Hometown:  Omaha, Nebraska

First Job:  Paper route for the Gazette Telegraph in Colorado Springs

Three words that describe your personality:  Honest, confident, loyal

Free-Time Activities:  Watching my youngest daughter Skylar play volleyball, play basketball, and run track; I also love playing music!

Favorite Vacation:  A family vacation to Colorado in the summer of 1977. I was 8 years old, and my family and a family friend loaded up my dad's K-5 Blazer. We visited Loveland, Estes Park, Pikes Peak, and everywhere in between—and I fell in love with Colorado. Two years later on Halloween, my family moved to Colorado Springs; my parents still live in that same house to this day.

Professional Passion:  Hard work! I was brought up in the old school ways. Demand the most out of myself and others. Success is made not given.