Don resides in the City of Newport Beach, Ca and has been a Visual Designer and Instructor for many high school Marching Bands, Drum Corps, Winter Guards, and Indoor Drum lines for the last 32 Years. After he graduated from Chapman University with B.A. in Marketing in 1991. He began DMG Design, which provides Custom Show Design and instruction for groups throughout the United States. After many years of producing award winning groups and programs, Don was honored in 2009 by becoming a “Hall of Fame” member of the Winter Guard Association of Southern California. Don currently serves as a Ensemble Visual & Visual Effect judge for the follow organization: Western Band Association (WBA), California State Band Championships (CSBC). Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC) and Carolina Winter Ensemble Association (CWEA)
Current Design credits include; UCLA, Trabuco Hills HS, Riverside Poly HS, Riverside King HS, Santa Monica HS, Monache HS and Robert F Kennedy HS
In his free time he enjoys spending time traveling the world exploring ancient archaeological and historical sites