infrastructure projects with annual budgets reaching about $40 million.
12+
YEARS OF STEWARDSHIP
Over a decade managing significant projects, resources, and financial decisions across the military and technology sectors.
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I'm not running to be the district's CFO. I'm running to provide competent oversight: understand the numbers, challenge assumptions, ask hard questions, and hold the administration accountable. Protect the classroom, question overhead, take care of what we own, plan ahead, and make every dollar matter.
— ZACH OXENDINE