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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Director of YoungLife Capernaum, Managing Partner of Koehler Nelson Studios and Author of two books |
| Location | Virginia Beach, VA, United States |
| Introduction | John is a graphic designer, author, ministry director and world champ. A 1980 graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Communications Arts and Design, John also did graduate work at GWU. John is the managing Partner of Koehler Nelson Studios http://www.koehlernelson.com/ which has won numerous gold and silver Addy awards. John is a past president of the Hampton Roads Ad Club. In 2005 John became the Hampton Roads Area Director for Young Life Capernaum, a ministry dedicated to helping children with disabilities. John published Bipolar by Koehler http://www.bpbk.com/ in 2005, and just published Benjamin, The Road to Capernaum http://www.benjaminroad.com/ He is the 1991 Boomerang World Champion, and the coach of the 2002 World Champion US Boomerang Team. He was also a member of the Foster's Boomerang 2000 Team. John is also a proud member of the Bürpenfärtzen Brothers, as well as The Noblemen, a philanthropic group. Married since 1982 to his college sweetheart, Patty, an art teacher at Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented, John is the proud father of Kim and Danielle. Both are honor roll students and excellent artists. |
| Interests | Working with people with disabilities, Disc Golf, Reading & Writing Books, Bringing People Together, Having Fun, Boomerangs |
| Favorite movies | True Grit, Terminator, Gladiator, A Beautiful Life, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, ET, Forrest Gump, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Saving Private Ryan, 300, Happy Feet, Dances With Wolves, Rain Man |
| Favorite music | Classical, Bob Marley, Imogen Heap, Bluegrass, Rock & Roll, Blues |
| Favorite books | Pillars of the Earth, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Source, The Bible |