Troy Pottgen is a pretty good husband, dad of two and Phoenix-based Group Creative Director with RIESTER. People trust him. Kids relate to him. He claims—quite erroneously, as his wife’s meticulous documentation proved in 2010—to watch 100 movies and read 100 books a year. Between being invisible or fluent in every language, he chooses invisibility. Yes, it’s far less useful and far more trivial, but that’s his choice and he’s sticking with it. He once tore his Achilles laughing and often lies for fun. People tell him he could be in politics.
A not-so-recent graduate of the University of Illinois (B.S., Business Administration) and Miami Ad School (Copywriting), Troy wishes everyone would give time and money to Camp to Belong which, as you know, reunites siblings separated in foster and adoptive care. He admits this wish comes from years of volunteering at CTB camps and serving on the Board’s PR and Marketing Committee, so he understands if you do your own thing. If you ever approach him and say, “Hey Troy, I like monkeys,” he’ll buy you a fair trade coffee.
Since being raised in a safe, sleepy town in the Midwest, Troy has demonstrated a flurry of nomadic and philanthropic tendencies, having volunteered with: Greater D.C. Cares, Chicago Cares, Lydia Home (Chicago), Hands on Miami, L.A. Works, Make a Difference (Phoenix), Paul Newman’s Boggy Creek Camp (FL) and Big Brothers Big Sisters. He found writing this in third-person incredibly therapeutic but wouldn’t elaborate when asked why. He is amazed you are still reading this and thanks you for caring enough to stay to the end.
