Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel (12/68-11/92.) Served as director of three USAF hospital pharmacies, then as Clinical Research Laboratory director, then as Clinical Investigations and Life Science director at the USAF Surgeon General’s Office. From 1993-2000, served as a senior corporate officer at Collaborative Clinical Research. From 2000-2010, served as a Medical Science Liaison with three major pharmaceutical companies. Fully retired in June 2010. I have been serving on the boards of Hospice of the Western Reserve and of Heights Arts since early 2016. My late wife Jude was an artist, and she joined the board at Heights arts in 2014. After her death in late 2015, I joined that board in 2016.

Why I got involved:

” After the opening of Heights Arts in 2000, we quickly became fans of its three-pronged approach to delivering the work of local artists to our community: graphic arts, music, and poetry. The more we learned about it, the more we took advantage of its many program offerings. Now, after eight-plus years serving on the Heights Arts board, I’ve become even more passionate about its mission of supporting local artists by providing access to their work at our wonderful gallery and performance space. It’s often been said that Cleveland Heights is for the arts. Our complement to that is that Heights Arts is for Artists! And for all the members of the Heights community who enjoy the wonderful work those artists create. It’s been my pleasure to serve in a role that helps those artists and their audience find each other in the most delightful ways!”