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Tom Westover

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Tom and Ginny
After the great Coachmen days, I attended the University of Wisconsin and earned a degree in Economics in 1964.  For the next 20 years, I was a salary/traveling man wandering (in hindsight, aimlessly) from one company to another (Ford, Pioneer and Kenwood) holding various “management” positions.   
After realizing (I’m a slow learner) that I am not fit for the traditional organization (corporate or family life), I “dropped out” and went back to graduate school (Pepperdine in Malibu, CA) where I earned an Executive MBA in 1983.  

I started a number of companies but the one that “stuck” was a small business consultancy.  I also was teaching (as an adjunct) Economics at the university level where I met Ginny (Virginia Mayer, PhD).  We have been married for 20 years (I got it right this time….I was no longer a jerk). 

We recently moved to the Seattle area from Southern California where I resided since moving from good old Wisconsin in 1977.

I have one son Todd and two granddaughters who still live in the LA area.  I no longer have a consultant practice but still “hold forth” in the classroom (real time and online) imparting “The wisdom of an Old Guy” to future generations.  I plan on doing this until……..