Advertising executive, consultant and community activist. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, chairman of the AAAA Western Region and of its Puget Sound Council, international chairman of the Affiliated Advertising Agencies International and as a board member of the Advertising Association of the West and the Seattle Advertising Federation.

His achievements include: President of the Rotary Club of Seattle, President of the University of Washington Alumni Association (receiving its Distinguished Service Award); Chairman of the UW Tyee Board of Advisors and of the UW Development Fund Board; Prime Minister of the Seattle Seafair; The fiftieth King Neptune in 1999; Campaign chair of United Way of King County in 1994.