After the Navy, Justin lived in San Diego for a short time, then moved to Los Angeles for graduate work with ABA where he worked with children on the spectrum for over a decade. His specialty was taking away maladaptive behavior, so high functioning students could maintain in typical classrooms. A career Justin found hugely rewarding.

And, as life would have it, the road forked again for Justin when he had the opportunity to open up his own marketing firm in St. Louis, Missouri,  His entrepreneurial talents became honed to perfection as he put sales and customer service reps into big box retailers like Costco, Sam’s Fry’s, Walmart and Best Buy with his biggest client being DIRECTV.

But if you think this is where Justin settled down, you would be wrong.  Land surveying caught his attention, so Justin moved back to Tulsa to start training as a land surveyor. The next two years found Justin doing civil surveys followed by pipelines, windmill farms, and solar farm surveys for an additional six years.

At last count, Justin has had a mailing address in three different countries and 17 different states.

So, how did Justin finally come to become Napa Flats Catering Manager? It turns out, while being a land surveyor, he worked with John Crancer, the co-owner manager at Napa Flats. Since Justin started two weeks after Napa Flats opened, he has spent a lot of time in this amazing restaurant. It was the perfect second job for Justin as he has always sought out hospitality work when between jobs or when he needed a second job.

The Napa Flats magnetic pull on Justin is hard to ignore, as it turns out, Justin’s wife, Victoria Blewett, worked for John Crancer for ten years at Outback Steak House, and she was the reason Justin  got the job in the first place at Napa. Interestingly that was 20 years before Justin and Victoria started dating.

Now married, Victoria and Justin have four children, one biological daughter named Loghan Maree Blewett, and three stepchildren named Xavier, Estella, and Zoey Marrs.

As Napa Flats Tulsa’s Catering Manager, Justin follows the ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ approach. Which Justin describes as, “giving each guest an experience that goes beyond just a good meal and good service, to a full and rewarding experience”.  To ensure every customer experience is outstanding, Justin thrives in training new staff members to become great staff members using this approach.

John says, “Napa Flats has become family to me, and I will continue to work as hard as possible to increase sales and awareness for this amazing establishment”.