He was involved in student council and active in the Theta Chi fraternity. He also fell in love with an elementary education major, Patty Hearn. His mentor at the School of Journalism, Willis Winter, convinced him to use his natural sales abilities and connections to realize his dream of living and working in New York City.
Winter also helped him get his first interviews, at J. Walter Thompson. He and Patty left for New York immediately after graduation in From there, he moved on to the Marshalk Company, where he continued to build a reputation managing high-profile national accounts. In , he and Patty returned to his native Southern California, where he took a job as executive vice president of the Newport Beach office of Wells Rich Greene. With University of Oregon associate professor Kim Sheehan, he has become known as an expert on word-of-mouth marketing for small businesses.
And on a personal note, he says, the highlights of his life are his family-Patty, his two sons, Mark and Ryan, and his daughter, Kasey. Search this site. One Stop Apply Visit Give.
