Richard O. Weijo, PhD, received an undergraduate degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and went on to receive his MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Minnesota. He was an assistant professor of marketing at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Weijo was also a senior analyst at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and his most recent corporate position was as a manager of market research and director of customer channels at Portland General Electric. Currently, he is a consultant and a writer. He adores his young granddaughter Elsie, whose birth inspired his book, Remember Me: Creating and Leaving an Inspiring and Memorable legacy.