My wife Kim and I began visiting Seabrook Island multiple times per year 25 years ago.   We were instantly struck with the natural tidal beauty and the sense of friendly community.   We somehow knew that we would eventually end up here, and we bought a lot here in 2018.  We are beach people and always will be.   I grew up on a sandbar barrier island in Florida, with my bedroom door 100 yards from the shore, and I usually checked the surf 3 – 6 times per day (always optimistic, even when facts were not in my favor).  Our hometown, Destin Florida, has some of the most beautiful beaches in the continental US.  Unfortunately, this area has become hopelessly overdeveloped to the point that it is unlivable.  For this reason, we sold our home in Destin and moved full time to Seabrook in 2021.

I am a recovering industrial business leader.  I worked for General Electric for 22 years, and for the last 15 years of my career I was the CEO of multiple private equity sponsored specialty chemicals and advanced materials companies.  I have relatively broad global experience; my family and I lived in Japan for several years and I have built joint venture projects in East Germany, China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and Hungary.  I have experience working with globally diverse teams with often conflicting perspectives and have developed an ability to consistently drive positive consensus outcomes.  I have been a director on the Boards of 3 companies, 4 Joint Ventures, 1 industry association and a non-profit.  I have been fully retired for nearly two years, with no relapse episodes, and these days my most stressful decisions involve which bird feeders to refill today.  Life is good.

On Seabrook Island, I am the Vice President of the Seabrook Island Photography Club and an active volunteer for both the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network and the Seabrook Island Shorebird Stewards.   I led photography efforts for the Alan Fleming Tennis Tournament in 2023 and 2024 and I also am the volunteer photographer for the Third Serve Foundation. 

While the community of Seabrook Island is made up nearly exclusively of great people, we are not uniform along all axes.   As Property Owners, we have a number of issues where we will naturally see things differently than some of our neighbors.  We also are likely to face increasingly unpredictable challenges due to our interface with Mother Ocean and our constantly shifting tidal sand coastline.  But with sufficient doses of open-minded listening, proactive planning, and careful data-based consideration of the costs and benefits of potential alternative solutions, I am confident that we can continue to keep Seabrook Island a truly special place to own property and call home.  I would be honored to participate in that process.