The Kenzers Family Blog

Amy Kenzer is now a Doctor of Psychology. She successfully defended her dissertation today in front of her review committee. Congrats to Dr. Amy Kenzer.

It’s official. Amy has accepted a job as the head of research for a new center for Autism in Phoenix, Arizona. She will be employed by the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) which is one of the largest organizations in the world for the treatment of Autism. It’s a great opportunity for her and one we couldn’t pass up.

She will graduate with her PhD in May and start work in June. This means we are moving during the last week of May/first week of June.

I will stay on with Twelve Horses in business development. Being in Phoenix will gives me an opportunity to open a new office for Twelve Horse. The Phoenix metro area - which includes cities like Scottsdale, Tucson, Glendale, and many others - has a population of around 3.8 million. With close to 10 times the population of the Reno area, my plan is to grow business hand over fist. I will also be even closer to Las Vegas allowing me to better help grow business there.

We are still in the process of selling our house which could be a sticky point. It won’t affect us leaving but could severely affect our cash flow.

We are all very excited.

From Concourse C at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago:

Yesterday, Amy successfully defended her third and final comprehensive exam on her way to her long awaited Ph.D.  She need only to finish and defend her Thesis paper and she will graduate in December.  The amount of work and effort that Amy has put into this degree is indescribable here but feel free to ask her about it sometime.

On another note, I have been plane hopping for the last two days on my way to Rochester, NY and now back.  Flying in and out of airports leaves me feeling like a tourist trapped on a bus driving around Yosemite (a reference to something John Muir once wrote).  Exciting and interesting cities but I only get a small aerial glimpse.  Along those lines: