TIMELINE – where I’ve been, where I’m going
- 1982: born & raised // Asheville, NC
- 2000: college-bound // Bristol, TN
- 2004: wanderlust // Reno, NV
- 2006: church planting in paradise // San Diego, CA
- 2013: crazy things we do for love // St. Louis, MO
FAITH & EDUCATION – what, they’re not the same thing?
- Fundamentalist Christian upbringing (Plymouth Brethren, don’t hate!)
- Christian K-12 education at a school where my lovely mother teaches foreign languages and Bible class!
- A little college education, mostly at a small Presbyterian school in Tennessee
- Started a nondenominational church in downtown San Diego where I served as worship leader for five years
- Now part of a community of faith called Missiongathering
EMPLOY – i love nonprofits
- Currently: a collaborative partnership of museums & cultural institutions in beautiful Balboa Park
- Previously: a San Diego civic & community leadership development agency, a mall developer, and a financial giant where I’m pretty sure part of me died
OTHERWISE - what compels me

- I still dig Jesus after all these years and want a life that resembles his – big bonus if I figure out the whole water into wine thing
- Gay & very happily partnered to a handsome scientist
- Advocate for equality in society and an inclusive Church
- Dreamer & writer who is working on that novel & screenplay that are going to change the world
- Lover of music, former singer/songwriter who still sings and writes
- Traveler who loves America’s national parks, beaches, mountains, deserts, and Mom ‘n Pop restaurants
- Proud papa to Winslow, a border collie who watches over me from the next life
