It's an extremely awkward time for key members of the Steering Committee to come forward and ask us to change the numbers. People had nine months to challenge the numbers, now is not the time.

The optimum committee has no members.

It's a really cool time. We have the ability to set the tone for students for the entire Jenkins administration.

You'd look around at meetings, and committee members who could have been his grandchildren wouldn't be there because of things like bad weather. But Porter never missed.

I won't say extremely prolific, but I try to write stuff that will last a long time.

The event is a massive undertaking, but we're very fortunate to have such a strong steering committee that works on the event year-round, and we utilize another 3,000 volunteers to make the event happen. Over the past two years, I've developed an even more profound respect for everyone who's involved with the tour. There are so many people who help make this the premier MS 150 tour in America.