Hayden Phillips has announced his candidacy for Northampton County Council as a Republican. He is seeking election to one of the five "at large" council seats that will be contested during the 2013 election cycle.

A political newcomer, this is Phillips' first run for elected office. He holds an undergraduate degree from Mansfield State University and a masters in business administration from Lehigh University.

He has spent his career in the information technology industry, for the last 20 years in area of project and program management.

He is an adjunct instructor at Pennsylvania State University - Lehigh Valley, teaching courses in project management. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and retired from the Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of colonel.

Phillips and his wife Zulma reside in Lower Nazareth Township. Married for 30 years, they are the parents of two adult children.