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Geoff Hollimon After graduating from St.Olaf, I joined the Navy, reported to Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, FL, graduated and was commissioned a Naval Officer. After flight training, I was stationed in California and deployed to Asia multiple times. After my operational tour was over, I was ordered to flight instructor duty. Following that duty, I accepted orders to Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. There I met my wife, Debra, who was also in the Navy. After our tours of duty at Misawa, we both transferred to Washington, DC. Within a year we were married at the Arlington Military Chapel. I continued my career in the Navy, eventually retiring after 21 years of traveling the world with Debra. She stayed in the Navy Reserve for 24 years of total service. My last assignment was the Commanding Officer of Navy Recruiting District Minneapolis, encompassing North Dakota, Minnesota, and the western two thirds of Wisconsin. We managed 55 recruiting offices with a staff of approximately 300. We were fortunate to take the District from last in the nation (41St) to number two during our time there. After I retired from the Navy, we stayed in Minnesota and I started a new career in financial services, primarily concentrating on investing. We have been in business 31 years. Originally based in Minneapolis, we eventually moved the organization to New Brighton. We have been annually recognized by Twin Cities Business magazine as a Five Star Wealth Manager since the award was instituted twelve years ago. I serve on the boards of Community Partners with Youth, a non-profit program for at risk youth, and my Rotary club. I am also my Rotary Club's representative on the Suburban Ramsey Covid-19 Coalition, serving on the Grants Committee. I chair the New Brighton Public Safety Commission and am an Ambassador for ECHO, a non-profit in Fort Myers, FL, that works to educate third world farmers on agricultural best practices. Deb and I have two grown daughters living in Minneapolis and Olympia, Washington. We are active in our church and grateful for our many blessings. We love to travel, explore the country, visit friends and relatives, and rejuvenate at the seashore.