Jay’s introduction to the Monterey Peninsula came while attending basic training at Ft. Ord. Mississippi-born and Arizona-raised, he fell in love with the Central Coast and vowed to make it his home one day. Thirty years later this became a reality with the purchase of Peninsula Laser Print in Carmel. During those 30 years, Jay earned an accounting degree at Arizona State University and moved to Southern California to begin his career as a CPA with Haskins and Sells. Various positions in the accounting and finance fields led to multiple moves to Woodbridge, CT, Palm Desert, San Diego and Saratoga, CA before finally making it back to the ocean.

Always an ardent volunteer, Jay is past President of the Monterey Museum of Art, served as Vice President of Arts Habitat, tax preparer for low-income seniors at Alliance on Aging, past Treasurer and Board member of Point Lobos Foundation, and past Treasurer and Board member of Ventana Wildlife Society. He is currently a volunteer for VNA Hospice and Sunflower Star Laboratory and is a Volunteer Emeritus after 27 years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Jay and his wife Pat, a Point Lobos docent, enjoy gardening, photographing and relaxing along our beautiful coast, between travel adventures and spending time with their son, and two grandchildren in Oregon and Washington.