Pat Ovesen

After graduating from West Seattle HS, I started my studies at the University of Washington for two years before transferring to the University of Denver where I graduated with a BS in Marketing.

I then moved to Hawaii for 18 years having positions as a Tour Director, Farmer, Hotel Sales Manager, and Account Executive for US Cellular.

While on a business trip to Bogota, Colombia, I met my wife Gladys and we were married two months later (BTW, that is a good story). Our first daughter was born in Hawai’i before we moved to Columbia, MO. We then moved to Yakima where our second daugther, Sabrina was born. We raised our daughters in Yakima where I later worked selling fiber optic services.

After retirement in August of 2019, we left on a seven month trip around the world visiting five continents and 23 countries, returning to Hawai’i (March 17th) just as Covid was starting. Returning to the mainland, we drove cross country arriving in our new residence in Naples, FL in November of 2020.

We enjoy exercise, travel, and wine. (Not necessarily in that order. )