Tim resides in Connecticut with his wife Tracy, son Travis, and daughter Lilia who was diagnosed with SHINE Syndrome in 2020. A 25-year career veteran of the Louis Dreyfus Group, Tim began merchandising wheat, then corn, grain sorghum, and then in 1989 was made head of North American soybean trading for LD. In 1991, Tim joined LD Energy where he co-founded in Singapore as Head of Trading Louis Dreyfus Energy Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., a global physical energy merchandising business. In 1997, he returned to the US and founded and was President of Louis Dreyfus Energy Services which after rapid growth became Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy in 2006 with a minority joint-venture investment by JPMorgan Chase. Tim has a BA in Economics and Politics from Washington and Lee University and an MA in International Relations/Business from Syracuse University. He was a member of the U.S. Peace Corps after college. He was President and then Chairman of Shepherds, Inc. from 2001-2022 which sponsors and mentors inner-city high school students in Connecticut and he remains on that board today and committed to providing educational opportunities to the least advantaged in our communities. He has served multiple terms as Chairman of the Trustees and sits on the endowment investment committee of the Southport Congregational Church.