Born in John Deere country - Waterloo, IA. Corn and pigs and tractors - oh my. Studied music production and jazz guitar at Berklee (Boston). Earned degrees in Broadcast Production & Management; and, Critical Film Studies at Univ. of Colorado (Boulder). Earned MA in Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary (Saint Louis). Work in broadcasting: KUCB Radio (Production Mgr/Boulder); KGAN-TV (Marketing-Producer/Cedar Rapids, IA); WDTN-TV (Marketing-Producer/Dayton, OH); and KWWL-TV (Marketing-Manager/Waterloo, IA). Agency experience: ME&V (Interactive Director/Cedar Falls, IA); JAM Multimedia (Creative Director/Saint Louis, MO). Interests hover around the humanities: art, literature, music, religion, history.