Deacon Pete was raised in Louisville and grew up in the parish of St. Francis in The Fields. He went to Indiana University where he earned a degree in Medical Technology, and later an MS in Biochemistry from the University of Louisville while he worked in biomedical research. He currently works at Humana as a data analyst. He is married to Kim, and has two children, Kathryn and Michael, both of whom grew up at St. Paul’s. He began his discernment to the diaconate 2014, leading to ordination in February, 2022.