Greetings. My name is Damon K. Mollenkopf, but everyone calls me Mr. Mo. (except for my wife . . . and my kids . . . oh, and my parents . . . you get the idea)

I was born in Lancaster, PA but quickly moved to the NYC metro area where my mother is from. We moved to Bucyrus, OH when I was fairly young when my father joined the Bucyrus police force. However, once a New Yorker, always a New Yorker. I still consider myself one, and if you listen carefully, you can still hear the accent slip through.

I graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's in Communication. I started out as a manager of a sign company for a short while before joining the Columbus City Prosecutor's office as an investigator, then supervisor and trainer. I was recruited away to become the director of risk management for a trucking company, before eventually resigning to go back to school to get my teaching license. I did my student teaching at Westerville North, and am now in my 9th year teaching in Westerville. Oh yeah, and in the spring, you'll find me roaming Bernowski Field as the Varsity Baseball team's Assistant Coach.

I'm the lead vocalist for a fantastic 80's cover band called Chess King(The name's a tongue-in-cheek homage to the 80's men's "fashion" store.) Here are a few things off of our demo:

• Don't Stop Believing (mp3) - Journey's quintessential 80's rock anthem. We loved this song long before "Glee" made it cool again.

• Jessie's Girl (mp3) - Rick Springfield - big crowd pleaser

• Rio (mp3) - Can't have an 80's band without Duran Duran!