David Dickerson:  

Life Immediately after graduation, I moved back to Michigan (where I was from originally) and worked with my older brother in retail audio & video. My first winter cured me of the notion that I wanted to live in Michigan, so I moved back to Naples. My next "brainstorm" was to enter the insurance business in 1976, which turned out to be a great decision. I started my first insurance agency in 1984 and the second in 1995, both of which are presently run by my wife Sarah. I retired for a couple of years to figure out what I wanted to do with the second half of my working career, and ended up getting into designing and building high end custom spec homes - which I enjoyed tremendously. I received a "distinguished building award" from the American Institute of Architects in 2002, for a project which was selected from over 150 entries in the Southeastern US. The project was published in "House Beautiful" magazine in June 2004 and I maintain two classes of Florida State insurance licenses and also hold a Florida State Certified Building Contractor's license. With the changes that have evolved in the Southwest Florida marketplace, our business has shifted to focus almost exclusively in joint venturing both residential and commercial construction projects with Real Estate Investors and Investment Groups. My wife, Sarah, has two children from her first marriage and we have a son together. I moved to Fort Myers in 1978 which is where I live with my wife and our 3 kids, Christina 21, Bryan 19, and Austin 12. Christina is currently a graduate student at Rollins College in Orlando where she is working on her MBA, while Bryan is pursuing a degree in digital media at Valencia Community College in Orlando. Our son Austin is an exceptional student and has become a very accomplished young athlete. He is presently in the 7th grade and attending school full time in Rochester Michigan. He lives for ice hockey and gi...Expand for more