I worked for 18 years as a mechanical engineer and most recently as a project manager for a high-end residential builder.

I have always been very athletic and spent about 10 years racing bicycles to the semi-professional level and also have run marathons, endurance trail runs, etc.  I've read that athletic people are more suspectible to ALS and I wonder if the many years of pushing my body to the limit of endurance have helped set ALS in motion.

Still using what I've got, while I can (could) - April 2010 

 

Backpacking with my Buddy, Otis

 

 

My kids and I with Otis - Hiking

 

My wife and I

 

 My famly vacationing in Puerto Rico December 2010

 

My kids and I December 2010

 

Dr. Horton, from the CDC, and I meet at Advocacy Days. I am honored to be participating in the ALS Registry Meeting in September 2011 as a PALS representative!!!

 

Me on Capitol Hill during ALS Association's Advocacy Day, May 2011

 

Meeting SmoothS at Dec.2010 International Symposium on ALS/MND

 

Meeting PatientsLikeMe's Emma Willey October 2011:

 

My wife and I advocating for ALS on Capitol Hill January 31, 2012:

 

Participating on expert panel for ALS Biorepository program for National ALS Registry, March, 2012:

 

Talking with Senator Kay Hagan May 2012 at Advocacy Day