After graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Economics it seemed like a good idea to put my degree to use at agriculturally focused hedge fund in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Within a year, I determined that pursuing my future wife to Idaho was a more important objective and switched career paths to work in outdoor education with troubled youth, construction and a climbing gym before returning to investment management. The timing of the return to the investing world was such that I was able to experience the Great Recession from preamble to postscript, and I’m quite grateful for the lessons that were learned and the bonds that were formed to create the foundation of the company today. Outside of the office, I serve as the Board Chair of the Flourish Foundation and enjoy rock climbing and fly fishing with my wife and two daughters.