22 years newspaper publishing group management and ownership in five Northwest Michigan counties. 19 years manufacturing, management, ownership and board of directors experience, technology based company. Writer, small business ownership, management Natural gas pipeline laborer, printer, photographer, ad/newspaper design, Christmas tree farmer, orchardist, warehousing Six years, communications and marketing firm owner, co-founder. Education - U.S. Naval Academy, Xavier University

Title: Principal, Co-Owner
Hometown: Boyne City, MI
Education: Sullivan School, U.S. Naval Academy, Xavier University
First Job: Newspaper editor/general manager, Gregg Publications
M.O.: Everyone---be it a business, organization, nonprofit or person---has a compelling story to tell. The art is in the telling.
Inspirations: My wife and partner, family; exercise, good books, fellow Rotarians and people with a work ethic; and also people who suffer quietly but do good things, also quietly.
Interests: Dancing, reading, exercise
Pet Peeves: Whiners
Words to live by: Make every day a good day and your best days will follow. The choice is yours.