I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, the only child of a Mormon father and Episcopalian mother.  I graduated the University of Utah with a BS in Psychology.  I worked for First Interstate Bank for 20 years where I was Vice President and Manager of the Cash Management Department.  I left banking in 1988 to attend the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) where I received a Master of Divinity degree.  I served churches in Salt Lake City and St. George Utah and later served a church in La Canada Flintridge, CA.  While there I attended Seabury Western Theological Seminary where I received a Doctor of Ministry in Congregational Development.  More recently, I served churches in Hanford CA, Tulare, CA and Ukiah, CA.  I live with my spouse Gail in Elk Grove CA. and we have two adult children.  Our daughter is an attorney in San Joaquin Country and our son is a college professor in New York.  We have four grandchildren, Quinn, Keegan, Zoe, and Jonah.