Being born in ’65 officially classifies me as a “Gen X’er”, but I’m not a big fan of labels. If the last few years have taught the world anything, it’s that our PRIMARY role as humans is to love one another, regardless of what history has (or has not) taught us. That’s how my parents raised me, anyway. As an only child on a farm in central Iowa, I also learned the meaning of “work ethic”. My life outside of farming coincided with the collapse of the farm economy in 1983. Dad told me to get a job because there was no future in agriculture the way we did it (sharecropping), so I got my first job working in a hotel restaurant in Ames, Iowa, at a place called Gateway Center. I learned a lot about food and beverage, customer service, marketing, and management because of incredible mentors I still think about often in my current role.
My wife and I have three adult children, all of which I am very proud to be their father. My dad only got to meet our oldest, as he passed in February 2000, three months before our son was born. Our youngest daughter was born in 2002. My mom was able to spend a lot of time with them in her last 6 months, as we moved her to our city in May of 2019. She passed in October of that year at age 91, thankfully before COVID shut down the world. She wouldn’t have done well with that.
I have several passions that have roots in my life experiences: I love nature and try to connect with and appreciate it whenever the opportunity arises, namely on a bicycle. I’ve done RAGBRAI 12 times, and though I’m getting older, would LOVE to do it again. A tangent to RAGBRAI is a passion for food and beverage. Craft beer, breakfast burritos, and pie are the staples of the ride, and the love of them has carried over into the remainder of my year.
In a sense, my formative years on the farm, my work in that first “real” job, RAGBRAI, parenthood with three active children, and my current profession are what have defined the person I am today: Hard-working, fun-loving, humble, and disciplined while also maintaining high standards, a “unique” sense of humor, and passion for learning something new about someone or some THING every day, the most recent discovery being bourbon. Speaking of which…
Cheers!
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