I wrote 13 books (five bestsellers) and spoke to large and small audiences all around the US and Canada for 20 years including Promise Keepers Canada, MOPs conventions, military special forces, Prison inmates, men's retreats and marriage conferences. During that time I also operated a non profit organization called Better Dads. Programs included a mentoring program for fatherless boys in partnership with Multnomah University called Standing Tall, a free camp for single moms and their kids, workshops for women on raising boys and fathers, Books for Soldiers, weekend campouts for non custodial fathers and their sons, prison talks, and a Father Daughter conference to heal fathers and his teenage daughters relationship. Prior to that I owned and operated an environmental engineering firm for 16 years. I am a navy veteran with an honorable discharge.

Writing, pickleball, reading, boating, hiking, biking, gym, concerts, festivals, live music, road trips, traveling, bowling, baseball, football, live music and theater. The beach first then the mountains. I am currently writing a semi-fictional memoir.