I grew up in Toledo, OH and am a proud alumnus of Blessed Sacrament School and Start High School. I attended Bowling Green State University, and was a member of the baseball team at BGSU. After college, my career path was a bit hazy. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do professionally…entrepreneurship and personal finance were incredibly interesting to me. In 2007, I began a career in the financial services industry that has led me to so many wonderful places in my life. My wife Stacey is my business partner, along with many other great friends who share our business with us. Stacey and I have two daughters, Sloane and Preston. We love being active and outdoors, sports, and spending time with each other. Another major part of my life is my faith: I believe I can accomplish anything through Jesus Christ. The simple grace of the gospel has been an incredible blessing in my life, and has brought great joy and peace to me and my family.
Q: What do you love most about what you do?
The fellowship of working with people, and the significance in being a person people can count on with important financial decisions
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in our community?
The people of our community, in general, have great power and potential inside of them. I am consistently amazed at the personal life stories of the people I meet here.
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
Jerusalem and The Middle East: To walk the streets and lands of the largest faiths in the world…that will be an incredible experience when I get to do it
Q: What advice would you give to people?
Life is a you vs. you journey. There is nobody you should ever compare yourself to…just yourself. Be the best version of yourself every day…and give yourself grace to try again tomorrow.
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
So many things…I love sports. I would love to take an entire year and attend as many sporting events as possible. Specifically, I would love to experience as many college football atmospheres as possible!
Q: If you could choose anyone that is alive today and not a relative; with whom would you love to have lunch? Why? And where locally would y’all meet for this lunch?
Terry Francona- He’s a baseball lifer, manager of my favorite team, and probably has a ton of fun stories. I’ll bring the Red Man, and I’m sure we’ll have a lot of fun.
Q: What is your favorite thing or something unique about our community?
F3: F3 is a tremendous group of men, all faiths/backgrounds/etc. Check them out at f3toledo.com and f3blackswamp.com. It’s a tremendous group, and we do a ton of great things in our community.
Q: What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
Little League Baseball on Nintendo and NHL 94 on Super Nintendo…if you can find me two better video games, please let me know. Gameplay off the charts.
Q: Who inspires you to be better?
The men and women I work with in business. We each have our own individual strengths, and I am consistently challenged to be as good as I can be…in a healthy way.
Q: Finally, what 3 words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
Peace, love, sleep
