Started delivering newspapers at 14. Pushed shopping carts, bussed tables and (tried to sell) kitchen knives door to door. Discovered a love for restaurants and got a degree in hospitality mgt. from NAU. Since then career spanned restaurant operations, marketing, and brand management. Entrepreneurial endeavors include real estate acquisition and development, outdoor, mobile media and community engagement. Married, father of 3 in Phoenix, AZ.

Mother, wife, educator, writer, business owner and overall lover of learning. Decades long advocate for special needs and gifted education. Faculty and Supervisor, College of Education and Leadership, Arizona State University.

Developed her first website in the earliest days of the World Wide Web and decided to push pixels forever after. Started using e-mail marketing technology before most people had their first e-mail address. Has developed over one hundred websites and web applications and thousands of e-mail campaigns over more than a decade in the field.