Born in Jacksonville, FL, Wes' early life was very much shaped by his father's 20 years of service in the the U.S. Navy. As a result, his family had already moved around on a few occasions by the time he was a young kid. Before moving back to Jacksonville when he was 8, Wes lived in Ft. Lauderdale, FL & Virginia Beach, VA. After graduating from high school, he attended college at the University of Florida where he earned his BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing.
Professionally, Wes has over a decade of experience in higher education financial administration. In addition to time spent at Syracuse University in New York, he has worked in fiscal operations at ASU since 2014. He began with the Downtown Sun Devil Fitness Complex and a couple of years later he transitioned to the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at the Tempe campus. Since 2018, Wes has been a Business Operations Accountant Sr. with the EdPlus unit out at the Skysong location in Scottsdale, supporting some of the most innovative projects at the university.
Part-time, Wes works for one of the largest LGBT recreational sports organizations in the country, OutLoud Sports, facilitating an inclusive community of athletes through several local leagues. When he's not working or studying to earn his MBA, Wes enjoys linedancing, singing, playing sports (volleyball, softball, kickball, tennis, pickleball to name a few), and keeping up with the world's crazy sociopolitical news landscape.