I am a native of Michigan from strong New England Stock. Spending summers in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, I attended high school and business school in Massachusetts. I started my fund raising career at Tufts University in 1977. My wife Claire and I were married 26 years ago in Westerly, Rhode Island and moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island from Baltimore with our two children in 1990. As an avid cyclist, I have discovered changing Atlantic vistas are everywhere waiting to be painted. Given my affiliation with The Harrison Gallery in Williamstown, Massachusetts, I have been increasingly drawn to similar subjects and mountain views in the Berkshires. When not behind my easel I enjoy rowing, cooking, listening to Blue Grass music and trying to play the banjo.