About Me

I'm originally from De Soto, Missouri, about an hour south of St. Louis. 

From 2013 to 2017, I attended Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Following a brief stint playing football, I joined the Alpha Gamma Rho (agricultural) fraternity, for which I currently serve as the alumni board president, and met my wife Kassidy. 

After graduating from Truman, I worked for Post Holdings in St. Louis while my wife finished pharmacy school. We adopted our dog (and running partner) Cato, a husky-shepherd mix.

In 2020, I started in the Economics Ph.D. program at Iowa State University. For two years, I served as an officer for the Economics Graduate Student Association at Iowa State. In 2023, I had the privilege of being a Farm Foundation Ag Scholar.

My hobbies, when time allows, include CrossFit, fishing, hunting, and wrenching on my Miata. I'm a history buff, (very) amateur metalworker, certified shade tree mechanic, general tinkerer, and Eagle Scout.