CURRENT CAREER – Business banking relationship management for mBank.
EDUCATION – MBA in economics from Wayne State University; undergrad in finance from Michigan State University.
FAMILY- My lovely wife Jessica and wonderful newly teenage son Nicholas, as well as a string of great exchange students.
FAVORITE DESSERT – Strawberry shortcake with real whipped cream and soggy shortcakes.
FAVORITE ACTIVITY – Backpacking with my son, anywhere we can get to.
LAST BOOK READ – Steinbeck’s East of Eden, although I am almost done with The 2AM Principle – The Science of Adventure, but maybe I am too old to finish it.
FAVORITE MOVIE – I have really enjoyed the recent James Bond movies for pure entertainment. My very favorite is an old and a bit obscure one – “Choose Me” with Keith Carradine and Lesley Ann Warren.
FAVORITE SONG – Hal Ketchum’s Past the Point of Rescue.
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF NO ONE IN THE CLUB
LIKELY KNOWS – I was a firefighter-EMT for five years out of high school and lived at a fire station while going to MSU.
LIFE ROLE MODEL – My great grandfather George Belperio and grandfather Frank Caruso. They both kept their families together through the depression by working tirelessly in Sault St. Marie.
MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT – Making successful moves to Madison, Wisconsin from San Francisco and now to Traverse City, keeping my family (reasonably) happy along the way.
PROUDEST MOMENT - The birth of my son – when he turned to me from under the heat lamp when I said “Nicholas, its daddy…” a phrase I had been repeating to his mother’s belly for months.
FUNNIEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU - Well, I was waiting for a friend on the street outside Lansing Community College one day and apparently did not see him pull his car next to me. To get my attention he took a shoe from his gym bag and threw it at my car. Unfortunately, it landed on the car next to mine. Remembering the look on that woman’s face as the guy ahead of her threw a shoe on her car will never cease to make me laugh.
SECRET AMBITION – To be a photojournalist.
IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE IN THE WORLD FOR A DAY (present or historical), WHO WOULD THAT BE---AND WHY? My wife Jessica – to get a deeper appreciation of how she sees the world.
MOST FAMOUS PERSON MET – Barak Obama, twice.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE – We love our move to TC, the friends we have made and the warm welcome we have received. Happy to make this area our home.
and is a people person. Both of these outstanding students love their high school experience and are appreciative of this Rotary award.
Club member, Bruce Finlayson introduced Ed Ketterer – A retired Patent / Copyright Attorney – Ed attended Carnegie – Mellon University. Ed is a very knowledgeable small business advocate and adviser dedicated to entrepreneurs wanting to start a local business.
