John is the founder of two political reform groups, Democracy Restated and Pass The Torch, and serves on the board of US Term Limits. He is a lawyer and investor, with a JD from Columbia Law and a BA in History from Brown University. He wrote and published a book on a rare condition that one of his five children has, titled Prader-Willi Syndrome: How Parents and Professionals Struggled and Coped and Made Genetic History. He lives in San Marino, California.