I grew up in Oregon and joined the Army out of High School. After serving for 4 years, I married the love of my life, and we settled in Pike County, GA. I would serve 4 more years and be deployed to Iraq for 18 months before returning and getting my BS degree in Visual Communications. I had a small freelance design business and we had 2 sons between the 2 of us. (They are both adults now). Our family scouting adventure began in 2008, when our youngest son joined in 1st grade. I began volunteering with his Pack that first year, then Troop, the District as a Commissioner and later in 2015, when I started my professional scouting career as the District Executive of Spalding, Pike, Upson and Lamar counties. (Ronotohachi District). Our son earned his Eagle Scout rank in 2019. I began serving Henry and Butts County as the Flint River Council District Director in the summer of 2022.