Growing up in North Dakota surrounded by one older and one younger brother,my childhood was terrific. I traveled around in the cable T.V. business following 2 years of college, and found myself planted in the South Western part of the U.S. until returning to Minnesota to finish college in 1988. I met my wife Sandy in that year and we were married in 1992. As a couple we spent several years in Arizona teaching, and during that time earned 2 Maters degrees in  field of education. In 1999 we were blessed with our only son Joey who we adopted from Korea. What a gift he has been. We moved to Denver in May of 1999 where I became a trainer for The Dale Carnegie Center of Excellence in Denver. I continue to teach courses in the evening,but my passion is still with the kids of Buffalo Ridge.