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 Name:
John Siehl
Title: Executive director
Facility/Company: Ervin J. Nutter
Center,
Wright State University
City-State-Country: Dayton, Ohio
Year CFE obtained: 1995
Email:
john.siehl@wright.edu
What other facilities have you worked in?
Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio, for
24 years.
What is your favorite food or restaurant?
7 Pepper Steak Salad, Longhorn Steakhouse.
What book are you currently reading (or what is
your favorite book)?
“It’s Not About the Bike” by Lance Armstrong.
What CD or cassette is in your car right now?
Michael Bublé.
What is the most unique (non-traditional) event
you ever had in a facility
you've worked in?
A funeral.
Strangest merchandise?
A $9 snow cone.
Strangest anything?
Busty Russell, Stripper.
What is a motto, inspiration or quote you try to
live by?
“Love like you’ve never been hurt.”
Why did you choose to pursue the CFE?
To achieve my industry’s highest level of competency and to validate my
life’s work.
What has been a benefit or is a benefit of
having a CFE?
The CFE designation has positioned me as a credible voice in our industry,
and
validated never-ending efforts to excel in my facility and community, to
develop my staff and serve the public.
Would you recommend attaining CFE to other
international colleagues? Why?
Absolutely. As living, breathing beings we are responsible for excellence in
an industry providing safe, successful and service oriented events
worldwide. Additionally,we should be committed to a quality of life of the
highest level for our
families, staff, and the public. CFE carries the stature to say the “Gold
Standard” lives here, and the best is yet to come.
What couldn't you live without?
Life has given me so much. My family and the friendship of many, many people
are cherished daily.
What's your most prized possession?
My family.
What's your favorite place on earth?
Anywhere with my family, and then South Beach.
What's your most favorite moment in sports
history?
When the USA men’s hockey team whooped Russia in 1980, followed closely
by Lance Armstrong’s accomplishments.
What's the
one thing most people would be surprised to learn about you?
In my spare time, I am a
bereavement counselor for Hospice of Dayton.
Is there anything else you would
like to add?
I could write for days…
I am a very fortunate person, blessed with life experience of 56 years and
40 years experience in our industry. Every day is a blessing, every day a
challenge and every day a lesson in life. I am so very fortunate.
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