I
was born in Cincinnati Ohio in July of 1973 and lived
there 8 years with my mother, father, one older brother
and an older sister. In 1982 my father's job transferred
us to a rural farming community in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
I lived in Pennsylvania for 10 more years completing
High School and apprenticing to become a professional
chef with an emphasis on pastries. In 1992 I chose
to move to Las Vegas NV to attend the University of
Nevada Las Vegas and to broaden my opportunities.
In 1994 I met my partner Tracy Shinsel in a local
bar. I remained as a working chef until 1997 when
my partner Tracy Shinsel and I opened our first business
which was a catering company. Following the success
of that company we decided to go into the bar business
and opened a gay night club in Las Vegas called Cobalt.
The club is how I originally became involved with
the Imperial Royal Sovereign Court of The Desert Empire
in 2000 when my partner, Tracy Shinsel, and I were
approached to host a fundraising show in Cobalt, We
researched the group and after acquiring more information
we gladly hosted the event and from there on hosted
many of the courts shows in the club, and donated
many thousands of dollars to local charities through
the court and were even named “Home Bar”
several times until the club changed ownership in
2003. After taking some time off to work with the
Court I went to work for a national Irish pub company,
which is where I continue to work as a General Manager
overseeing all staff and management
I
was elected Emperor 8 by the communities of Clark,
Lincoln and Nye in December of 2005 and successfully
completed my reign in December of 2006 along with
my Empress whom I am still close friends with and
continue to raise money for the court.
Prior
to becoming Emperor I held various positions within
the Imperial Royal Sovereign Court of The Desert Empire
such as Imperial Crown Prince, and was elected to
board positions on two separate occasions before serving
twice in the imperial position on the board. Through
my involvement with the court I became interested
in other local community organizations such as Street
Teens and became actively involved in their grass
roots efforts to bring a homeless teen drop in center
to fruition. During the periods I was not on
the board of the I.R.S.C.D.E.I I sat on the
board of Street Teens helping to guide that organization.
I served on Street Teens board as a director for a
one year term and the following year I served in an
officer’s position as Secretary of the board.
The third year I served in an honorary position as
an advisor to the board.
In
addition to these two organizations I have assisted
AFAN in their yearly fundraising AIDS walk and The
Black and White Ball. Through my current work I have
coordinated St Patrick’s Day fundraising efforts
with our local chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
for the past 3 years.
I
believe that in order to make our community what we
desire that every member needs to put forth some involvement,
thus far I have been fortunate enough to be very involved.
In December 2007 my partner of 13 years Tracy Shinsel,
Emperor 6, and I transferred to Austin Texas where
I am looking forward to working with another court
and becoming involved with the community in Austin.
Although I will live in Austin and be very active
my heart is still in Las Vegas and I will be returning
often and staying very involved with the Las Vegas
community which I feel that I have had some part in
molding and guiding. I am honored and humbled that
I have been chosen to be an Heir Apparent to Nicole
the Great, I look forward to being part of the great
new “Renaissance Era” of the Court system.
I very much hope to help bridge the generation gap
in our court system and bring in young, fresh new
ideas from the younger members of our communities.
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