Growing up just across the mountains in Maryville, Tennessee, Travis knew early he wanted to live and work in the southern Appalachians.  He met his wife Helena, originally from Serbia, while an undergraduate at Tennessee, and they moved to Asheville together in the summer of 2009.  Travis enjoys watching and playing a variety of sports and traveling to places he has never been.

Favorite Sports to Play: Tennis and Basketball

A Fun Fact: At birth, Travis made the newspaper by being the biggest baby in the hospital

Favorite Beach: Key Largo

Guilty Pleasures: Poolside BBQs and Tennessee football and basketball