President, Term 2: 2024-2027
I first attended UniStar in 2013 to visit my then-girlfriend, Louise Livesay, and her kids, Sam
and Lily Hamacher, and fell in love with camp. Louise and I were married in August 2014 at

Unity Church Unitarian in Saint Paul, and have been coming up with Sam and Lily ever since.
Relaxation sets in the moment we get in the car for the drive up—it’s instant, and a shared family
value.
I am a partner with the 400-attorney law firm Stoel Rives LLP, where I practice business
litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Public service is important to me and the
firm, and I have handled a diverse set of legal issues as a pro bono attorney.
I have had the honor to serve on the board of the Como Park Block Nurse Program and on the
property committee and as treasurer of the trust fund committee of Como Park Lutheran Church
in Saint Paul. Since September 2003, I have been repeatedly appointed by Royal Decree as the
diplomatic representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Minnesota. As consul, I handle
trade, cultural, and consular issues (inmates, detainees, repatriation, lost passports, etc.) for the
Netherlands and Netherlands citizens. For the last several years I have also been an officer
(treasurer) of the Minnesota Consular Corps, an organization comprised of all career and
honorary consular officials appointed by their respective governments to serve in Minnesota, and
who are duly recognized by the United States Department of State.
I have one biological daughter, Juliette, from my first marriage and I am blessed to have Sam
and Lily as “bonus children” since 2014.