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#### My favorite blogs

Gearjunkie.com, HBR

#### If I weren’t doing this, I’d …

… love to own a CrossFit gym and professionally race mountain bikes.

#### What I do when I’m not at work

When I’m not training for my next adventure—biking, hiking, or kayaking—I can be found sailing, camping, cooking, or traveling somewhere I’ve never been before.

#### My 3 goals for 2013

1. Increase engagement in all classes of membership.  
2. Develop a strategy to collect more member demographic information.  
3. Implement a major upgrade of our AMS.

#### Who I’m following on Twitter

#ASAEYP, @ARLnowDOTcom, @NYTimes

#### The best advice I ever got

Life is too short to be boring.

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