Matt Nichols - National Account West

Education: MA in history from California State University, Sacramento. BA in history from the University of Utah.

Interests: Trail running, design & crafts of all kinds, history, sports. 

Favorite Music: A total mish-mash of assorted stuff - early Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Bach and on it goes. 

Favorite Movie: Dr. Strangelove - if I had to pick just one.  

Favorite Book: Heart of Darkness.

Family: Wife and four kids.

Favorite Time of Day: Coming home to my family 

Childhood Enthusiasms: Drawing, history, firearms, Legos, my parents' books and records, 70's/80's television.

Greatest Ambition: Peace & Contentment - so simple yet so elusive.

Greatest Accomplishment: Bronze medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona.

Personal Motto: Don't Fake the Funk.