Everyone Needs A Little DP

Almost a year now and finally I can have, a much needed, quiet moment to gather my thoughts on 2020.

I met Dustin Petrie in 2007. He was the GM for a budding fitness organization and he was interviewing me for a leadership role. We have never heard of each other and I was recommended for a position by a mutual, at the time, acquaintance. Needless to say I got the position and worked closely with DP, I stopped calling him Dustin within the first year of our working relationship. An individual with boundless creativity and a gift for gab, he was a brightly shining star in that organization and in life.

In April 2020, I was saddened to have learned of his passing through a FB post. A man with a big heart, I knew that his loss would be felt by many people with in his community and his family. Certainly the news hit me and I can do nothing more than reflect on all the great times we had in our little office, making the ideas of our head and organization come to life. It was a special time. Few times in one’s professional career do you ever get that perfect storm of creativity, leadership and support inside the organization as well as outside. It was, a special time for many because of the magic provided by Dustin.

On April 1st, 2020 Dustin Petrie had passed away. The world has lost a star and LES lost its big hearted unofficial “Mayor”.

Rest easy my friend…you fought an amazing fight.

T