My father's family is from Shamokin, Pennsylvania on the west side of the Anthracite Coal Region. My great grandfather was a professional baseball player and my grandfather a golden glove boxer in the army. My father went to University of Dayton to play football and there he met my mother. I was born in Dayton Ohio at Miami Valley Hospital with the full head of hair you see in that picture. Both my grandparents and parents taught me about hard work, grit and taking life one day at a time.
I owe a great deal of gratitude to numerous teachers and coaches that I had the privilege of learning from. One in particular represents the compassion and caring that helped me reach my goals. Bill Morgan (standing - second from the right) was my social studies teacher and defensive coach At Wilson High School. West Lawn, PA. You always knew he had your back and taught me grit and how to lead by example. I will never forget how Coach Morgan (and others) helped me gain confidence and a desire to learn. I cannot think of a better way to honor all those teachers and coaches than to work hard on the Teton County School Board to support our teachers and ALL of our students.
I attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA where I obtained a degree in both economics and business management. I was a four-year letter recipient in football and elected as team captain my senior year by my teammates. I wasn't a vocal leader but always gave it my all at every practice and game. I always tried to lead by example. In 1988, I was nominated by Carnegie Mellon for a Rhodes Scholarship. I went on to graduate from University of Pittsburgh Law School in 1992 and obtained a Master of Law from Temple University in 2018.
I moved to Jackson January 2, 1998 to work for Spence Moriarity and Schuster. I fell in love with the people and mountains in 1996 and was constantly planning my way back. On Christmas eve 1999 I met my wife Nancy at a friends party playing music. We got married in 2003 at the Hardeman Barn In Wilson (pigs and all) . We have three amazing daughters Zoe, Eva and Liv. They each amaze us every day! I have now been in Jackson for over 25 years - I hope I qualify for "local" status.
I have volunteered over my 57 years for numerous charities like the United Way and the MS Foundation. For close to 15 years, I have volunteered my time as a coach and mentor. For years I quest lectured the High School students involved in the "We the People" program. Almost every year for the past 10 years I have presented on law day to the elementary kids in our community. I was a volunteer soccer coach for the summer league kids program here in Jackson. I have also coached with JHYS, JHMS and JHHS. To all the kids that might read this it was immense pleasure to coach you and I learned so much from you!
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