Speaker / Trainer

Herb was born left handed, was, and is still dyslexic. In the world according to Herb, baseball gloves and words never fit. In kindergarten, he couldn't read like others. His first grade class had 82 students with one elder teacher. It was easy for him to stay lost in the crowd, until the fourth grade, when he was tested, and failed every test. Faking his way through high school, he never read a book until he was twenty-three.

As a young boy, he loved to spend time with his story-teller grandparents, and listened to the tall tales told at the local barber shop and general store. In high school, he organized a band, The Four Knights, which performed in many of the high schools in Kentucky. They almost became famous, but their first tenor was killed at a train crossing.

In and after college, Herb became a public speaker inspiring hundreds to give their time and money to the Boys' Club. He was a speaker at the Boys' Clubs of America National conventions, and conducted many training programs for other clubs.

As a real estate agent, he has trained hundreds of agents in the field of Investment Real Estate, and has taught Investment Real Estate in the Bud Crawley School of Real Estate in Phoenix, Arizona.

As a poet, Herb has participated in or conducted poetry and writing seminars with at-risk youth, prison inmates, and other adult and youth groups.

He is a motivating speaker, teaching others how to be more effective in living a better life.