Bob Adams     Seattle, Washington

A director for the Puget Sound Chapter since 1994, Bob teaches at local, regional, and national levels, including webinars for ICLUBcentral. Bob creates innovative free tools (spreadsheets) and recommends useful websites that help long-term investors streamline their stock research. He is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club and past president of a local investment club. Bob retired after 26 years in radio and television broadcasting and 13 years of college teaching. Bob’s website reflects his strong advocacy of long-term fundamental investing.

Jerry Addleman     Dover, Pennsylvania

Jerry teaches at local, regional, and national levels. Jerry is the computer contact, treasurer, and an instructor for the Central Pennsylvania Chapter. He is the treasurer of the chapter’s model club, the Learn and Earn Model Investment Club, and is treasurer for several other investment clubs. Jerry is assistant treasurer for the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club.

Brian Altschul     Cedar Grove, New Jersey

Brian proudly served as the chair of the inaugural conference in 2007 and helped develop the 2008 Leadership Training Program. Brian has been a director for the New Jersey Chapter since 2000. He was a founding member and former president of an investment club established in 1998 and is a former member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. Professionally, Brian manages the computer systems of a large department. He has a BS in mathematics and an MBA in computer systems.

Joe Craig     Ellicott City, Maryland
Vice President, InvestEd Inc.

Joe is a long-time leader of online investing communities and currently participates in the development of StockCentral.com, a website for individual investors and investment clubs. Joe is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club, and he was a founding member of the Pioneer Online Investment Club (POLIC), believed to be the first completely online investment club.

Mary Ann Davis     Hartland, Wisconsin

Mary Ann enjoys teaching at national, regional, local, and club events. Mary Ann is a former director and computer group coordinator for the Milwaukee Chapter. She received the Dick Dwyer Service Award in 1995. Mary Ann is a founding partner of the Ladies vs. Market Investment Club and was a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she also studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the New York Institute of Finance™ with Ralph Acampora. Mary Ann is a retired teacher and photographer.

Sandy Gallemore     Statesboro, Georgia

Sandy is a founding director and current president of the Coastal Georgia/South Carolina Chapter. Sandy is a charter member and current president of the Women Investing Now Investment Club of Statesboro GA. She presents introductory investment programs, helps form investment clubs, and teaches stock study classes at local and regional events. Sandy is Professor Emerita of Kinesiology, Georgia Southern University, where she worked in the area of physical education teacher education.

Judith Russ Leon     Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Judith plans, writes, and edits InvestEd material for promotions, the website, and additional communications. She pioneered teaching online stock study workshops, a precursor to webinars, and she received the first Kenfield-Burris Award for service to the online investing community. She is a founding member and secretary of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club, and helped to start and mentor numerous clubs. Judith worked and taught in medical diagnostic and research laboratories. She enjoys an eclectic mix of music, film, theater, and dance.

Jerry Pillans     Houston, Texas

Jerry is the chair of InvestEd 2010 and was the chair of InvestEd 2009. He is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club, current president of the Investing Wizards Investment Club, and a director for the Houston Chapter. Jerry has taught 401(k) and mutual fund programs at national events. He has been employed by the petrochemical and refining industry for 35 years and currently is employed by LyondellBasell.

Louise Sechler     Pfafftown, North Carolina
Treasurer

Louise has taught at eight national events. A founding director and past president of the North Carolina Triad Chapter, Louise currently serves as the chapter’s education chair and teaches classes. She is a member of three investment clubs, including two online clubs: the CGAB Alumni Investment Club and MAGIC, a family club. Louise is a retired high school mathematics teacher and currently tutors high school students.

Saul Seinberg     Slingerlands, New York
Secretary

Saul has taught a variety of classes at local, regional, and national investor education events, including at AAII events. He was a director and vice president of education for the Rocky Mountain (formerly Denver) Chapter. Saul is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. With degrees in electrical engineering and law, Saul spent most of his career as a corporate attorney for high tech companies. More recently, Saul was director of the Science & Technology Law Center at Albany Law School, where currently he is an adjunct professor.

Ira Smilovitz     Leonia, New Jersey

Ira teaches classes about club accounting and taxes at the local level as well as in online seminars for StockCentral.com and the Motley Fool. For more than a decade he has regularly contributed help about tax and investment issues to several online discussion groups. He received the 2005 Kenfield-Burris Award for service to the online community. Ira is a founding member and current treasurer of Lakshmi Investments LLC. Although trained as a chemist and chemical engineer, Ira has been a professional tax preparer, bookkeeper, and financial coach for more than two decades.

John Tonsager     Ham Lake, Minnesota
Vice President, Education, InvestEd Inc.

John has taught basic stock analysis and advanced judgment classes at local, regional, and national investor education events. He is a past president and vice-president of the former Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter. John concurrently created the teaching schedule, located class sites, edited the newsletter, recruited sponsoring companies, mailed welcome letters, and managed the chapter’s website and the chat forum. He is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. John loves the outdoors and enjoys archeology surveys in the Arizona Strip, hiking, camping, and canoeing.

Randy Wilkes     Live Oak, Florida

Randy has taught at local, regional, and national levels for many years. Randy has been a director for the Big Bend Chapter since it formed in 1996. He is a member of the Big Bend Chapter Model Club and a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. Randy has a degree in computer science and is a Florida State University certified webmaster. He and his wife Pam live in a small rural town in North Florida and travel extensively. He enjoys woodworking in his spare time. 

Pam Wright     Orange, California
President

Pam is the InvestEd conference manager and has been involved in event planning for eight years. She taught at national, regional, and local venues from 1999 through 2006. She has been a member of two investment clubs and currently is a member of the online CGAB Alumni Investment Club. She is a Distinguished Service Award recipient, a state licensed administrator, and enjoys archery. 

Seymour "Zinc" Zeenkov     La Mesa, California
Assistant Secretary

Zinc has taught many stock analysis and portfolio management classes at local, regional, and national events. He is a member of two investment clubs. Zinc was a program manager and manufacturing operations director in the aerospace industry. He is a life member of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE®) and holds masters degrees in management sciences and business administration.