Gene is from Alabama; his father was in the Air Force and his mother worked in a government position. After leaving the Air Force and until he was in high school, his father was a small business owner. Gene observed and learned a lot about great customer service, integrity, dedication and doing quality work from both his parents. A church trip, led his parents in a totally different career path and they became house parents at a faith-based children’s home where Gene and his sister shared their parents with ten other children from all walks of life but all equally in need of a compassionate and a caring home. This experience would set Gene’s life compass in the right direction. Over the years, as Gene went to college, he started his own career and family using all he learned from his parent’s experiences raising hundreds of kids in a way that changed each of their lives in a positive way forever.