I was born in Topeka moving to Wichita at age 2.  I attended grade school at All Saints, High School at Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS and college at Newman University (BS in Business and a BA in History).  I am married for 41 years to Veronica and we have four grown sons.  My first full-time job was at Johnston’s Clothiers, just after graduation. I worked there for a total of 35 years, eventually purchased it from my father, Jerry in 1995.  I left the business in 2014 to become VP for Advancement at Newman University.  During that time, I led our team to raise 29.5 million dollars to build Bishop Gerber Science Center.  Later, we raised funds to renovate St. John’s Chapel.  In January of 2020, right before Covid, I became Executive Director of Guadalupe Clinic.