I grew up in a small, bucolic town in West Virginia. That rural Appalachian community gave me a front-row seat to systemic inequality — economic, educational, even reputational. (Yes, I’ve heard every West Virginia joke ever invented.) That early exposure shaped how I see the world.
I went on to study Political Science with a minor in Economics at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. After college I built a 25-year career in business development across the telecommunications and technology sectors — at AT&T, UUNET/MCI, and Amazon Web Services. The work was a real career — building partnerships, opening accounts, and standing up revenue motions from zero. But the questions that drew me to Political Science in the first place never let go: how did our economic and political system come to be so rigged, who built it that way, and who keeps it that way today?
The moment Trump entered office, I started plotting my exit from the corporate track toward something closer to public service — finding a way to fight the American oligarchy that wants to seize power and rule over us all, much like Sauron and the One Ring.
The Reset is part of that fight. So is the next chapter of my career.
When I’m not ruminating on the heavy stuff, I’m outside — hiking, paddling, camping, or wandering through beautiful gardens.