Candidate for
Council Member; City of Newport Beach; District 4

Born and raised in Houston, Texas I graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1969, a government major. I volunteered for the draft in 1969 and served my two years in the Panama Canal Zone. I swam in college and pulled easy duty in the service, working as a life guard and as an age group swim coach. I even swam on the All-Army Swim Team, trained for a short time at West Point, and represented the U.S.A. in a competition in Spain.

I began my business career with Procter & Gamble, a great place to start out but after three years in marketing I moved into sales and later into sales management. Ifve held general manager and a vice presidential titles but sales has always my primary responsibility. In my hayday during the dot com era I owned my own business, an executive search firm. My specialty was what I called the hi-end of high tech. That is when we moved to Newport Beach, 1999, after ten years in Irvine.

Ifve owned homes on the Penninsula near the Fun Zone, in Newport Shores on the Canal and presently my wife and I live in Santa Ana Heights close to John Wayne and all that hexcitmenth. Youfll therefore understand my interest in airport issues.

Career Highlights: In 2000 when my business was really doing well I took a sabatical and enrolled at Claremont School of Theology, a Methodist seminary. I took more than a full load, five courses, 15 units. To qualify I had to go back and study world religion and philosophy in order to pass the entrance exam. It was an awesome experience and in a way, life changing. After my one semester I had to go back to work but I left the recruiting world and took a job working with SED, Severely Emotionally Disturbed teenage boys. I was a house manager at a group home, working 54 hours a week for $35,000 a year, pretty good money in that world but after a year I had to get back to business.Ifve been a broker since, selling insurance to builders and developers until that market collapsed and presently brokering medium sized businesses in Orange and Riverside County.

I have three sons all who live in Newport Beach. My oldest is an attorney, my middle son is a top salesman with a well known national firm and my youngest has just started a new position with an Irvine firm. My middle son Drew is marrying his long term girlfriend Labor Day weekend in Paso Robles.

I bike, jog, surf on occasion with my kids. I belong to the American Legion and the Newport Beach Lawn Bowling Club. Ifm adventursome. Back in 2002, I rode my bicycle to Houston, Texas to visit my Mom, who is now 89. It was a 21 day trip. Ifm also courageous. In 2006, a friend and I sailed a 32Œ sailboat to Hawaii, also a 21 day trip. And Ifm brave. Ifm running for city council against all odds. Wish me the best

My community involvement has revolved around church and environmental issues. Ifve served as an officer and a board member of OCICE, the Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment. My involvement with OCICE has spanned 10 years. Ifve worked on and off with the Banning Ranch Task Force and Conservancy as the issue has ebbed and flowed since the late 1990Œs. I just resigned from the Conservancy Board in order to run for office. When my kids were growing up I gave a lot of time to my church. I taught Sunday School at Aldersgate Methodist Church in Tustin. My longest stretch was 6 years of Junior High Classes, a fun age group to be around.

In my 63 years I have not been all about business. I paid taxes at times on some pretty good earnings but business was just part of my lifefs calling. My conscience has caused me to run for office, to talk about issues many want to set aside or ignore. I canft do it. Ifve studied science and economics and read in depth. Global issues, vital to all our childrenfs futures need to be looked at at the grassroots level, the only place real change happens. I ask for your consideration. thanks