As a traveler, I’m excited to have a president who respects and enjoys our world (and I prefer a president whom the world respects and enjoys).

As a writer, I want a president who reads.

As a pragmatist, I wish idealism worked…but have learned to be patient, collaborative, and incremental.

As a Christian, I care about the world’s poor, and believe people of every nation are of equal worth.

As a thinker, I want someone who celebrates being thoughtful.

As a capitalist and a job-creating entrepreneur, I want a government that will give my peers and me clear parameters for being good corporate citizens.

As a father, I want a president who will inspire my children.

As a member of a diverse society, I need a president who respects people who see things differently.

As a man, I’m excited to have a president who’s a woman.

As a voter, I want to be not ruled, but governed.

I posed for this photo with Hillary as a Democrat. Today, I support her as an American.