Don is a proud fifth-generation Coloradoan and has called Jefferson County home his entire life. Growing up in Arvada he attended Swanson Elementary, North Arvada Junior High, and Arvada Senior High. He was as active in sports then as he is now, playing competitive and high school soccer, basketball, swimming, baseball, and track. As a child he spent many hours exploring the great opportunities that Jefferson County has to offer from skiing in the mountains, fishing at a local lake, attending the Arvada Harvest Festival to watching the spectacular sunsets from his back porch with his family.