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AED Leader Brian (second from left) signed on as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 17 and also served on the volunteer department for fours in college – he retired as captain of the Bartlett Fire Protection District in April 2008. and with three active kids, life on the home front is equally busy. Brian has been married to his wife Heidi for 17 years; she is director of recreational therapy for a children's psychiatric hospital – and also directs most of the family's comings and goings, which are numerous. Daughter Carly, 14, is a competitive swimmer, as is youngest son Kevin, 8. Middle-child JP, 11, plays football, baseball and basketball. Heidi will join Brian as he travels to his first AED Summit Jan. 15-17 in Houston. But the kids won't accompany him. "That would be the end of my career," he laughed. "If they went through the exhibit hall, the Executive Committee would quickly revoke their offer." Brian, who resides in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett, grew up in nearby Hanover Park and claims he was a troublemaker as a child – but just the usual kind of little-boy mischief, he clarifies. As a four-year-old, he recalled, he hopped behind the steering wheel of his dad's car that was parked (and apparently still running) in the driveway. Brian put it in reverse and backed out to the street, and vaguely remembers disciplinary action affecting his ability to sit down. He's all about moving forward today for AED. XL 110 Hydraulic Folding Gooseneck 877.283.4852 toll free | 563.927.4900 phone WWW.XLSPECIALIZEDTRAILER.COM/AED BOOTH #2744 January 2014 | Construction Equipment Distribution | www.cedmag.com | 31