I am the
past-executive director of the Two Rivers Main Street
organization, Two Rivers Wisconsin. Prior to that position
I spent nine years as the executive director of Historic
Rogers Street Fishing Village & Museum in Two Rivers. I
started out working for nonprofit organizations in 1985. My
first executive level position was as the assistant
director of the Chicago Maritime Museum. Before that I had
worked as an assistant astronomer in Chicago’s Adler
Planetarium; as a star theater technician in the St.nine
years as the executive director of Historic Rogers Street
Fishing Village & Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
I am a graduate of Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville where I earned a BA in Philosophy with a minor
in Classical Studies, and I'm also a proud veteran who
served four years of active duty as a paratrooper in the
United States Army.
I'm a past president of the Wisconsin Federation of
Museums, and served as Wisconsin’s delegate to two national
museum conferences. I'm also a member of the board of
directors of the Two Rivers Business Association.
I reside in Two Rivers with my wife Jill, and our sons,
Joseph and Matthew. We enjoy spending time on Two Rivers’
beautiful beaches and bicycling. My hobbies include a
voracious appetite for reading everything from biography to
history to novels to reference works. I also love
astronomy, telescopes, computers and gadgets of all
kinds