I was first introduced to Mayhew in 1995 when Jim Nute came to my home for an interview (very similar to the ones that still happen every Spring).  Though I was excited and hopeful that I would have the opportunity to learn more about Mayhew first hand I had no idea that this would be the start of such a tremendous experience!!  When I stepped onto Mayhew Island I was amazed, nervous, scared, excited and much more but I didn't expect that 12 years later I would be stepping onto the same Island summer after summer.  My first cabin group was the Volunteers and when I returned for my second summer it was as a member of Those Guys (with none other than Ed Thompson as a cabin counselor).  In 1997 I started my time as "a Link" and also began going to Camp Pasquaney (Mayhew's friends down the lake).  Though I only attended a single Link-Up summer I greatly enjoyed being involved throughout the Community year!  In 2002, after four years as a camper at Pasquaney and one summer in the kitchen I went back to spending the summer months on Mayhew Island as a rowing, relief and cabin counselor.  This summer I was able to enjoy an entire summer of Link-Up trips with many truly amazing Links.  One morning during the summer of 2006 John Lynch and Jim Nute pulled me aside to offer me a year-round position.  Though exploding with excitement I attempted to hold out on giving them a definite answer (though I don't think I made it through the day).  That Fall I began hanging out with boys and Links in the Lakes and Newfound Region.  I feel very fortunate to have met and gotten to know all of the amazing people that Mayhew has connected me to!

I was born in Lowell, MA and lived in Ashby, Sterling and Ayer before moving to Concord in 1994 where I lived until March of 2007.  In March my fiancé and I moved to Loudon to live with my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew.  It's been great being so close to them especially as we welcomed our daughter, Emma Jean, into our lives on November 8^th!!!  Fatherhood has been a true joy and is difficult to express in words.