As a lifelong Youngstown, Ohio resident and a 1980 Boardman High School graduate, I completed my Bachelors of Engineering in 1984. I began my financial services career advising clients on their investments in 1989. In 2003, I acquired my MBA degree from YSU and I received the Certified Financial Planner certificate in 2011.

My wife, Jane (also a Boardman High and YSU graduate), and I have three children. Kirsten received her MD from Georgetown University and is a corneal eye surgeon in Santa Barbara, California. Joshua went to be with his Lord and Savior in 2021, after a six-year illness. Andrew has a Master’s Degree in Anesthesia from Case Western Reserve University and is an Anesthesia Assistant at Metro Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.