Born in Jacksonville, FL, Wes' early life was very much shaped by his father's 20 years of service in the the U.S. Navy. As a result, his family had already moved around on a few occasions by the time he was a young kid. Before moving back to Jacksonville when he was 8, Wes lived in Ft. Lauderdale, FL & Virginia Beach, VA. After graduating from high school, he attended college at the University of Florida where he earned his BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing.
Professionally, Wes has over 12 years of experience in higher education financial administration. In addition to time spent at Syracuse University in New York, he has worked at ASU since 2014. He began with the Downtown Sun Devil Fitness Complex and a couple of years later he transitioned to the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at the Tempe campus. Since 2018, Wes has been worked in the EdPlus unit out at the Skysong location in Scottsdale, supporting some of the most innovative projects at the university, where he is currently a Business Operations Manager. In 2024, Wes earned his MBA with a concentration in Management and Organizations from the University of Arizona.
When he's not working, Wes enjoys linedancing, singing, playing sports (volleyball, softball, kickball, tennis, pickleball to name a few), and keeping up with the world's sociopolitical news landscape.