David Pazdernik

I have always had an insatiable curiosity and interest in just about everything in this world. I have never been bored. There’s just too much to do. I am an avid golfer (I believe that golf is the one true metaphor for life) and an enthusiastic skier. I am a gourmet cook who knows he was an Italian in another life. I have a pilot’s license, which has enabled me to rise above this land and see things from a new perspective. I have an abiding love for animals and immediately distrust anyone who doesn’t. My dogs have taught me more about life than most people I’ve known. I’ve dabbled as an actor and love most forms of music, especially opera. I played the classical guitar for many years. I also believe in giving something back. I spent many years doing crisis work with suicidal and homeless teenagers in Chicago and was actively involved in men’s work in New Mexico for more than ten years. I have been a child advocate for the Children’s Court and have given service to the Hospice Center in both Chicago and Santa Fe. I greet each day humbled by the knowledge that there is so much that I don’t know. And I’m motivated by the belief that if each of us aspired to be the best that we can be the world would be a better place, we will have made a meaningful contribution and our life will have counted.