PERSONAL — Born Daniel LaVance Barkley on Aug. 10, 1988 in Ballard, Wash. Parents: Sean and Denise Boyd. Family: Two brothers. High School (Coach): Clover Park (John Randall) 2006. Major: Sports Marketing.

2007 — Appeared in reserve three times, including a season-high nine plays vs. Washington State where he ran a reverse for eight yards. Saw first collegiate action vs. Fresno State, playing four snaps, and was on the field for three plays during the Sun Bowl.

2006 — Redshirt season saw him earn special teams scout player of the week honors leading up to the game at USC.

HIGH SCHOOL — Played for John Randall at Clover Park in Lakewood, Wash., and considered Cal, Stanford and Washington before walking on at Oregon. An all-Cascade League selection as a senior, he was rated a two-star recruit by Scout.com.

Daniel currently lives in Seattle and works at the University of Washington.

David Massey is our University of Oregon Football Insider.  Massey was a Linebacker for the Ducks from 1989-1993.  With the Ducks, Massey went to three college bowl games. 

Massey owned the Tacoma Thunder of the International Basketball League in 2005 & 2006.

Former Husky Greg Lewis is the Senior Director of Advancement for Minority Affairs & Diversity at the University of Washington.

Lewis made a name for himself as a star tailback at Washington from 1987 to 1990. As a senior, he rushed for 1,279 yards, a school record at the time, and earned Pac-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors. Lewis was also lauded with the inaugural Doak Walker Award, given to the nation's top junior or senior running back, and finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting, the highest finish ever for a Husky offensive player.

After he finished his college career, Lewis spent two seasons with the Denver Broncos before returning to complete his degree in political science from UW in 1993.

He has two daughters, Briana and Janee.

He is the author of 'The Future of Value' and writes a regular column for both. 'The Guardian' and HBR.org. Eric is the founder of Nexus Global Advisors, a leading strategy, collaboration, and sustainability advisory firm.

Eric is committed to sustainability. His hope is that one day every company will take action to restore the environment and support social equity and development.

In the meantime, Eric is doing all he can — through his writing, coaching, and speaking engagements — to bring awareness to these critical issues. He’s a sought-after speaker and he consults with companies to achieve sustainability and competitive strategy goals.

What makes Eric unique in his field:

• Author of The Future of Value, published by Jossey Bass. It’s the story of how sustainable market leaders are embracing sustainability to create value for their stakeholders — for today and tomorrow. Eric is currently working on his second book.
• The Future of Value was named a 2011 Business Book of the Year nominee. 
• Named as a Top 100 Thought Leader on Trustworthy Business Behavior for 2012, Eric’s work is regularly featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Wall Street Journal.
• Significant business experience as a consultant and strategist makes Eric pragmatic and ‘results oriented.’
• Author of more than 25 articles relating to sustainability and competitive strategy.
• While working at Accenture’s Institute for High Performance, Eric headed the development of the company’s first sustainability research program. He interviewed executives from a variety of industries to understand their sustainability commitments and efforts.
• While most consultants focus on “going green,” Eric’s focus has expanded sustainability to competitive strategy, social equity, and business growth.

Eric is fluent in Japanese and is an avid baseball fan. He lives outside of Boston, MA, with his wife and two young children

Mary M. Markovich received her undergraduate degree in Accounting from Mount Olive College in Mount Olive, North Carolina, her law degree at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, and her Financial Planning training and Decision Sciences training while earning a Masters of Business Administration at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Ms. Markovich has been a guest lecturer at Duke University and is a frequent speaker at educational, fraternal, and social organizations. She teaches Estate Planning and Elder Law classes to her fellow attorneys and other professionals in Continuing Education classes.

Ms. Markovich believes clients are best served with a comprehensive range of multi-disciplinary services, either in-house or by outsourcing to a select group of providers chosen by the firm.  This one-stop, one relationship model is efficient and cost-effective for clients. The firm delivers high quality services at a lower total cost to the client by reducing overhead and transitions of information between independent providers.

Ms. Markovich was admitted to practice law in North Carolina and admitted to practice before the United States Federal Court, Eastern District of North Carolina in 1994. Mary Markovich is accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. She regularly represents veterans with Nonservice-connected Pensions and Service-connected Compensation claims.She has been in solo practice in North Carolina since 1994. Ms. Markovich is committed to providing the most innovative and up-to-date legal services, and by networking with other attorneys and various professionals nationwide.

Ms. Markovich is a renowned expert on Medicaid planning and eligibility issues and guidelines forboth VA Pension, commonly called VA Aid and Attendance and VA Compensation benefits. She is a sought-after speaker on these issues and often speaks to groups offellow attorneys, financial planners, CPAs, and other professionals about the qualification of clients for both Medicaid and VA benefits.