Peter Bine:  

Life: After Graduate School at the University of Cincinnati (MPA) I started my career as a City Manager in North Carolina. I married a southern girl 45 years ago and have two adult children. One child is Ivy League educated while the other is ACC school educated. Each has their MBA.. When I was working in NC I was also an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Public Administration at North Carolina State University. I am a Charter member of a Boys and Girls Club as well as being a Big Brother in the Big Brother Big Sister program. Before I got married I was a high school/college basketball referee. While I was living and working in North Carolina we owned an ocean going sail boat and kept it at the coast. In the early 70's and again in the early 80's I took leave from public service to live and work as a consultant in Asia and in Saudi Arabia/Africa.. I worked for more than 35 years in local government in North Carolina, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Virginia. In 2007 I tried retirement. Frankly I feel that I still have too much to give to this world before I go. I'd rather die trying than sit and wait. You either participate in this life or watch it; and I'd rather participate. It is all too much fun. I volunteer as a Court appointed "Guardian ad Litem" (a guardian for minor children) and as a student mentor in High School. I am a lifelong Rotarian. While married my wife was the Marketing Manager for a Division of IBM and worked from home. She has served on the symphony board, a patron of the Art Museum, as well as established and directed a high school student mentoring program for over 1000 dropout students when we lived in the Raleigh NC area.(Update) I was divorced in early 2011. . Before the divorce I enjoyed spending time on the boat(picture)going up and down the east coast and to the islands with friends. The boat was liquidated at the time of th...Expand for more