More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Me....

Well, I've lived a lot of places since 1964. I was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and in my formative years, I lived in Hendersonville, North Carolina (twice -- I attended Hendersonville High School (1978-1982) the second time), Luxembourg, where I attended the American School of Luxembourg (1969-1975), Frankfurt, Germany, where I attended the Frankfurt International School (1975-1977) (it was West Germany back then, of course) and Wilmington, Delaware (Springer Jr. High School -- 1977-1978).

As an "adult" I spent four delightful years at The George Washington University in Washington, DC where I studied Economics, Political Science & Accounting (go figure). While there, I moved three times between Washington, District of Columbia and Arlington, Virginia. During my tenure at GW, I watched the tuition increase by 22.5% for my Sophomore year, putting an amazing crimp in my education budget.  While at GW, I worked at Furash & Company, a consulting firm specializing in the financial services industry.

And amazingly, I was able to land a job after school and I worked for Marriott International, Inc. from 1984 to 1998. With Marriott I've gotten a few more moves in (Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco, California, & Dallas, Texas).

In 1998, Marriott did a combined spin-off of my part of the company, along with a merger with a former competitor's North American operations.  The new company will be called Sodexho, Inc., and you can learn more about our new parent, Sodexho Alliance here.

Somewhere in all of this, I got married to my charming & lovely wife, Leesa (okay, babe, don't hit me, that date is June 3, 1994) and we've managed to survive most of those later moves together. Together we share an interest in the Olympic Games. When we met, I lived in Atlanta, and we had just been awarded the 1996 Summer Games. And of course, the next Summer Games are in Sydney, Australia. Since Lees' is Australian, she's excited about having the Olympics down under for the first time since the Melbourne games.

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