Andy was born and raised in Southeastern Wisconsin and spent most of his summers in the northern part of the state at a family cabin or in Ontario chasing smallmouth bass, walleye, crappie, and muskies. He started hunting and fishing at a very early age and has always had a passion for the outdoors and especially public lands. From early on Andy knew he wanted to join the military and serve the greatest country on earth. After attending college and commissioning as an Army Officer he has served in numerous assignments with four years in the conventional Army and 13 in Army Special Operations. Andy has completed 6 combat deployments in support of operations in Afghanistan, East and West Africa, and Iraq and served a year in Korea. He currently serves as the Professor of Military Science and Commander of the University of New Hampshire Wildcat BN ROTC.

Throughout 17 years of active service not only has he maintained the passion of hunting and fishing, but Andy has sought every opportunity to share his passion for the outdoors with those around him, especially service members. Andy volunteers in his local and Army community to educate people on the importance of conservation and value hunting and fishing can play in your life through serving as a hunter’s education instructor and hunting mentor with fellow service members and their children as part of Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation R3 efforts. Andy also sits on the North American Advisory board of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative where he leads the Installation Pillar of the program.

Andy is married to his amazing wife Monica and they have three awesome kids, Tucker(10), Blair(6) and Luke(3).