A retired educator, EMT, and high school/college basketball and softball referee, he has been the driving force behind Humans of Findlay for almost three years. He has a degree from the University of Utah, a teaching certification from Weber State University, and has taken advanced degree and certification classes from the University of Findlay and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. He and Karna, his wife of twenty years, have six children, fifteen grandchildren, and a furry baby named Taz.