Former political 'Golden Boy' reduced to selling underwear at a high-end department store.
Overachiever, customer service 'Rock Star' & storyteller extraordinaire.
Prior to coming to work for the Nordstrom and Von Maur Department stores and a men's boutique at The Phoenician Resort, I was a policy analyst for the Iowa and Wisconsin legislatures, worked for two Governors and a Secretary of State, was a political appointee in the administration of President George H. W. Bush and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Republican Party. I've been a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood of Minnesota and South Dakota and a freelance writer. I've had Guest Opinions published in the newspapers throughout Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona.
After being “outed” and ripped from my comfortable closet by a right-wing political opponent I became an LGBT and Democrat Party activist. I was one of Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s early supporters in the Iowa Caucuses. I Chaired the Arizona Human Rights Fund Dinner, was a board member for both the Phoenix Gay Men’s Chorus and Desert Overture, a LGBT concert band and was a judge for the GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Print Article.