He studied at Duke University and graduated with a double major in Psychology and Mathematics in 1991.
In 1996, he graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of West Florida.
He also served as an Acquisitions Officer in the United States Air Force, after which he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked in finance and marketing.
[1] He earned his Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in 2007 and was ordained deacon and priest.
He was elected on July 15, 2017, on the fifth ballot, and was consecrated on December 9, 2017, by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.