John has spent his professional career researching and advising local and national leaders on how systems, societies, and governments operate and how they can be improved.
John earned his Bachelor’s from Auburn University’s Honors College and his Master’s from FSU, graduating with distinction. While enrolled full-time, he worked overtime to support himself and his wife, Catherine, and pay their tuition. One of his jobs was with the state of Florida, where he was awarded the Prudential Davis Productivity Award for major innovations he delivered.
Upon graduating, John and Catherine moved to DC and began unpaid internships. Spending the first few months of their marriage on his cousin’s couch. He carried several jobs at a time, sometimes working more than 100 hours a week, to make ends meet.
John interned for Senator Bill Nelson and worked for Madeleine Albright’s National Democratic Institute on programs aimed at empowering and enfranchising marginalized and vulnerable populations in non-democratic countries; working with women, ethnic and religious minorities, LGBT populations, and persons with disabilities.
His work with marginalized populations put him on the radar of a US intelligence program that worked on the crisis in Syria. John joined their team and continued his efforts to empower people across the globe.
John and Catherine were able to move home to Tampa, a city they love. John is a fifth generation Floridian and his family has been in Tampa for decades. He has continued his work on the intelligence program from MacDill Air Force Base as the Manager of Strategic Relations for his intelligence program.
In addition to volunteering with numerous community organizations and schools, John and Catherine foster children in Hillsborough County. John is on the Hillsborough County Foster Parent Association, the Hillsborough County Child Care Facilities Advisory Board, and is in the Chamber of Commerce’s Emerge program.
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