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Family: Jenn and I will be married 16 years this year. My son, Declan, is 12. My daughter, Rowan, is 8. Tonka is our 4 year old bullmastiff. We’ve been in Mequon for the last 7 years since moving up from Chicago. Interests/hobbies/last book read/favorite movie/what’s playing in on your car’s stereo/pastimes: Lately, my biggest hobby seems to be falling asleep, but I do at least pretend I still have other interests. I see a fair amount of live music. An acoustic Metallica cover of Bob Seger’s Turn the Page is playing as I write this. I’ve seen both in the past few months. I like to explore. I like to travel, though we don’t get to far flung places with the kids being in the stage of life they are. We did go to Pittsburgh in December, which is a lot like Bill’s trip to Patagonia, except the mountains are slush covered and the waters are a pristine shade of brown. Almost all of my time is spent on the kids and work these days. Though, I am happy to say the balance is shifting more toward the former. I’m a team manager for Destination Imagination, which is a pretty nifty STEAM program that competes globally. Our regional competition is in March. Most important lesson that you've learned in business?: It’s still about relationships. Being planful helps, but winds change, especially in client-driven environments. Being a good partner and establishing real connections with people helps you navigate challenging times in addition to the rewards those things bring all by themselves. Career mentor/favorite words of wisdom/role model: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Most memorable Rotary moment or event?: Still setting Pukaite Woods on fire with Tom Aranow. Your favorite vacation?: We spend time in the Outer Banks of North Carolina every summer. It’s a mellow, relaxing way to say goodbye to the summer months. |
