Author Bio
Pete has been an avid pilot and roller coaster enthusiast for the past 10 years. He has traveled all over the country and has ridden over three hundred roller coasters in this time period. Pete continues to work as a Sales Director in the aviation industry and has done so since 1998. He has worked for several Fortune 500 companies including BP Corporation based out of Manchester, England.
Pete has also been involved with the American Heart Association serving as Director of Regional Sales and Training in the state of New Jersey.
His responsibilities at AHA included the management and growth of the New Jersey hospital resuscitation-training network, which consisted of a fifty-five hospital, 5,500-instructor member program. He also helped to organize and successfully lobby several health bills at the statehouse including the Automated External Defibrillation PAD (Public Access Defibrillation) bill. This legislation would eventually become the model that would be utilized by all fifty states and was signed into law on the federal level in 1999. When you see a defibrillator at your local airport, ballpark, federal , state building or have taken a course in CPR and AED training, think of Pete and the hundreds of people at AHA who made that all happen.
A graduate of Kean University, Pete worked several years as New Jersey State Assembly Chief of Staff in the nineteenth and thirty-fourth New Jersey legislative districts. He is currently a major in the US Air Force Auxiliary New Jersey Wing Civil Air Patrol (CAP) program based out of McGuire Air Force Base in Wrightstown, New Jersey. He has been involved with this organization since 1987. Pete received his pilot’s certification in 1991 and has been twice awarded the Air Force Chief of Staff award at the Pentagon for his work with this organization. He is constantly asked to speak at conferences and seminars on these topics. Over the years, Pete has traveled around the country (as well as internationally) in the hectic world of corporate aviation. Since he is often on the road, he has acquired a peculiar hobby of checking out the local amusement parks in the areas he visits. When he is not visiting Fortune 500 company’s or flight departments, you will most likely find him at the local amusement park, soaking up the fun and excitement with his family, friends, and even clients. With over 300 top roller coasters ridden around the country, he has a story to tell.