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CEO Special Advisory Council – SAC
The Richer Life Connection has assembled outstanding Business leaders to service as a Special Advisory Council. These individuals collectively provide our CEO with a wide range of both domestic and international business development analysis and advice.
This council also delivers objective advice on the most current personal development, life management skills and physical fitness issues. Each member of the council is personally selected and appointed to the SAC by our CEO, Rick C. Ernst.
The duties and functions of the SAC include:
1. To assist and advise the CEO in the business development of The Richer Life Connection and the discovery, development and preparation of the new cutting edge membership programs, services and benefits.
2. To gather timely and authoritative information concerning; business and economic developments, social trends, personal growth and development, life management and physical fitness issues both current and prospective.
The SAC then analyzes and interprets such information for the purpose of preparing a written proposal in recommending to the CEO which membership programs, services and benefits to implement for future development to best serve our membership in influencing, benefiting or assisting in their businesses, entrepreneurial efforts and personal lives.
3. To appraise The Richer Life Connection’s current membership programs, services and benefits for the purpose of determining which of these activities are best contributing to our membership needs. The SAC then submits to our CEO these written reviews and analysis with their proposal and recommendations on how to update, improve and/or better serve our membership.
Members Of The CEO Special Advisory Council – SAC
Michael J. Panaggio - Daytona Beach, Florida USA
Mr. Panaggio received his Business Degree from the State University of New York at Brockport where he majored in Economics and Finance. Upon graduation, he immediately ascended to the top ranks as a commodity broker with Merrill Lynch in New York, NY and Prudential Bache in Rochester, NY.
Today Mr. Panaggio is the founder and CEO of Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Since 1982, He has lead, DME from a start-up company employing seven people to a fast paced, continuously expanding, vertically integrated marketing company that currently employs over 750 associates.
He has steered his innovative business in a constant direction of growth and profitability. His vision and exceptional creativity has propelled DME to a place among the top direct marketing companies in the world today. At inception, direct mail played a minor role relative to the marketing of incentive premiums.
However, Mr. Panaggio's vision of personalized communication with the intention of creating customer profiles quickly transformed the landscape of DME. Today DME takes great pride in their ability to act as a fully integrated marketing company and is committed to providing its clients with total in-house marketing solutions.
From creative development, variable lasering, and full-color printing to letter shop production and database management - the entire process is handled on site at DME's full service, 11-acre world headquarters.
DME has accrued extensive experience in the field of government communications: from Political Campaign Mailings and IVR messaging, to creation of Sample Ballots by County with variable voter and district information, to the printing of Child Support Payment Coupons, Property Tax Bills & Statements, and Government Utility Bills.
DME's parts and service marketing achievements have earned them national recognition from such automotive industry leaders as Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., AutoNation, Inc., and American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Robert C. Reid – Stuart, Florida USA
Mr. Reid brings to the SAC his professional experience in the accounting, financial and asset protection arenas.
His career has included serving and consulting in a multitude of strategic upper-level management and training capacities to include comptroller, financial director and financial analyst-consultant for such national and international corporations as the Woodward & Lothrop chain of department stores, Sears & Roebuck and; Sibley, Linsey & Curr and others.
In addition, Mr. Reid has served as President/CEO of several international financial consulting firms headquartered throughout the state of Florida.
His international expertise includes currently serving as one of the major principles of an international bank.
Mr. Reid is the author and/or editor-in-chief of more than a dozen well-respected publications in such distinctive fields as asset protection, estate planning and financial privacy.
Mark S. Western – Orlando, Florida USA
Mr. Western was born and educated in England and spent the first twelve years of his professional career as an engineer in oil and gas exploration and production. He participated in numerous onshore and offshore, well service, testing and production operations, in the North Sea, Middle East, Far East and North Africa, including DST (drill stem testing), Sand Fracture and Acid Stimulation programs.
He also spent two years commissioning a production platform for Amoco in the Rijn Oil Field, Dutch Southern North Sea Sector. This involved the implementation and supervision of complex gas and water injection systems, formation stimulation and flow-assurance programs.
In the early 1990's, Mr. Western founded Completion and Production Services Ltd., to lead exploration projects for Maersk Oil and Gas, with Schlumberger in Esbjerg, Denmark. He has performed testing, maintenance and flow-assurance programs on some of the largest oil and gas fields in the world.
In 1995 due to an uncertain economic outlook within the industry Mr. Western relocated to the United States and pursued an alternative career path in the energy sector.
During 1997, Mr. Western became President of a Las Vegas based LED lighting firm and successfully negotiated a $39 million, five year contract with Illinova Energy Partners, a subsidiary of the $5.7 billion utility giant, Illinova.
During February of 1998, Mr. Western formed an LED spin-off venture named UNERGI, Inc., and by August 1999, had negotiated a merger with public company, New Millennium Media International, and retired from the firm.
Mr. Western returned to the Oil and Gas industry in 2002, and formed TEKOIL to develop and utilize revolutionary oil and gas recovery enhancement technologies, while building a competitive, highly visible, global energy production company.
Howard Cracower - Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada
Throughout Mr. Cracower’s career he has turned ideas and concepts into successful business ventures. His unique marketing skill of leveraging off leading-edge technology to control the corporate infrastructure of each new venture has made him one of the most sought after business development consultants in his industry.
Mr. Cracower is most widely known for his success formula that was effectively applied to the computer industry within Canada's first chain of discount computer mega stores as well as the financial services industry within the Canadian government which services over 100,000 people.
As a business development industry leader, Mr. Cracower revolutionized the health services industry with his marketing innovations that now benefit millions of American families by providing them with an improved standard of health care.
His professional consulting services also include the promotion of national and foreign investments into the areas of manufacturing and information services and technology.
Mr. Cracower has considerable experience in facilitating investments through understanding and meeting the needs of investors from different parts of the world as well as working with each country's national domestic policies.
Additionally, Mr. Cracower serves on various boards and participates in numerous committees including corporations, institutes, marketing and management advisory boards, leadership productivity summits, executive management committees and boards of directors.
Harold Miller - Sarasota, Florida USA
Mr. Miller has over 40 years experience in the practice of law, including trial and appellate practice. Recently he has elected to limit his practice to three areas; estate planning, asset protection and international portfolios.
Mr. Miller is a member of the Florida, Virginia and District of Columbia Bars and is admitted to practice in Florida, all Federal and State Courts in Virginia and the District of Columbia. In addition, his practice includes Bankruptcy Courts and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Miller's background is extensive and varied. It includes; Former Commissioner, North Virginia Transportation Commission; Former Commissioner, North Virginia Regional Planning Commission; Former Chairman, Transportation Planning Board, Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments; Founder, Director and General Counsel for Community Bank & Trust Company located in Sterling, Virginia; Founder and former Director, Cable Communications Corporation; Developer of several major commercial and residential real estate projects.
Dennis Dahlberg - Phoenix, Arizona USA
Mr. Dahlberg has over 27 years of direct mail experience, printing and direct-mail communication as CEO of Complete Mailing Service. He leads the way at CMS which specializes in serving the printing and direct-mail communication needs of a broad spectrum of businesses and organizations whose goal is to maximize return of their direct mail communication investments.
CMS’ information processing and custom programming expertise enables them to easily integrate with their customers systems. CMS develops new programs that are specifically tailored to meet virtually any of their client’s business and communication program requirements.
They are known for meeting deadlines to ensure that their mailing services and communications meet their customers’ budgets and all mailing campaigns are complete and delivered on-time.
CMS services include: Ink Jet Addressing, Laser Printing, Variable Imaging in Color or Back/White, Tabbing - Folding - Inserting, Hand Assembly, Laminating and Packaging, Fulfillment Services for Customer Orders, Printing 2 and 4 Color Processing, Envelopes of all sizes and colors, Data Base Management Merge/Purge Their Customer's Data.
CMS services the industry segments of; Advertising and Public Relations firms, Associations, Catalog-based enterprises, Educational institutions, Financial institutions, Governmental agencies, Political parties, Public interest groups, Healthcare Enterprises, Hospitality enterprises, Manufacturing, Printing firms, Professional services, Retail, Religious Organizations and Service Membership organizations.
Brad Tregemba - Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Mr. Tregemba has enjoyed very successful careers, in real estate resort properties and custom home general contracting.
In 1999 he founded 1st Choice Storage, a multifaceted real estate development, investment and management company focused on purchasing, constructing and operating self-storage facilities and other related real estate services and products throughout the United States.
Since the year 2000 1st Choice Storage has become one the fastest growing, owner and operator, of self-storage facilities in the USA . 1st Choice Storage is a unique company combining experienced real estate experts with outstanding self-storage industry professionals.
From acquisition and development to property and facility operations, their principals have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the self-storage industry and other real estate product types.
Mr. Tregemba distinguishes his company from other self-storage developers in that his company will acquire and manage both the stand-alone storage properties as well as mixed-use developments which contain a self-storage component.
It was Mr. Tregemba’s goal when he began 1st Choice Storage to establish a company that would change the self-storage industry forever, by providing the consumer with superior self-storage facilities at a lower cost, while at the same time delivering more profits to the owner/operator.
Mr. Tregemba coaches all of his employees to take pride in the convenience and customer service that their company offers. He attributes their success to constantly looking for ways to improve service and exceed expectations.
They do this by investing in their most valuable resource, their employees, by providing training and growth opportunities and a work environment that fosters communication, teamwork and accountability.
Ralph E. Anderson - Stanford, Florida USA
Mr. Anderson is the founder and CEO of Anderson Accounting Inc. His firm provides a full range of accounting services through dedicated professionals who are committed to leading the accounting industry by setting and adhering to the highest standards of excellence in accounting service and technical tax proficiency.
Over the years, his established accounting practice has serviced all types of corporations from the very small to the very large. Below are just some of the services that Mr. Anderson and his firm offer to their clients thoughout the United States.
Bankruptcies, Asset Protection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Accounting Services, Audit Services, Audits, Reviews and Compilations, Financial Statements, Financial Forecasts & Projections, Cash Flow & Budgeting Analysis, Tax Services, Tax Planning & Preparation, International Taxation, Payroll Services, Estate & Trust Tax Preparation, Accounting Consulting Services, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Retirement Planning, Management Advisory Services, Business Consulting, Pension & Profit Sharing Plans, Investment Review and Debt & Financing Services.
However, Mr. Anderson is best known for being one of the accounting industry's leaders in serving not-for-profit organizations as well as a tax compliance and financial strategy specialist.
He is well versed in the ever-changing tax-exempt organization compliance, employer payroll and fringe benefit issues. His progressive firm constantly monitors changes in both federal and state laws and in all rulings, which may affect both individual and corporate structure.
His professional accounting practice uses a team approach, working closely with the management, the board and/or staff of their client’s organization. In addition, the firm's tax planning strategies are strategically designed to minimize their client's exposure to taxable liabilities.
Rick VanWagner - Clermont, Florida USA
Pastor VanWagner is the Senior Pastor of Family Christian Center in Clermont, Florida where he started the church over 12 years ago. The church has seen incredible growth under his direction, in the last twelve months alone; the church's attendance has more than quadrupled.
The church is located on a beautiful 34 acre campus and is currently finalizing the plans for their next building project. This will include a school for preschool through 6th grade.
Pastor VanWagner was recently voted in for his third term of Presidency at the Ministerial Alliance in South Lake County. This is an organization of ministries, pastors and community leaders that have united to strategize how best to minister to the local area of Lake County Florida.
This alliance is also responsible for community celebrations regarding Thanksgiving, Easter and local high school Baccalaureate services. Pastor VanWagner's ability to connect and relay the Heart of God to every walk of life from the cashier at the grocery store to the President of a Nation is truly unique.
He ministers to Christian and church leaders as well as non-Christian business including government officials, professional athletes and celebrity personalities.
He has traveled by request to South America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean. His unique ability provides specific direction and wisdom in the areas of personal growth, church and business development.
David Bruce Zaharik - Tsawwassen, British Columbia Canada
Mr. Zaharik has over 31 years experience in aviation industry including 28 years operating high performance, high altitude aircraft all around the world. This includes transport category aircraft, as well as, high performance business jet aircraft. As of today, his Total Flight Time is 22,122 hours and as a Captain with Air Canada flying a Boeing 767, his fight time is growing daily.
Throughout his career he has been dedicated to the aviation industry as a flight operations consultant. During this time, he has functioned as the CEO and President of Delta Aerospace.
Delta Aerospace provided insight into the complexities of airline and corporate aviation industries both inside and outside of the flight deck environment, providing significant understanding of flight operations cost structures and developments through consulting role to aforementioned corporations.
Mr. Zaharik has also served as Vice-President of Operations of ABF Aviation Business Flights as well as performing a flight operations consulting role for the following corporations: The Canadian Post Office, Kingsway Couriers, Gelco Express, TNT Skypack, Peter Thomas and Associates, Progressive Contracting, Shato Holdings, Boston Pizza, Cunard Lines, JewelWay International, Air Canada and The Star Alliance, Principality of New Utopia, SilverSea Cruises Ltd., The World of ResidenSea (through Silversea Cruises).
Mr. Zaharik currently holds the following licenses and endorsements; Canadian Airline Transport Pilot License, Class 1 Group 1 Instrument Rating, Pilot Proficiency Check Boeing 767, all single pilot non-high performance, single and multi-engine land and sea aero planes.
In addition, he holds the following endorsements, Ministry of Transport Flight Instructor, Douglas DC-9, Canadair CL-65, Airbus A-340, Second Officer/Flight Engineer Boeing 727, Second Officer/Flight Engineer Lockheed 1011, Restricted Radiotelephone Operators Certificate, Qualified for flights over the South Pacific, North Atlantic, Mexico City, South America, North Pacific.
In addition, Mr. Zaharik has hours of flying in the, PA-28-140, BN-2A Islander, PA-28-151, G-21 Grumman Goose, Bellanca 8GC-BC, King Air 100, Fleet Cunuck, King Air C90, C-172, Boeing 727-100/200, C-185 Lockheed 1011/1/15/500, C-206 Gulfstream G IV, C-207 Douglas DC-9, RC-112A Canadair CL-65 Regional Jet, PA-34-200T Boeing 767-200/300, PA-31 Navajo AirBus A-340.
Dr. Wayne Pickering - Daytona Beach, Florida USA
Dr. Pickering has over 30 years of experience as a Performance Coach and Life Management Consultant as well as Professional Physical Fitness and Health and Nutrition Speaker and Author.
His speaking engagements have taken him to five countries, and have shown thousands of people how to enjoy life totally free of health problems caused by poor eating habits.
His prognosis was death at age 30. Now, at 60 years young, Dr. Pickering is an award winning Triathlete & double nominee for the Healthy American Fitness Leader Award. To celebrate his 60th birthday he stretched on the beach for 60 minutes; then swam 6 miles in the ocean followed by a 60 mile bicycle ride.
Dr. Pickering is a Florida State Licensed Nutritional Counselor whose programs are approved for continuing education credits by the Florida and Alabama State Boards of Pharmacy and the Florida Board of Dentistry. He is the founder and CEO of the Daytona Beach, Florida based, Center for Nutrition & Life Management, Inc.
His purpose is to teach people how to be the "healthiest person on the planet" and not the "wealthiest person in the grave". By using his nine easy steps that focus on nutrition, he has a basic philosophy, "If you want to be tough, you have to eat good stuff”!
His observation over the years is that most of us give up our health in our quest for wealth, just to spend the wealth to regain our health.
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