I graduated from Mizzou with a BS in Fisheries and Wildlife  planning to be a conservation agent.  After a joureny of traveling and several jobs I decided I wanted to teach.  I went back to school and graduated from Rockhurst with a MS in Secondary Education in Biology.  

My wife Molly is a assistant manager in the NICU at Children's Mercy.  My daughter Ellie is 12 and going into 7th grade.  Henry is 9 and will be in 4th grade.  I am the last of six children and have 17 nieces and nephews, 14 great nieces and nephews and 2 great great nephews!

I have worked for my fraternity, Alpha Gamma Rho, the Missouri Department of Conservation, a website company, and KC Animal Control.  I had a side landscaping business and I am a beekeeper.  I enjoy hunting and fishing and being outdoors when I can.  

I coach football and am also the coach/sponsor for our Environthon team.  I am currently working on a second master's at the University of Florida in Entomology.