Michael Wagner:  

, Oklahoma State University, right out of high school. I met the most unlikey best friend at Oklahoma State who shared his family when I began losing mine. He is totally on the opposite side of the political spectrum. During my last two years in College, I became very active with the Office Campus Student Organization (OCSA) and the Student Government Association as a student representative and on the executive committee developing an newsletter for OCSA called the Concord. Workplace I have worked for four Feeding America food banks managing databases, operations, and volunteers for over six years and counting. I am currently the Donor Services & Database Manager at the East Texas Food Bank. I have been a bartender, line cook in a mexican restaurant, and a government employee. I guess you can say no job is beneath me especially after working for the government. Ha! Really, working for the Corporation for National Service in DC was the best 5 years of my life. I served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA member with Southwest Society on Aging, now apart of PartnerShips for Aging. I helped develop a Technology Learning Center for older adults at the local senior center in Stillwater, OK. I also developed the first interactive website for Southwest Society on Aging and became its first Website and Technology Coordinator. I serve PartnerShips for Aging in the same capacity. I assisted and guided the development of my family genealogy website. I recently worked as the Information Specialist for the national headquarters of AmeriCorps*VISTA under to Corporation for National and Community Service. I began as the assistant (secretary) to the Director where I helped design an alumni unit and database managing more than 300,000 members and alumni contact information. I recently received a promotion to become the Information Specialist managing information requests about the program and serve as a leader within the AmeriCorps*VISTA office through two different administrations and directors. However, less than a year I quit to further my education and expand my knowledge in information Technology. I am now the Chief Technology Architect for the West Texas Food Bank in Odessa, TX.