| Governor Robert J. Bentley Robert Bentley was elected Governor of Alabama on November 2, 2010. He was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002 and served two terms in the State House. Governor Bentley has founded a number of small businesses, the most successful of which is Alabama Dermatology Associates. As President of Alabama Dermatology Associates, he managed the practice's growth into one of the largest dermatology practices in the Southeastern United States. Governor Bentley ran for Governor to grow the economy and create jobs without increasing taxes or spending. He believes there should be more transparency and accountability in Alabama’s government. He is a pro-life, pro-marriage, and pro-second amendment conservative who believes in smaller and more limited government. | Dr. Robert Brusca PowerPoint Presentation Dr. Brusca is chief economist of Fact and Opinion Economics, a consulting firm he founded in Manhattan. He has been an economist on Wall Street for over 25 years. He was the first guest on the first day of CNBC and continues to make numerous TV and radio appearances. He has appeared on Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC. He has been quoted extensively by a variety of outlets including the Christian Science Monitor, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Bloomberg Business Week. Dr. Brusca has worked with central banking and large institutional clients in over 30 countries in his career as an economist. He was a divisional research chief of the International Financial Markets Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Fed Watcher at Irving Trust. He served as the chief economist at Nikko Securities International for 16 years. Dr. Brusca is also teaching in a graduate program at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in Manhattan. | Dr. William Dunkelberg PowerPoint Presentation Dr. Dunkelberg serves as chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business (400,000 member firms) and as economic strategist, Boenning & Scattergood. He has presented expert testimony before the U.S. House and Senate on a wide variety of economic issues, including consumer credit, inflation, tax reform, the minimum wage, small business, electronic funds transfer systems, energy efficiency standards, health care, and monetary and fiscal policy. He has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC, among others. He is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business Week, the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek. He serves on the economic forecasting panels for USA Today and Bloomberg and as an economic advisor to ABC News. Dr. Dunkelberg was one of four final candidates for vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, served as an advisor to the Secretary of Commerce, and was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve System. He is a past president and a Fellow of the National Association for Business Economics, appointed to the Census Advisory Committee representing the American Economic Association, and served on the board of The National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an elected member of the Conference of Business Economists and the National Business Economic Issues Council. |
| Dr. A. Gary Shilling PowerPoint Presentation Dr. Shilling is president of A. Gary Shilling & Co., Inc., economic consultants and publisher of INSIGHT, a monthly report of economic forecasts and investment strategy. He has been a Forbes magazine columnist since 1983. He is a member of The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Board of Economists and a columnist for The Christian Science Monitor and is on Investment Advisor magazine’s panel of investment strategists. He appears frequently on radio and television, including recent appearances on CNN, Bloomberg Radio and TV, CNBC, Marketplace Radio, and Fox Business. He has been quoted recently in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg View, NY Observer, Reuters, Intelligent Investing, and Toronto Globe & Mail, among others. Before establishing his own firm, Dr. Shilling was senior vice president and chief economist of White, Weld & Co. He set up the Economics Department at Merrill Lynch, at age 29, and served as the firm’s first chief economist. Prior to Merrill Lynch, he was with Standard Oil Co. NJ (now ExxonMobil). He also served on the staffs of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Bank of America. Dr. Shilling’s new book, The Age of Deleveraging: Investment strategies for a decade of slow growth and deflation, was published by John Wiley & Sons in late 2010. | James Saccacio PowerPoint Presentation James J. Saccacio joined RealtyTrac as chairman and CEO in 2000. Since then, he has transitioned the company from a local provider of foreclosure data to the nation’s leading online foreclosure marketplace, with more than 1.5 million foreclosure properties and more than 3 million unique monthly visitors. As CEO for RealtyTrac, he is a sought-after industry expert on mortgage and foreclosure-related topics. Most recently, he has been interviewed by Fox Business Network, NBC, SmartBusiness and TIME. He has also appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch, the Forbes.com Video Network and Dialogue with Jim Doti. In his 20-year career, Mr. Saccacio has developed a knack for bringing structure to chaotic environments and repurposing existing assets in creative ways to take advantage of new market opportunities. Prior to joining RealtyTrac, he was the principal of the Transition Management Group, a turnaround specialty firm. He also served in various roles, including COO, at Elite Leather Company, and as an assistant vice president for Bank of America. His numerous awards include being named one of the 100 most influential real estate leaders in 2010 by Inman News, receiving the 2009 Excellence in Entrepreneurship award from the Orange County Business Journal, and being recognized as a finalist for Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards. | Todd Strange PowerPoint Presentation Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange is a longtime businessman known for his progressive leadership. As a former director of the Alabama Development Office, he collaborated on efforts to bring major industries to Alabama, including the Hyundai Manufacturing Facility. He is a former chairman of the Montgomery County Commission and Montgomery’s Riverfront Development Committee. He is the former president, chief executive officer, and co-owner of the Blount Strange Automotive Group, Inc. He is a member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Mayor Strange has and continues to be involved in a variety of civic and community activities. Past activities include serving as the president for the Muscle Shoals Area Chamber of Commerce, the Montgomery United Way, and on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery American Red Cross. He is the former director of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Recent activities include serving on the Board of Directors for Wachovia Bank and the Montgomery Area Community Foundation. |