“I love to travel. I love to stay engaged with business people at the leading edge. I love to make an impact. I have an ability to bring real-world experiences into the conversation in a way that helps people understand complex concepts.” That makes us, and our clients, extremely happy.

While John’s background is impressive — a graduate of the OPM program at Harvard Business School, Vermont’s governor’s delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business — he remains a student of the fundamentals. The father of three who lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, with his wife, Sandy, likes nothing more than getting his hands dirty around the house. “Because of my long construction background, I can resurrect a property from the ground up and can fix almost anything,” he says. “I like remodeling and gardening, and whenever I have a few days free or a room that needs upgrading, my wife has a list waiting for me.”