Kent was born in the Valley in 1954, eight years prior to the Town of Paradise Valley being incorporated. At the time, his parents Henry and Jane, home at Judson School was under construction.  The house still exists in its original form today. He attended K-12 at Judson School before attending the University of Arizona from 1972-1974 and Arizona State University from 1974-1977, where he received Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

In 1975 Kent obtained a realtors license and decided to work for Russ Lyon Realty helping market "Dix Homes," a development company owned by a previous  Scottsdale Rotarian, Von Dix.  A few years later he asked Denny Lyon if  he could  take a "short" leave of absence and work for his father at Judson. The leave lasted eighteen years!

At Judson School, Kent did a great deal of International recruiting of students and visited over thirty counties.  In 1986 he ran for Paradise Valley Town Council and after two terms, was elected Mayor.  Kent was the youngest and only Mayor to be born in the Town.

In 2003 Kent again asked Denny Lyon if his Sales Associate position was still available, it was.

In 1994 Norval Tyler, a good friend, told Kent he needed to join "this great group" of service-oriented people who do wonderful things for the community and many international projects.  The next thing he knew, he was a Rotarian (we do things a bit differently now).

In 1998 he purchased a cabin in Sandpoint, Idaho on the 26th largest fresh water lake in the world and with the help of Jim Hann and Sean Hefley, Kent is now involved in five small development projects. Kent also  has an Idaho Real Estate License.

In 2005, Kent  married a fun and wonderful woman, Nipa.

Kent also has a twenty-one years old son, Jared, who is a Senior, studying International Business at Pepperdine University in California.

Kent looks forward to his Scottsdale Rotary Presidency and will do his best on
your behalf.