Born and raised in West Allis, Wisconsin (a small suburb of Milwaukee), I am an enthusiastic violinist and jazz guitarist , as well as a competitive bowler . In addition to hosting The Cogan Conversation podcast, I love to lift weights and for go runs as well as find new things to develop myself personally and professionally. In 2020 I enlisted as an Officer Candidate in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and just recently commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant after graduating from Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy in Fort McClellan, AL and will be assigned with the 1-109th Infantry Regiment in Scranton, PA as an Infantry Officer.