I am a faculty member at Weber State University in the School of Business and enjoy teaching and writing. I am currently interviewing for positions out of state, and anticipate living in Florida or Indiana.

Most of what I write about deals with creating effective relationships with people to help them to achieve their goals as well as those of the organization.

I just finished writing a fun paper about "Love, Forgiveness, and Trust: Critical Values for the Covenantal Leader." It's a paper about an ideal model of leadership that treats people as valued assets rather than simply as costs to control. I have submitted a book proposal to a publisher, and hope to complete that book this year.

I intend to work for the next fifteen years, but plan to enjoy life along the way as well. I love being involved with helping others to learn, and especially enjoy working with adult learners who work while going to school.

I am looking to establish friendships with others and to go from there.

I work out several times a week and try to stay in great shape. I have lost twenty-five pounds since the first of the year and am delighted with how I feel physically.

I am headed to Florida for ten days to play golf and tennis. (I teach online this semester and can manage my classes out of state.)

I try to play golf six days a week. Golf has been a part of my life for more than forty years and is a great source of companionship, exercise, and the opportunity to think about important ideas or talk with Heavenly Father.

I enjoy dancing, read a great deal, cook pretty well, and love music and movies. I have been told that I am easy to talk with and listen well.

Although I am high energy when doing something I really enjoy, I also enjoy relaxing, thinking about interesting questions that I don't yet understand, and figuring out what I can do to be a better person.

I am not sure what 2007 will bring, but I am looking forward to discovering what life has to offer. Goal setting is fun for me. I believe in the saying that "Life is a cinch by the inch, but by the yard it is hard!" I try to achieve little goals, and enjoy accomplishing them each day.

More than anything in life, I want to do what is right and to become the best person I can possibly be. I love Heavenly Father. I don't always understand Him yet -- but I can certainly deal with that.

I have been active in the Church since I joined the Church in Chicago at the age of fifteen. I love to learn, and growing closer to Heavenly Father is my number one goal for 2007.