I was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana on July 30, 1972. My parents are both from Western Kentucky (Muhlenberg and Caldwell counties) and we moved several times as I was growing up. I attended Kindergarten in Central City, KY; First Grade was in Madisonville, KY at Grapevine Elementary; Second and Third Grade were in Louisville, KY at Wilder Elementary and then we moved to Silver Spring, Maryland.

I attended Fourth through Seventh Grade in Silver Spring, MD and I consider that period of time my “formative years” – my educational time in Maryland was spent at Galway Elementary and Benjamin Banneker Junior High School. At the end of my Seventh Grade year, we moved back to Kentucky and I attended Paducah Middle School and Paducah Tilghman High School, graduating in 1990.

I attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA, graduating with a BA in Anthropology and English in 1994. I maintained an avid interest in role-playing games, and was fortunate to gain an internship with White Wolf Game Studio in 1993 and ultimately was hired into their Marketing department. I worked with them until 1995.

I returned to school, pursuing my MBA in International Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. I graduated in 1999 and was fortunate enough to obtain an externship with Wal-Mart Germany. I returned to Atlanta in July of 2000 and began to work as a freelance consultant in the areas of marketing and business development. I was fortunate to work with various clients, including several game companies. The most exciting was joining the toy/game company start-up Atomoton, Inc., which included several employees from my earlier White Wolf days. Ultimately, I decided to return once again to school. I enrolled in the University of Georgia, in Athens, GA, to pursue my MA in Linguistics.

I moved to Athens, GA in 2002 and have had a very interesting and unique time in this college town. It was my first time to ever live in a “pure” college town, where the university dominates all aspects of living in the town, especially during football season. You can find me on Facebook.com (social networking site) and LinkedIn.com (professional networking site). Please don’t hesitate to add me or link to me!