Speakers

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Steve Barger
Consulting Partner, Advisor Solutions Network & Founder / The Barger Group
In many ways, Steve Barger helped create the modern brokerage industry. In the 1970s, he invented the banking industry’s very first financial services Investor Center for Hawkeye Bancorporation. During the 1980s, he led the marketing efforts of Shearson-Lehman Brothers, then moved on to direct business development and training for Smith Barney. As a senior executive with CitiGroup Financial Services in the 1990s, he directed training and development for the largest financial services sales force in America. Today, he continues to coach and mentor some of the financial industry’s leading advisors. Steve understands the personal and professional challenges and opportunities faced by planners, consultants and advisors. His tools and systems have been proven to not only help novice advisors build their practices, but also to help veteran advisors elevate their practices to higher and higher levels. He is a nine-time distinguished instructor at the Wharton Business School Securities Institute.

Linda Lubitz Boone, CFP®
Founder The Lubitz Financial Group & Co-founder / IPS Advisor Pro
Ms. Lubitz Boone is the founder of The Lubitz Financial Group in Miami, Florida, as well as the co-founder of the award winning software IPS AdvisorPro and the co-author of "Creating an Investment Policy Statement: Guidelines and Templates" published by FPA Press.. She provides fee based personal financial planning and investment advisory services for individuals and Pension Plan trustees. Linda has also been frequently named one of “America’s Best Financial Advisors” by Worth Magazine and also by Medical Economics magazine as a “Best Advisors for Doctors.”

Norman M. Boone, MBA, CFP®
Founder / Mosaic Financial Partners & Co-founder / IPS Advisor Pro
Mr. Boone is the founder and principal of Mosaic Financial Partners, Inc. in San Francisco as well as the co-founder of the award winning software IPS AdvisorPro and the co-author of "Creating an Investment Policy Statement: Guidelines and Templates" published by FPA Press. Worth Magazine has cited Norm as one of “America’s Best Financial Advisors” each year the list has been published since 1994. Medical Economics has regularly acknowledged him as one of the “Best Financial Advisors for Doctors.” Financial Planning magazine named Norm an industry “Mover and Shaker" for 2007.

Mark Colgan
Founder & CEO / Plan Your Legacy
Mr. Colgan is the founder and CEO of Plan Your Legacy. PYL empowers financial advisors to help their clients build their own personal legacy plans that preserve their life values, record their final wishes, and positively influence future generations. Inspired by the challenges he faced as a young widower, Mark authored The Survivor Assistance Handbook: A Guide for Financial Transition in 2002. The following year, he took his idea a step further and created a personal legacy journal for individuals to use to establish a record of their lives and final wishes. It was also in 2003 that Mark founded Plan Your Legacy, LLC and began a national speaking tour on the important topic of legacy planning.

Kristina Fausti
Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs / fi360
Ms. Fausti is the Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for Fiduciary360 (fi360). Kristina's primary role is to research, write, speak and otherwise represent fi360 on legislative and regulatory developments impacting investment fiduciaries. She also provides subject matter expertise to the fiduciary professional designation courses and software tools developed by fi360, acts as legal liaison to outside counsel and serves in a compliance role in the organization. Prior to joining fi360, Kristina served for over four years as a Special Counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and specialized in broker-dealer regulation. Prior to that, she was an associate with Troutman Sanders LLP in its Washington, D.C. office for two years and specialized in federal energy regulation. Kristina earned her J.D., cum laude, at Georgetown University Law Center, her MBA at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, and her B.S.B.A. in Accounting, magna cum laude, at Robert Morris University.

Andrew Gluck
CEO / Advisor Products Inc. & Editor At Large / Financial Advisor Magazine
Mr. Gluck is a veteran financial reporter and the founder and CEO of Advisor Products Inc., a marketing company serving 1,800 financial advisory firms. Founded in 1996, Advisor Products provides private-labeled websites, client newsletters, brochures, and creative services, including graphic design and marketing copy writing, to independent advisors. Gluck began his career as a police-beat reporter at daily newspapers. In 1983, he began covering personal finance, ghost writing a newspaper column for the American Institute of CPAs. He returned to newspapers in 1986, covering Wall Street and writing a Sunday column for five years at The New York Daily News. From 1991 to 1996, Gluck covered investing and financial planning at Worth magazine, where he was a senior writer. Since mid-1996, Gluck has been writing a monthly column, The Gluck Report, which is now published in Financial Advisor Magazine, where he serves as editor-at-large. The Gluck Report covers advisor technology, wealth management, and practice management.

Marty Jensen, CIMC
Consulting Partner / Advisor Solutions Network & Founder / United Management Group
Marty has over twenty-five years of experience developing and marketing multi-disciplinary, private account wealth management programs to advisors, financial intermediaries, HNW individuals, fiduciaries, corporate executives and non-profit trustees. Marty began his career in 1981 as a Financial Advisor for E.F. Hutton. In 1986, he became a Divisional Director with E.F. Hutton’s Consulting Services Group and also served as a Director of International Sales for Shearson’s global management group based in London. In 1990, Marty founded the PRIME Advisory Network, which provided practice management programs and investment platforms to financial intermediaries. From 2000-03, Marty served as a National Sales Manager and product specialist for ING Funds. Since 2003, Marty has been a Managing Partner with United Management Group, a multi-family investment advisory services firm involved with legacy, venture capital and private equity projects.

Andrew Klausner, CIMA, CIS
Founder and Principal / AK Advisory Partners
Andy has worked in the financial services industry for more than 25 years, and founded AK Advisory Partners LLC to help clients navigate today’s challenging market by bringing efficiency and innovation to their business structures, offerings and practices. Andy started his career at Townsend-Greenspan Inc., the firm founded by noted economist Alan Greenspan. There, and in subsequent early employment at Lehman Brothers, Andy honed his analytical skills. As he evolved professionally, his focus changed to investment management consulting, where he concentrated in the areas of marketing, sales and client service at firms such as UBS and Salomon Smith Barney. Having forged a strong foundation of business experience and skills, Andy took on more expansive roles including product development and management, department building and change management in a variety of industry settings including Morgan Keegan. Andy holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from New York University.

David B. Loeper, CIMA®, CIMC®
President & CEO / Wealthcare Capital Management
Mr. Loeper is the President & CEO of Financeware, Inc. which does business as Wealthcare Capital Management. An SEC Registered Investment Adviser with nearly 25 years experience, Loeper has appeared on CNBC and has been a featured contributor on Bloomberg TV. Loeper joined Wheat First Securities as vice president of investment consulting in 1988, where he served for 10 years. He was promoted to managing director of investment consulting, and then eventually to managing director of strategic planning for the retail brokerage division. He left his position at Wheat First Securities in 1999 to found Financeware. Loeper has been a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) for over 20 years, serving on the advisory council for more than 5 years, most recently as chairman. Loeper was also appointed by the governor of Virginia to serve on the Investment Advisory Committee of the nearly $30 billion Virginia Retirement System. Loeper has authored numerous whitepapers and books including the top selling book, Stop the 401k Rip-off! as well as The Four Pillars of Retirement Plans, Stop the Retirement Rip-off and Stop the Investing Rip-off.

Rex Macey, CFA®, CIMA, CFP®
Chief Investment Officer / Wilmington Trust
Rex is responsible for overseeing Wilmington Trust’s equity and fixed income investment management programs. He is also a senior member of Wilmington Trust’s Investment Strategy Team, which is responsible for determining strategic and tactical asset allocation and for approving non-affiliated investment managers. Prior to joining Wilmington Trust, Rex served as the director of research at KPMG Investment Advisors, where he led the development of investment policies and asset allocation research. Earlier, he was chief investment officer for American Financial Advisors, LLC, where he developed the only financial software program that projects future wealth by using Monte Carlo simulation to model both investment risk and mortality risk. Rex is also known as a co-founder of Möbius Group, a leading third-party provider of information on money managers. Rex holds an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School and earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. He is an instructor for a CFA review course sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the CFA Institute, and chairs the editorial advisory board for Investments & Wealth Monitor, a bi-monthly publication of the Investment Management Consultants Association.

Gary Polson
Associate National Sales Manager / MFS Investments
Gary G. Polson is the Associate National Sales Manager and a Managing Director of the Broker/Dealer division of MFS Fund Distributors. In his role, Gary serves as a spokesman and mentor for MFS wholesalers in the field. Mr. Polson is a 24-year veteran of the industry. He joined MFS in 1996 as a Broker/Dealer Sales Representative covering the southwest states of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. While at MFS, Gary as twice won the Heritage Award for excellence in wholesaling. Previously, he worked as a wholesaler in the financial services industry since 1986, having worked with firms such as Pilgrim America, Van Kampen, American Capital, and Paine Webber. He is an alumnus of Illinois State University and a member of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA). In addition, Mr. Polson has earned a Certified Investment Management Consultant (CIMC) designation from the Institute for Certified Investment Management Consultants.

Bob Priest
Vice President / Gravity Investments
Bob Priest serves as Vice President, Industry Marketing for Gravity Investments, a premier financial engineering firm servicing professional investors with patented diversification measurement, visualization, and optimization technologies, including the G-Sphere visual asset allocation platform. Mr. Priest is responsible for directing Gravity’s marketing efforts across all channels of distribution, including Registered Investment Advisors, Independent Broker Dealers, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, and Enterprises. Mr. Priest brings over a decade of service in the financial services industry to his role with the firm. Before joining Gravity, he was Founder of Bob Priest Financial, Inc., a Colorado-based Investment Advisory Firm. There he managed private client assets and provided a broad spectrum of financial planning services for individual investors. Prior to starting his own practice, Mr. Priest served as Branch Manager, OSJ, for AIG SunAmerica in both Denver and Dillon Colorado. Bob authored a popular financial column for the Summit Daily News in Frisco, CO for over five years and is nationally recognized for his expertise in the niche of investing alternative assets in IRAs. Mr. Priest completed his undergraduate work with honors from the University of California, San Diego, and earned his MBA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He was awarded the CFP designation in 1999.

Steve Saenz
Founder / Advisor Solutions Network
For the past 25 years, Mr. Saenz has been helping financial advisors evolve to higher value business models. He has trained and coached some of the top advisors in the US and Canada. He has developed many programs including, Building & Leading High Performance Teams, Optimize Your Business and Turning Clients Into Advocates. Most recently, he introduced Dynamic Practice Management and Dynamic Wealth Management. Steve began his investment career in 1984 as an account executive with Merrill Lynch. In 1989, he became a regional manager for Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services where he trained financial consultants in the areas of investment management consulting and qualified retirement plans. In 1991, Steve joined Harris Bretall Sullivan and Smith as a managing director. In 1994, Steve formed Paragon Resources, one of the industry's first practice management consultancies. In 2009, Steve formed the Advisor Solutions Network to meet the increasingly complex needs of financial advisors.

Lawrence M. Sinsimer
CEO / TSG-WMS
Mr. Sinsimer has over 37 years experience in the financial services industry. For 15 of those years he was a Partner or Principal in three investment management firms and was a participant on their investment committees. The Money Management Institute recognized Mr. Sinsimer’s contribution to the Managed Account industry with a ‘Pioneer’ Award. He has authored many articles on the market and the art of investing; most recently he wrote the chapter on "Asset Allocation" for The World of Money Management, published by Financial Forum Publishing.

Jon Sundt
President & CEO / Altegris Investments
Jon Sundt has more than 23 years of experience in the alternative investment industry. Sundt began his career as an options trader in 1986. Today, as founder and CEO of Altegris Investments, he leads a team of more than 60 professionals dedicated to providing investors access to some of the world’s leading alternative investment managers. Serving an asset base of over $2 billion, Altegris clients include independent wealth advisors, institutional and high net worth investors, and family offices. Sundt also serves as president of APM Funds, an Altegris company that serves as General Partner to a select group of hedge funds and commodity pools. An expert in managed futures and alternative investment strategies, Sundt is widely quoted by leading financial media, such as CNBC and Business Week, and a variety of industry publications. Prior to forming Altegris, Sundt served six years as Director of Managed Accounts and Senior Vice President of the Managed Investments Division of Man Financial, a subsidiary of the Man Group – the world’s largest hedge fund provider, based in London and listed on the FTSE 100. Sundt is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and Vistage International. He is also the Founder and President of the Sundt Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to preventing substance abuse. Mr. Sundt majored in computer science and minored in economics at the University of California, San Diego.
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Ronald J. Surz
President & CEO / PPCA, Inc.
Mr. Surz is president of PPCA Inc, and a Principal of RCG LLP. He is a pension consulting veteran, having started with A.G. Becker in the 1970's. Ron earned an MBA in Finance at the University of Chicago and an MS in Applied Mathematics at the University of Illinois, and holds a CIMA (Certified Investment Management Analyst) designation. He has published regularly in such publications as The Journal of Wealth Management, The Journal of Investing, Journal of Portfolio Management, Pensions & Investments, Senior Consultant, HorsesMouth and the IMCA Monitor, as well as contributed to and edited several books. Ron's most recently co-edited book is Hedge Funds: Definitive Strategies and Techniques (Wiley Finance).

Marie Swift
President & CEO / Impact Communications
Ms. Swift is president and CEO of Impact Communications, a full-service public relations & marketing communications firm serving a select group of independent financial advisors and allied institutions. Ms. Swift serves as a top-rated coach for Sourcemedia’s Advisor Max and is frequently quoted in or published by industry magazines such as Financial Planning, Research, Financial Advisor, Investment Advisor, Transitions, Advisor Today and Morningstar Advisor. Prior to establishing her own firm in 1993, she served as Director of Corporate Communications for Worldwide Investment Network in Irvine, California, where she helped FNIC’s then #1 Top Producer attain and maintain that title for five consecutive years.

Lewis Walker, MBA, CIMC, CRC, PCS, CFP
President, Life Transitions Advisors, LLC
Lewis Walker is president of the financial planning firm, Walker Capital Management Corp., Norcross, GA. A graduate of the third class from The College of Financial Planning, Lewis has been a pioneer, leader, speaker, writer, and advocate for the planning profession since 1975. Recognizing the opportunity stemming from the forces of creative destruction and demographics, Lewis has established Life Transitions Advisors, LLC, and The Life Transitions University^TM as training and resource platforms that provide unique capabilities and processes involving major life transitions.