Forest received his AAS degree from Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology in 2004. Prior to joining AESC in September 2004, Forest did an internship with us. He also has worked at Cat Hospital-Southeast while attending Bel-Rea. Forest's professional interests include emergency medicine and anesthesia.

Forest was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps as a Sergeant in 1999. He did wireless construction in Colorado for two years prior to attending Bel-Rea.

Forest is married and has three cats and two dogs.