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Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1962 as David Jeffrey Wright. Spent his early life in Southern New Jersey near Philadelphia, later his parents moved to Los Angeles / Beverly Hills for career interests so Jeffrey spent his adolescent life in the Southern California community of Valinda.
School was never much of a challenge for Jeff, subsequently he quit high school at 15 taking the California High School Proficiency Exam and started in small business forming a company when he was 16 called Studio 7, where he installed home and car stereo systems. Not satisfied with his knowledge of business he entered the nearby community college. After two semesters he decided to enter the US Navy Reserve to become an electrician and low voltage specialist.
Using his experience he acquired, he found himself working a great number of jobs and maintained a contracting company while he attended different universities studying horticulture and philosophy. He kept horticulture as a hobby and became a pastor when he married in 1988 and re-established his contracting business to Greenville, Delaware near Wilmington.
In Greenville he gained the respect and friendship of prestigious families through the work he performed in their homes as a communications installer and electrical protection engineer installing lightning rods. There he came to families like DuPont, Carpenter, Copeland and even worked at Joe Biden's home.
It was at this time he began to develop his environmental interests and became a conservationist with a particular interest in turtles and their environments. In 1990 with the help of Mike McCabe, Joe Biden's press secretary he became the regional coordinator for 20th anniversary of Earth Day. In subsequent years he became one of the best known environmental activists of the decade distributing over 10 million trees for planting across North America.
In the mid 90's to expand his horizons and provide a better life for his children he moved to Kentucky. There he continued with his environmental aspirations and started in farming and agricultural and forestry consulting in Berea. In 1996 he was honored by the Governor and distinguished with the title of Colonel, as lifelong goodwill ambassador for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Though not mentioned frequently he also holds an honorary doctorate degree in religion, philosophy, has a Juris Doctor, and is a certified professional charitable development officer.
Today he works as the executive director for the Pan-American Foundation in Caracas, Venezuela and serves as the Ambassador for XING AG for Venezuela, moderating and organizing official events.
Written by Claudia Ceballos for Col. David J. Wright
There is a Wikipedia biography by third party at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Jeffrey_Wright
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