Darren Gerard:
CLASS OF 1985
St. Mary High SchoolClass of 1985
Paducah, KY
Arizona State University - Liberal ArtsClass of 1989
Tempe, AZ
Darren's Story
Life
In '85/'86 I moved to San Francisco with my highschool sweetheart, we ended up backing up and staying in Phoenix where we parted ways. I stayed in Phoenix and graduated from ASU with a major in geography. I then ended up working in Detroit, then Southern Illinois in the field of community planning and development. After a few years there I relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico where I earned a masters degree in geography and worked as a Planner for Dona Ana County. While in New Mexico I married, Aimee, who I had met back in Southern Illinois. We have one daughter, Amber. Life in New Mexico was a very good experience for us growing as a family, but for financial reasons we relocated - again to Phoenix where I took a position ...Expand for more
with Maricopa County. I'm now the Maricopa County Deputy Planning & Development Director in charge of all planning and code enforcement services. Maricopa County has been very good to me. My wife was born in Batangas province of the Philippines. Last summer we built a small house there for vacations and eventual retirement. She works for an airline so we get travel benefits and try to go somewhere new every year. My daughter is starting college and wants to be a commercial airline pilot. Time goes by real fast! A new chapter to the story... Amber is turning 19 in Sept. '08 and is still studying aviation. But, I'm surprised this year with a new son, born July 3rd, named Philippe Raphael. He looks just like me, handsome devil.
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