Mark Manke:  

Life Owner of a small design & construction firm focusing on schools and churches. We focus on projects where we believe in the clients program/mission. We work primarily in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Not making a ton of money, but we make a lot of friends! Daughter Lauren (23) Kicking ass in college and workin her butt off at Cal State Long Beach. She has a full time job as well as a full load at school but still has time to come visit the old man and work on her stand-up comedy routines for my benefit. She can make me smile just by being near me. She is super bright and super motivated and we share the same sense of humor which means I think she is the funniest person alive. Son Ryan is 17 ... Attends Horizon Christian with a 3.0 GPA. Plays a little guitar, races jet skis all over the country and dirt jumps his bmx bike for fun. He has a beautiful spirit and a kind soul and like his sister, is so frickin funny it makes my face hurt. High point of my life would be my two children ... no doubt about it. I'm so proud of them ... they have taught me more than I will ever be able to teach them. They are both so beautiful, smart, funny, kind and talented I can hardly believe it. I often wonder who their real father is ... And they actually talk to me and even listen to advise. I love having them near and they are at the top of my list of...Expand for more