A Biography of Sorts

A childhood on the beaches of Southern California. Junior High in the Slums of Beverly Hills. Then banished to a 300-year-old boy's school, in the ever-bleak northwest of England. A BSc (Honors) Politics and International Relations from the University of Southampton and an MA International Relations from the University of Keele, both in England. A postgraduate thesis exploring the ways nations use the Olympic Games for political gains. Basketball for Southampton and Crewe Cavaliers, Volleyball for Crewe City, tennis ever since. Back to the West Coast. Editor of Coinews, a rare coins and precious metals publication. Marketing communications manager, Core-Vent Corporation, a medical device manufacturer. Senior writer and strategist, Hunters & Gatherers, an advertising agency. A number of articles published, finalist for the Heath Literary Award. For 15 years, strategy, writing and creative directing advertising, marketing and public relations campaigns. The past several years, consulting to firms in the role of corporate storyteller.