In my previous career, I was fortunate to be a federal employee at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, working in the office of public affairs. After nearly four years of service at the agency, I left to start my career at Edward Jones, where I focused at first on helping federal employees navigate their retirement. I began at Edward Jones in the middle of the financial crisis, where I saw a need to help families avoid the issues that prevented so many from meeting their retirement goals.

As the years went by, I began to expand my practice to assisting individuals such as federal contractors and small business owners plan for retirement.

At my branch, we're passionate about understanding what's most important to our clients and using our established process to build personalized strategies to help them meet their long-term financial goals. We partner with our clients and their families to help keep them on track throughout their lives.

In my life away from the office, I enjoy spending time with my growing family and indoctrinating them with my love for soccer and baseball (I'm a big fan of U.S. Soccer, D.C. United, Arsenal FC, along with the Cardinals of my native St. Louis). I've been blessed to be married to my wife, Hannah, for 14 years. We have five children under the age of 11, along with a Bernese mountain dog, Frannie, named after our college, Franciscan University, where we met during our freshman year.

I'm also passionate about service to my community. In what time I can spare after work and away from the family, I volunteer as an EMT for the Fairfax County Fire Department a few shifts a month.