David Crete
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David Crete (also known as Coach) ran for election to the Nevada Board of Regents to represent District 7. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Crete completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Crete was born in Mesa, Arizona. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 1989. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in 1994. His career experience includes working as a corporate real estate broker.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Nevada State Board of Regents election, 2022
General election
General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 7
Susan Brager defeated David Crete in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Susan Brager (Nonpartisan) | 58.4 | 41,710 | |
| David Crete (Nonpartisan) | 41.6 | 29,764 | ||
| Total votes: 71,474 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 7
Susan Brager and David Crete defeated Aury Nagy, Hieu Le, and M.J. Ivy in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 7 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Susan Brager (Nonpartisan) | 39.5 | 13,680 | |
| ✔ | David Crete (Nonpartisan) | 21.9 | 7,565 | |
| Aury Nagy (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 6,259 | ||
| Hieu Le (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 5,073 | ||
| M.J. Ivy (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 2,014 | ||
| Total votes: 34,591 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Crete completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crete's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a husband, dad, grandfather, Air Force Veteran, coach, and someone who has been involved in my community since I joined the USAF in 1983. I have two bachelor’s degrees, a BA in Business Management, and a BS in Administration. The Air Force moved me to Nevada in 1983 where I was stationed on the Nellis Test Range until 1989. After my enlistment, I moved back to my hometown of Phoenix, AZ. In 2001, my family returned to Las Vegas and have remained ever since. Now, my wife and I own a real estate brokerage located in northwest Las Vegas. I am also someone who believes our education system, including our post-secondary system, has lost its way. As a society, we have become focused on so many different things that we have lost focus on what the schools are here to do. This is exemplified by our low-test scores and low national rankings. As a father and grandfather, I want better for my family, and I believe I am not alone. I want to do what I can to improve the NSHE.
- For Nevada to grow economically and be competitive, we need colleges and university to be competitive with our neighboring states.
- The NSHE must constantly work to find new and innovative ways to ensure the facilities are safe for everyone to use. If a student or staff member does not feel safe, they cannot perform at their highest level.
- If the past two years has taught society anything, it is that every organization must be ready for the next major disruption just as it must be ready for any paradigm shift. NSHE must be ahead of whatever the future holds.
I have spent 26 years working with today’s youth and young adults. My wife and I have four kids and have become the legal guardians of three more. We have also had four others live with our family for a period of one year or more. My passion in public policy revolves around those issues facing our young adults. What can today’s leaders do to impact, their futures and what opportunities are available for them in a positive way? How can we create opportunities by improving the quality of education, so it gives college students a competitive edge when entering the job market? What can be done to increase diversification of our state’s economy? A more diverse economy will be enhanced with better educational opportunities within Nevada and economic diversification will decrease dependence of the gaming and tourism industry. These are the policy issues I want to address as a University Regent.
There are a great many people who have done things which I have either observed from a distance or have known who I look up to and use as an example. Politically, I have a great deal of respect and admiration of President Reagan. I was in the Air Force while he was President and I always saw him as a confident leader who knew the result he wanted and was unafraid to do what it took to achieve it.
I always had great admiration for my paternal grandfather. He was a WWII Veteran who returned from the way to his wife and oldest son and built his home that he would live in the rest of his life, and it was on the same street he was born and grew up on. I always remembered him getting up and going to work before the sun would come up, grab his lunchbox and thermos of coffee, and go to work as a welder in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN. It would be cold and snowing and I never heard him ever complain in fact he always seemed very thankful to be doing it. He was an incredibly humble and hardworking man with thick calloused hands yet was the kindest and most gentle man to his family. Every man should want to be that man.
I always had great admiration for my paternal grandfather. He was a WWII Veteran who returned from the way to his wife and oldest son and built his home that he would live in the rest of his life, and it was on the same street he was born and grew up on. I always remembered him getting up and going to work before the sun would come up, grab his lunchbox and thermos of coffee, and go to work as a welder in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN. It would be cold and snowing and I never heard him ever complain in fact he always seemed very thankful to be doing it. He was an incredibly humble and hardworking man with thick calloused hands yet was the kindest and most gentle man to his family. Every man should want to be that man.
The Ten Commandments
Our Founding Documents
Honesty, transparency, a conviction to principles with an ability to communicate and negotiate. There must be an acceptance that nobody will always get their way and that there may be more than one correct answer to an issue.
I believe that everyone has been given one life on this planet and that life is wasted if you do not do something to serve your fellow man to make this a better place to live. In not doing something of service to others, you have wasted your opportunity to make a difference.
Watching out for the public's' best interest regardless of one's own interest.
President Richard Nixon's resignation. I was 7 years old. Our teacher rolled a tv into class so we could watch what was going on.
Scooping ice cream at Carvel Ice Cream in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. I started there when I was 11 years and 11 months old and made $1 per hour cash. I worked there for about 8 months until my family moved to Southern Illinois.
Art of War, Sun Tzu
In a Lifetime by Clannad & Bono
To set the policies, goals and strategic plan for the organization. To lead, observe and assist the organization from the board level to ensure that all is being done to ensure the success of the organization.
The citizens of the Great State of Nevada and those who travel here to obtain a college education. I also believe that the students, staff and faculty are also the constituents of a Regent.
To provide and open and transparent environment that gives everyone an equal opportunity for success. The needs of students, faculty and staff all all different but each deserves the opportunity to achieve their goals and I will work to ensure that opportunity is there for everyone.
There is a fine line which must be honored while building relationships with various groups but relationships must be built. There must be transparent communication between NSHE and the communities it serves. Sadly, I must spend more time telling people what the job of a Regent is and less on the issues. This must change. Internally, I will develop relationships with the faculty and staff without crossing the lines in the chain of command. If we want successful institutions, we must have quality people within it and they must know that their voice is heard and their needs met. If those who work within the system are not happy, the product they deliver will not be what it should be.
Absolutely we need to ensure that there is diversity in every aspect of the organization. The policy should always be to hire the best and brightest to each position and diversity should be considered not be the overriding factor in a hiring decision.
A quality education is only obtained in an open and safe environment which serves the needs of the students outside the classroom and a faculty of highly qualified individuals inside the classroom. Once the obstacles are identified, we can address the ways to remove the obstacles. We cannot address those things which are not yet understood.
Good teaching is proven through great results. Where it is appropriate, the Regents should consider teaching approaches. I also believe that is something left for university presidents, deans and department heads.
Based on what I have experienced and researched there are a couple of problems.
First, we have programs offered that too many are unaware exist.
Secondly, I would like to see more growth in our engineering and science programs with an emphasis on research. If Nevada is going to diversify its economy, these are essential.
Public funding of post secondary education has been reduced recently and that trend is unlikely to change. There are public lands and other resources owned or available to the NSHE that may be able to create recurring revenue to help supplement funding. Another area of opportunity may be to investigate the opportunities to fund research grants. Lastly, endowments I believe could be a source. Nevada is blessed with a healthy tourism industry where many have created substantial wealth. There may be ways to create endowments and revenue streams with some of these individuals that may also create a recurring revenue and be a win win for all involved. Simply increasing taxes on this industry is not the answer.
If we cannot provide a safe environment on our campuses for our students, staff and faculty there is no way we can expect them to operate at their best levels.
1. Create a safe environment.
2. Ensure that whatever the required resources are to support mental health are available.
We need to investigate, embrace and prepare for artificial intelligence to play a greater role in the education process as well as impact the staff and faculty experience.
Next time we will be more prepared. As a whole, the education process was caught flat footed and we need to look into what the future could hold and prepare for all scenarios now. Hollywood did movies about pandemics but that did not create an urgency to prepare for it. Hollywood may be a good source of what the future holds and next time we need to pay attention. We need to use creative minds to think about what may happen and strategic minds to create the plan to address it.
Since the position of Regent is a governing body over an adult population, these relationships will be different than those of a school board over a K-12 system. For incoming freshman who just completed high school, the parent will be more involved. There will not be the parent involvement of a 35 year old working parent working to obtain a degree. The needs of the different groups will have to be looked and and treated differently.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 30, 2022
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