Navy Retired, BA in Political Science from Cleveland State University. Married to his wife of 24 years Erika and they have four children; Alysia, Kayla, Lauren and Charlie and two grandchildren Willow and Lorelei. He has lived in Florida since 2012. He served in the US Navy from 1990 to 2001, when he was medically retired due to injuries that he suffered while conducting anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. He got the idea of a Veteran’s Club/Caucus from Manatee County Democratic Party function. The goal of this club is to bring likeminded veteran’s together in the hopes to show the politicians of both parties that service and sacrifice matters. Far too long the Republican Party took votes for granted and the Democratic Party believed that the they were just too conservative to pursue the vote. The Democrat Veteran’s club of Manatee County is being created to put a stop to that now.