Author Biography
Chris Torti was born in Smithtown, New York on September 28, 1949. He attended college and graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Intending to be a high school coach and English teacher, he got side tracked and began what ended up being a forty year career with the American Cancer Society. He retired on May 1, 2013 as the Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer for the High Plains Division of the ACS. He began riding motorcycles in 2005 at the age of 55. He quickly fell in love with it and has ridden over 91,000 miles and has visited eleven states on his Harley-Davidson. Mr Torti lives in Austin, Texas and is married and has a daughter, son, and stepdaughter.