I began working at St. Stephen in the spring of 2020, during the pandemic. I am the principal who is also sometimes teacher, recess monitor, janitorial and maintenance fill-in, and ad hoc member of the Board of Education, PTO, and the Finance Council.

I attended Christ the King gradeschool, Rockhurst High School, and attended college at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, and Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. I earned my master's degree at Saint Louis University and did post-master's work at Washington University.

My BFF is Tina -- we've been together since 1983 and married since 1987. We have a daughter, Alison, and a son, Cody, and three grandchildren -- Calli, August, and Cole.

I'm never not working, but I have fantasized about online gaming, woodworking, painting, and gardening.

I feel like I'm a Medici without money!

Favorite book: Anything by Bill Bryson, including A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, or The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Favorite movie: The original Magnificent Seven

Favorite song: "There's a Place in the World for a Gambler," by Dan Fogelberg