A lifetime of activity in my hometown is built into the foundation of Free Range Insurance Agency.

The last 8 years as an agency owner at Farmers Insurance in Skokie were exhilarating and set the table for creation of this new, independent venture serving Skokie, Glenview and all of the great suburbs of Chicago.

Being fully licensed at Farmers Financial Services also gave me the opportunity to craft investment, retirement and college savings plans for my agency clients.

Prior to my affiliation with Farmers, I wrote and edited at the Chicago Tribune, mostly covering local news. I owned and operated a small business in the city and found time to be a landlord at a vintage apartment building in the Old Irving Park neighborhood.

I have North Park University near Andersonville to thank for a degree in Economics and Taft High School in Norwood Park to thank for a diploma in growing up.