Ryan Park
Age: 32
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 178 pounds
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Four-year college degree
School Attended: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Current Occupation: Director of Business Development
Hobbies/Other Interests:
1. Snowboarding and skiing around the world
2. Virtually all outdoor activities
3. Concerts
4. Sporting events
5. Hosting social gatherings
Favorite Restaurant:
1. Katsuya (love sushi)
2. Bandera’s (in Corona Del Mar)
3. Lebanese food (Open Sesame, Long Beach)
Favorite Saying/Quote:
- You must be the change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)
- You only live once… so live everyday to the fullest (me)
Favorite place you have traveled:
That’s tough. I enjoy traveling. But to choose one… Engadin Valley, Switzerland + New Years = magical beauty
Place you would like to travel next:
Argentina–Bariloche, Patagonia, Buenos Aires
Zak Holdsworth
Age: 30
Height: 6 feet 3 inches
Weight: 196 pounds
Eye Color: Green
Education: Graduate school – MBA
School Attended: Stanford
Current Occupation: VP Business Development
Past Occupation: VC, entrepreneur, consultant, engineer
Hobbies/Other Interests:
1. Surfing/boarding/kite surfing
2. Off-trail hiking/running
3. Cooking for dinner parties
4. Latin dance
5. Playing music (piano, drums)
Favorite Restaurant:
Plant Cafe… need to think about this one, not very well clued in when it comes to the hot spots.
Favorite Quote:
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” –Sydney Smith
“When it’s darkest, men see the stars.” –Emerson
Favorite place you have traveled:
Thailand
Place you would like to travel next:
Nepal
Age: 31
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 175 pounds
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Four-year college degree
School Attended: Muhlenberg College
Current Occupation: Founder/CEO
Past Occupations: Business Development
Hobbies/Other Interests:
1. Playing guitar
2. Mountain biking
3. Running
4. Going to concerts
5. Web development/programming
Favorite Restaurant:
NOPA
Tsunami Sushi
Olea
Nick's Crispy Tacos
Favorite Quote:
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill)
- I’m not sure what I’m doing tonight, but if I can remember it tomorrow I probably didn’t to do it well enough. (me)
Favorite place you have traveled:
Florence
Place you would like to travel next:
Thailand
Harry Denton
Age – Timeless
Height – Just right
Weight – Perfect
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Yup
Age: 34
Height: 6 feet 3 inches
Weight: 228 pounds
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Four-year college degree
School Attended: Saint Mary’s College of California
Current Occupation:
SVP/Wealth Management Advisor/Complex Sales Manager
Hobbies/Interests:
1. Traveling to beach destinations
2. Surfing
3. Snowboarding
4. Wakeboarding
5. Boating
Favorite Restaurants:
1. Umami
2. Absinthe
3. Ozumo
4. Espetus
Favorite Saying/Quote:
“If you’re going to hoot with the owls at night you better be able to soar with the eagles in the morning!”
Favorite place you have traveled:
Maui
Place you would like to travel next:
Brazil
Age: 31
Height: 6 Feet 2 Inches
Weight: 182 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Education: 4 Year College Degree
School Attended: Rice University
Current Occupation: Founder/CEO mobile gaming startup
Past Occupations: Product guy at startups and Microsoft, professional speaker, balloon twister
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Distance running
Road biking
Music (guitar/piano)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Kiting
Favorite Restaurant:
Mandalay
Udupi Palace
Woodside Fish House
Bi-Rite Creamery
Little Star Pizza
Favorite Quote:
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly and I did. I said I didn’t know.” – Mark Twain
Favorite place you have traveled:
Brazil (all over)
Place you would like to travel next:
Spain
Age: 32
Height: 6 Feet 1 Inches
Weight: 190 Pounds
Eye Color: Hazel
Education: 4 Year College Degree
School Attended: University of Washington
Current Occupation: TV News Producer
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Running, Snowboarding, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Wine Tasting, Watching Football/College Basketball, Cooking
Favorite Restaurant:
Betelnut, Limon Rotisserie, Brazen Head, Bobo’s, Kokkari
Favorite Saying/Quote
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
Favorite place you have traveled:
Koh Phi Phi island in Thailand
Place you would like to travel next:
Iceland
Damon Waldron
Age: 33
Height: 5 Feet 10 Inches
Weight: 165 Pounds
Eye Color: Green
Education: 4 Year College Degree
School Attended: Colgate University
Current Occupation: Marketing Manager at Ziff Davis & Fitness model
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Trail running/ultramarathons
Travel (especially exploring the West Coast)
Live music shows
CrossFit
Camping
Favorite Restaurants:
NOPA
Sushi Bistro
Burma Superstar
Brenda’s
Green Chile
Favorite Saying/Quote:
“Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible.”
T. E. Lawrence
Favorite place you have traveled:
Bellagio, Lake Como
Place you would like to travel next:
Turkey
Sean Conway
Age: 28
Height: 6 Feet
Weight: 180 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Education: 4 Year College Degree
School Attended: University of Arizona
Current Occupation:
Self Employeed
Past Occupation:
Founder & CEO at Notehall Inc.
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Hobbies include Traveling, Golf, Fishing, Snowboarding and anything involving competition. I enjoy hanging out with friends, trying new things and staying super active. I really like technology and innovation, this is where I spend a lot of my time on a weekly basis — I’m kind of a undercover nerd.
Favorite Restaurant:
Akiko’s Restaurant – I love Sushi
Favorite Saying/Quote:
“I hate loosing more than I enjoy winning, – “I’d rather loose a bet, then not make a bet at all”
“play hard work harder”
Age: 33
Height: 6 Feet 6 Inches
Weight: 225 Pounds
Eye Color: Green
Education: Graduate School – MS
School Attended: Chico State, Institute of Business and Finance
Current Occupation: Private Client Wealth Management
Past Occupations: Fireman
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Traveling the world is a passion of mine
Tasting wine from my families vineyard in the Napa Valley
Exploring new scenes
Out door activities and fitness
Quite nights staying in and watching a movie
Favorite Restaurant:
Bottega in Yountivlle
Tonga Room Fairmont Hotel
Favorite Quote:
Treat others how you want to be treated
Favorite place you have traveled:
Italy
Place you would like to travel next:
Australia, New Zealand
Ian McBane
Age: 33
Height: 6 Feet 7 Inches
Weight: 235 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Education: Graduate School – MS
School Attended: University of Oregon
Current Occupation: Financial Institutions Analyst/Assistant Portfolio Manager, Long-Short Public Equity Hedge Fund
Past Occupations: Consultant in Econ/Finance, Sous Chef during high school & college
Hobbies/Other Interests:
1. movement & the outdoors – skiing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, etc
2. anything in and around the creation/consumption of good food & drink
3. travel. anywhere and everywhere.
4. the San Francisco staples – Sunday brunch, Crissy Field, Giants/9′ers, live music, Presidio Bowl, having drinks spilled on me at Balboa, etc
5. family, friends, career, health, etc
Favorite Restaurant:
Quality Meats, NYC
Favorite Quote:
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.”
Favorite place you have traveled:
Whistler & Puerto Vallarta
Place you would like to travel next:
Brazil
Shawn Waldowski
Age: 40
Height: 6 Feet 2 Inches
Weight: 200 Pounds
Education: 4 Year College Degree
School Attended: Michigan State University
Current Occupation: Banker and Sailing Instructor
Past Occupations: Certified Public Accountant
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Sailing
Snowboarding
Tennis
Travel
Karate
Age: 36
Height: 5 Feet 10 Inches
Weight: 158 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Education: Graduate School – MBA
School Attended: St. Mary’s College of California
Current Occupation: Executive Director- Barry Slatt Mortgage, Partner AV Hospitality (AV Nightclub and Aventine-Hollywood Restaurant)
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Traveling
Snowboarding and Wakeboarding
Staying Fit
Hosting Social Functions
Community Organizations
Favorite Restaurant:
Slanted Door
Ozumo
Kokkari
Per Diem
Favorite Quote:
I know “favorite” means you want me to list just one, but like Doritos Chips, “you can’t have just one”…. so here are 10 (no particular order).
1. “I Got This!” -Me
2. “Seize the day, trusting in the next as little as possible.” – Horace, Ode 1.11
3. “Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.” -Movie: Van Wilder
4. “Just when I thought you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this… and totally redeem yourself!” -Movie: Dumb & Dumber
5. “You gotta fight for your right to party” -Music: The Beatie Boys
6. “Fill it up again! Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it’s so good!” -Movie: Old School
7. “I don’t know how to put this but I’m kind of a big deal.” -Movie: Van Wilder
8. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” -Thomas Edison
9. “What is this? A center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read… if they can’t even fit inside the building?!”-Movie: Zoolander
10. “I am really nervous about this whole Bachelor Auction thing. What if I hear crickets?” -Me
Favorite place you have traveled:
Punta del Este – Uruguay
Place you would like to travel next:
Budapest, Hungary
Age: 26
Height: 6 Feet 4 Inches
Weight: 220 Pounds
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Graduate School – MS
School Attended: Carnegie Mellon University
Current Occupation: Finance – Private Equity
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Traveling/Backpacking
Watching Movies
Cooking
Playing lacrosse
Hiking
Favorite Restaurant:
Bar Jules
Don Pistos
Mr. Pollo
A16
Kokkari
Favorite Quote:
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” – Oscar Wilde
Favorite place you have traveled:
Fiji
Place you would like to travel next:
Tibet
Age: 27
Height: 6 Feet
Weight: 190 Pounds
Eye Color: Brown
Education: Graduate School – MBA
School Attended: Tufts, INSEAD
Current Occupation: Technology Sales
Hobbies/Other Interests:
1. Travel
2. Politics
3. Foreign Policy
4. Outdoor Exercise
5. Romance Languages
Favorite Restaurant:
1. Suppenküche
2. Okoze
3. Zarzuela
4. Kokkari
5. Limon
Favorite Quote:
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” – JFK
Favorite place you have traveled:
Croatia
Place you would like to travel next:
Thailand
Steve Benson
Age: 34
Height: 6 Feet 3 Inches
Weight: 195 Pounds
Eye Color: Blue
Education: Graduate School – MBA
School Attended: Stanford
Current Occupation: Running a Startup
Past Occupation: Google Sales
Hobbies/Other Interests:
Outdoor activities, Triathlons, Hiking, Traveling, and neighborhood restaurants
Favorite Restaurant:
Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaraunt
Helmand Palace (Afghani)
Ike’s Place
Taqueria Cancun
Axum Cafe
Favorite Quote:
“Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?” — Steve Jobs
Favorite place you have traveled:
Bali
Place you would like to travel next:
India
