RESUME
Education:
Boston University, 1976 Major in Education
Business Experience:
Present -
Franchisee, Burger King Restaurants
Four restaurants, Two located in Overland Park, One in Kansas City, Missouri,
and one in Louisburg, Kansas
Past -
National Football League, Kansas City Chiefs – Defensive End -1977-1986
Community Affiliations
& Activities:
Special Olympics Kansas
> Chair, 1993-1995
> Board Member 1988-2007
> Honorary Board Member 2007-present
Johnson County Community College Foundation 2001-2008
Shawnee Mission Medical Center Foundation
Kansas City Sports Walk of Stars
> Founder, 1989
Overland Park Rotary
> Paul Harris Fellow, 1998
Greater Kansas City Sports Commission
Overland Park Visitors & Convention Bureau
> Treasurer, 2001-02
> Chair, 2003-05
Kansas Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Kansas Foundation for Excellence in Education
Kansas City Chiefs Ambassador
> Secretary/Treasurer, 1998- 2005
> Member
1989-present
NFL Alumni (Retired) Association
Kansas Masonic Foundation
> Partnership for
Life Honorary Chair
Blue Valley Schools BEST (Business and Education for Schools of
Tomorrow) 2003-present
Kansas Leadership Center
> Board
Member
Restaurant Services Incorporated (National Burger King Board)
> Board Member
Honors:
Candidate — Kansas Lieutenant Governor - 2002
Greater Kansas City Citizen of the Month Award
Sporting Good Manufacturers Association Heroes Award - March 2002
Leadership Kansas, Alumnus of the Year - 1999
Overland Park Rotary – Distinguished Service Award - 1995
Boston University Hall of Fame - 1993
Massachusetts High School Hall of Fame - 1993
Burger King National Community Achievement Award - 1992
Kansas Special Olympics Sportsman of the Year - 1988
Personal:
Married, Wife Mary, and two daughters, Halee and Adrienne