1. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Are you from the area or do you have any connections to Onslow County? What are some things you would like the people of Onslow to know about you on a personal level?
I am a bit of an outdoor enthusiast, a terrible golfer, and married to an aspiring sommelier. I was born in Massachusetts, but we moved around quite a bit when I was growing up. Eventually, I settled down in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, where I met my wife, Krystal. This year will be our 10th wedding anniversary and mark 15 years together. We have been blessed to be able to travel, experience other cultures, and make friends all over the world. I earned my master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. After spending 20 years in Florida, we moved to North Carolina to be closer to my immediate family. I was working for a professional events company at the time and became familiar with the staff at RDU. My wife’s company has an office in North Raleigh
After being shut down by the pandemic, Onslow Community Outreach s Caring Community Dental Clinic was able to reopen for one month before a stroke of bad luck that is the year 2020 put them out of commission once again.
The clinic was given the ok to begin offering dental services to low-income, uninsured individuals at the beginning of September. By the start of October, their suction and compressor system had failed and at the time was too costly to fix, forcing the clinic to revert back to the drawing board.
As much Christmas cheer the outreach provides to the citizens of Onslow every year, this time it was their turn to recieve a little bit in the form of a $10,000 grant from Delta Dental Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Delta Dental of North Carolina.