I was born and raised in the Canby area.  After graduating from Oregon State University, I spent seven years teaching Vocational Agriculture and was the FFA Advisor.  The next 12 years were spent with Ralston Purina Co/Purina Mills in the large animal and pet food sales business.  My division was then sold to Royal Canin, USA where my focus was high end pet food sales and managing the Pacific Region sales team.  After sixteen years of launching  ...