Michael Carnahan:  

I didn't graduate with the LPHS class of '74, as my family moved to Colorado in the summer of '72, between my sophomore and junior years. However, I grew up in Bloomingdale, and went all through grade school, junior high, and two years at Lake Park with some of my first childhood friends. I still have a strong heart connection to those times. After leaving the Chicago area, I graduated from high school in Castle Rock, Colorado--which was completely different from Lake Park . I lived in Colorado through college and for several years after, where I began a career in cable and satellite television. I also got married and started a family. Later, I lived in Virginia, near Washington DC, Dallas, and Connecticut. I now live in Austin, Texas, with my wife, Megan, and our two young boys--Dylan, age 10, and Kaden, age 9, and two labradors.. Life is full of adventure and fun. We love where we live--about 10 miles west of the city center, at the edge of Texas Hill Country, in a great community with lots of greenbelt area and hiking trails, creeks, and a couple of swimming holes. Taking my guys fishing, camping, or on hikes and hill climbing are typical weekend activities. I also have two grown kids from my first marriage--Sean and Lisa-- both successful and happy and living in Denver. Sean is married and has three adorable little girls, so I am also a proud grandpa. (Consequently, my little boys are uncles.) I had a very successful career in telecom for many years, and then transitioned to renewable energy about 7 years ago. In between, I had a brief and not-so successful career in real estate investment and renovation, where I was able to erase most of my earlier successes when the market crashed. :-) I have a solar energy business development company that does fairly well, and my wife has a strong career in philanthropy. Together, we also have a successful partnership with Rodan & Fields in the skincare industry. We are expanding our Rodan & Fields business to Canada this year, and are creating a growing team of savvy entrepreneurs that are growing their businesses, and that will eventually fund our boys' and college and a comfortable retirement. At this 45-year anniversary since graduating high school, I can look back and s...Expand for more