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 enjoy going out on dates, sampling ethnic food (Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Greek, Indian, Mediterranean, Turkish, Carribean, African, Chinese, Korean, Mexican, and more), riding in our Classic Cars (1970 and 1978 MGB's and, formerly, three 1950 Fords and a 1968 Mustang), traveling the nation and the world (most the US States and 18 other countries), and a wide variety of other activities.

Liz has degrees in English and Computer Sciences.  Early in her career, she worked 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, culminating as Vice President of Finance.  Liz re-joined the "traditional" work force in 1991, rising quickly from a “temp” worker of Grass Valley's only sizeable high-tech firm 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, Inc.  From 1999 to 2002, she then owned and ran GBS Financial Services and, from 2002 until late 2004, owned and ran GM&B Snacks, a two-county vending business. 

In late 2004, she became Customer Relationships Manager with PC-Doctor, Inc., a computer diagnostics software firm in Reno, Nevada where she is now Senior OEM Sales Manager.

Adult Kids:  With Liz Haggard Barnes:  Lianne, born 1985 (full-time college stu­dent, part-time nanny, and and an accomplished singer) who lives in Reno, NV; Kelly Len Flecksteiner, born 1979 (food services supervisor, mother of David, Ben, Ethan, & Baylie, and wife of Rob Flecksteiner), living in Penn Valley, CA.  By Charlene Campisi Barnes Stephens:  Jenn Fili, born 1972 (former production manager and sales director of Tri-Steel Structures, Inc., mother of AJ & Lucas, and wife to Christopher Fili) living in Denton, TX; Kelly Michelle Bullock, born 1969 (interior de­signer, wife of Brad Bullock, mother of Bailey), Irving TX; and Stace Barnes, born 1966 (international attorney, father to Alex & Gregory, husband to Tanya) living in 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 for five years each, then a development in the country near Grass Valley, CA for another five years. In late 2004, we moved to Reno, Nevada.  Our move to Reno has been a surprisingly good one and we enjoy being in a small city... and particularly all the good ethnic and quality food available at the many Reno restaurants.