Hometown and Present City: Dallas
Education: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Profession: Partner, Executive Search at Frederick Fox
Tell us about your family.
I’m married to Elizabeth Marshall, and we have a 10-year-old son, Trey.
How about your work or volunteer life?
Professionally, I help companies secure their most valuable asset: people. I also support recruiters in building better, more sovereign careers within our unique model.
Any favorite hobbies?
I am considering tennis. I love watching and supporting rugby. My favorite places to travel are Rosemary Beach and Colorado for skiing.
What brought you to Wilshire and when?
Elizabeth brought me during our courtship. We were married here in 2010.
Where are you engaged at Wilshire?
Avodah Class. I attend both the 9 and 11 a.m. services and helped with the MLK Day Rise Against Hunger event.
What has surprised you most about Wilshire?
Its move away from Baptist conventions. I’m not a standard anything, much less a standard Baptist. I never understood excluding women or LGBTQ+ individuals when we’re all God’s people and commanded to love others as ourselves.
What do you think God is up to in your life?
I think God is gently but firmly dismantling parts of my life built more on security and external validation than on truth and calling. I’m in a season of transition, pruning and deep internal re-orientation. Old professional identities are loosening, and I feel invited into a more authentic, sovereign and purpose-driven way of living and working. It’s a season of uncertainty and surrender, but also one of growing clarity.
Tell us about your faith journey.
As a kid, church was occasional and faith mostly fear-based. In my twenties, I explored Mormonism, then Scientology. In Scientology I had a direct experience of God or Source that permanently changed me. I left after six years, knowing God was real even if I hadn’t found the right spiritual home. George Mason was the first pastor who felt real to me, not like a performer. Through Wilshire and Avodah, I found a community where real people asked real questions and wrestled honestly with faith. I realized I didn’t have to become a “church version” of myself. I could show up as I am.
What adjectives best describe you?
Joyful, energetic, spontaneous, principled, charismatic, independent and built to do things my own way.