Q: What makes you feel connected to Susan G. Komen and our mission to end breast cancer?
A: My wife, Caryn, was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer in April of 2025. Caryn successfully battled through chemotherapy, surgery and radiation. I have colleagues at my job who have also battled through breast cancer. I am forever linked and knit together within the breast cancer family. I am ready to join Komen and do my part to help end breast cancer.
Q: What makes you VIPink?
A: My wife did the overwhelmingly grueling yet motivating part. Our three young sons witnessed her strength and fight firsthand. Now it is my turn. As her husband, I owe it to my wife to show how proud I am of her and to leverage her story into raising awareness and funds. As a father, I want to show them how it is simultaneously an honor and responsibility to use my voice and presence in raising awareness and funds to ultimately end breast cancer.
Q: What will be your competitive edge against your fellow ambassadors?
A: Connecting with people via our story - Breast Cancer Conqueror and her Husband both under 40 with three sons (8, 6 and 4). Whether folks connect to us because they themselves are parents/grandparents, have been impacted by breast cancer in some way and/or unaware that breast cancer does not care about age - I will use that to promote awareness and funds for Komen.
Q: Give us one fun fact about you
A: I love to run outside while listening to audiobooks. It's all fine until there is a high action moment and you start unknowingly sprinting or there is a sad moment and you begin crying mid run.