Joe may have an ordinary name, but he has led a very extraordinary life. Abandoned at 2 weeks old with a little 2 year old sister, Joe was adopted by a kind Chattanooga couple.  He went on to UT Knoxville, where he had his first encounter with cocaine, which would consume his life for many years.  He returned to Chattanooga after college and married the little sister of his best friend.  They had 2 children and started a successful insurance business.  But cocaine was wrecking his marriage and business.  Joe lost everything and got to the point that life was so miserable that he decided to end it all by going to Chickamauga Dam with a loaded pistol.  On the way there, his truck ran out of gas and a man driving by stopped to help.  The man drove Joe to Soddy Daisy and introduced him to Dr. Charles Clay, who spoke to him.  Joe voluntarily went into rehab for 6 months and then was given an opportunity as a security officer for Crossroads.  He began to take a great interest in the troubled youth at the facility and has been working with kids ever since.  He was employed at a rehab hospital in Knoxville for a few years, then returned to Chattanooga, where he began the YCAP program for the YMCA in 1988.  Boxing became a cornerstone for the program and he along with his son Andy (who runs the program today), became a prominent figure on the national and international boxing scene.  He was the team manger for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team at the Beijing Olympics.  He and his wife have fostered 19 different children.  After his retirement from the YMCA, he took a seat on the Hamilton County School Board and also serves as Executive Director/CEO of Prison Prevention Ministries.