Living in Chicago, Illinois with wife Debra and daughter Shannon. Graduate of Northeastern Illinois University with a B.A. in Social Science in 1972. Football referee in the Big Ten Conference from 1988 to 1994, worked the 1991 Citrus Bowl and the December 1991 Liberty Bowl games. Works for the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois and is a Motivational Speaker. He is an expert on gang awareness, cultural diversity and youth violence. He is also an adjunct professor with Governer State University. He can be seen and heard on many radio and TV commercials.