School Story:
New Trier East
-Four years of high school athletics was important training and discipline for staying fit as an adult, long distance cycling, and the work to recover from multiple back surgeries.
-Involvement on the Student Council Board was introduction to how self-governance works at an early age, which I pursued in my career as Counsel to former U.S. Senator John Glenn, and others in the House and Senate, Clinton White House, and government positions. Also in leading Democracy, Rights, and Governance work overseas.
-Experiencing and learning from New Trier History teacher Mr. Brink -- Jim Brink -- who was the best teacher ever, and who was an important mentor and motivator to me.