Wife:  Liz and I married in 1983 - she is and has been the light of my life.  Our years have been fun, adventurous, and full of good companionship.  We like each other and enjy traveling, going out on dates, riding in our Classic Cars, sampling ethnic food, and a wide varieit of other activities.

She worked earlier as the Executive Assistant for the CEO of BDS, Inc. (a Silicon Valley printer manufacturer) and then, from 1983 until 1991, for all three of my consulting firms (Barry Barnes & Company, The Barnes & Senne Group, and Leadership Growth, Inc.) in successively more responsible logistics and financial management roles.  Liz re-joined the "traditional" work force in 1991, rising quickly from a “temp” worker to a member of the company’s Executive Team, managing five call centers (two in Oregon, one in Grass Valley, one in Hollywood, and another in Wisconsin and coordinating activities for ones in Japan and London) as Director of Customer Service for Grass Valley Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Tektronix.  She then ran GBS Financial Services and owned GM&B Snacks, a two-county vending business from early 1999 until late 2004.  She became Customer Relationships Manager with PC-Doctor, Inc., a computer diagnostics software firm in Reno, Nevada in late 2004.

Adult Kids:  With Liz Haggard Barnes:  Lianne, born 1985, college stu­dent, nanny, store supervisor, and singer, Reno, NV; Kelly Len, born 1979, food services supervisor, mother of David, Ben, Ethan, & Baylie and wife of Rob Flecksteiner, Penn Valley, CA.  By Charlene Campisi Barnes Stephens:  Jenn, born 1972, Denton, TX, former production manager and sales director, mother of AJ & Lucas, and wife to Christopher Fili; Kelly Michelle, born 1969, interior de­signer, wife of Brad Bullock, mother of Bailey, Irving TX; and Stace, born 1966, international attorney, father to Alex & Gregory, husband to Tanya, Houston, TX.

Homes:  Liz and I lived Sunnyvale in the Silicon Valley area, and then moved to the country in the California “Gold Country” foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1989 where we lived on two small farms, then a development in the country near Grass Valley, CA for 15 years. In late 2004, we moved to Reno, Nevada.  Our move to Reno has been a surprisingly good one and we enjoy being back in a city... and particularly all the good ethnic and quality food available at the many Reno restaurants.