Kevin Kuros, his wife Linda, and their boys Alex and Andy have been residents of Uxbridge since 1999.  He and his wife Linda have been active participants in their community for many years through their involvement with the Uxbridge Baseball League, Uxbridge Youth Soccer League, and the Uxbridge Education Foundation.
 

The youngest of three children, Kevin was raised in West Mifflin, PA, a blue-collar suburb of Pittsburgh, by his father Thomas (a union steelworker), and his mother Marion (a credit union officer).  Kevin’s paternal grandfather was a Greek immigrant who ran a number of successful small businesses, starting just before the Great Depression.  His other three grandparents were of Czechoslovakian descent.  His maternal grandfather was a police officer, and as was common in the era, both of his grandmothers were primarily homemakers (who pitched in and worked a variety of jobs especially during war times). 
 

Kevin attended public school his entire life, and graduated from West Mifflin North high school in 1983.  He subsequently attended and graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis in 1987. 
 

Kevin and his family attend St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Uxbridge, where Linda has participated as a catechism teacher and with functions such as the Christmas Pageant and annual fund raising festival. 
 

Professionally, Kevin has over 20 years experience working in industry and small businesses.  Kevin has spent the bulk of his professional career working in information technology and management consulting.  Kevin successfully started and managed a branch of a national consulting firm that has generated well over $10M worth of business in MA and RI, providing jobs for dozens of people.  He currently is the owner of a small real estate firm and works as a contractor to the US Army.  He has seen first hand and met the challenges of starting a business, and understands the demands and challenges of doing so. 
 

Politically, Kevin is the Vice Chairman of the Uxbridge Board of Selectmen, having served as its Chairman the prior year.  Currently wrapping up his second term, he also serves on the Uxbridge School Building Committee.
 

Prior to joining the Board of Selectmen, Kevin was an advocate for voters’ rights, and was appointed to the Uxbridge Board of Registrars where he served for a short time before deciding to seek the office of Selectman.  He has vowed to not block voter initiatives with procedural moves, even when not in favor of a specific voter initiative, choosing to allow votes while lobbying against positions with which he doesn’t agree.  He feels strongly that the best government is closest to a well informed, participating electorate.

Kevin is a regular participant in the Four Town Selectman Group which is focused on joint planning and development of the land along Route 146 from Uxbridge and Douglas through Northbridge and Sutton.  He is also a participant in the Eleven Town Selectman Group working with the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce on regional issues.  Additionally, he has participated in the New England Council, a non-partisan organization dedicated to improving the economic climate of New England, and the Massachusetts Software Council (now known as Mass High Tech).

Tired of the “insider network” at Beacon Hill, Kevin is committed to working to restore trust and a partnership between the legislature, local town leaders, and the taxpayers of the Commonwealth.  Kevin offers us a fresh voice on Beacon Hill, unburdened with years of “favors owed” and free to vote his conscience without concern for protecting lucrative state house committee appointments. 

He is in touch with what is important to this district, not the state house.  He categorizes himself as a business friendly fiscal conservative (Endorsed by the Citizens for Limited Taxation), a social conservative, and a proponent of 2nd Amendment Rights.

He’s seen first hand the struggles of starting a business and balancing a municipal budget with limited help from Beacon Hill.  He’s one of us, not one of them.