Board of Directors

Roger Ganser Chairman Roger, currently the chairman of the NAIC/BetterInvesting board, is the semi-retired managing partner and founder of Venture Investors LLC, the general partner of five early stage venture capital funds with a primary focus on companies formed around university research. He is also Chairman of the ICLUBcentral Inc. Board of Directors.

Kamie Zaracki CEO Kamie is the CEO of BetterInvesting. She joined BetterInvesting from The Conference Board, a global nonprofit organization where she had served as director of associates service since 2006. She previously held several leadership positions at AT&T.

Doug Gerlach Vice President, Secretary Douglas Gerlach has helped hundreds of thousands of people get started on the road to financial freedom. A true Internet pioneer, Gerlach founded one of the earliest financial Websites, Investorama.com, in 1995. Through the years, Gerlach has maintained his commitment to making personal finance accessible to everyday folk, through Web sites, books, magazine articles, media appearances, and speaking engagements. In addition to sitting on ICLUBcentral's board of directors, Doug is currently ICLUBcentral's product manager. ICLUBcentral is the market leader in investment club accounting software and web sites, and the company also makes several programs for fundamental stock analysis and screening for BetterInvesting (formerly NAIC), including Investor's Toolkit, Stock Analyst, Classic Plus, Stock Prospector, and Take Stock. Doug is the founder of ICLUB's investment tools web site, StockCentral. In addition, Doug is the author of several books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing, The Armchair Millionaire, Investment Clubs for Dummies, and The BetterInvesting Guide to Computerized Investing and the Internet. His latest book, published in 2010, is The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Direct Stock Investing. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Investor Advisory Service, ICLUBcentral's award-winning, market-beating investing newsletter. A co-founder of NAIC's original website in 1995, Douglas served for many years on the Computer Group Advisory Board and has spoken at events at more than 75 BetterInvesting Chapters across the U.S. He is the recipient of the Investment Education Institute's Distinguished Service Award, and appears frequently on television and radio programs across the US.

Bernard Bell Bernard is the Chairman and CEO of Urban Media Solutions, a Washington, D.C.-based media company that specializes in connecting government agencies and their partners with the urban market. An 18-year sales and marketing executive with tenures at IBM, Discovery Networks, Home and Garden Television and Tribune Company, Bernard most recently was Senior Vice President in the Office of the President at TV One. A graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he holds both a BA and an MBA from that institution. He also serves on the Board of Advisors of the American Film Institute.

Bryce Klempner Director A consultant in McKinsey & Co.'s Private Equity Practice, Bryce was previously served as vice president of marketing and business development at ICLUBcentral and regularly led investing classes at national and regional events. In his role at McKinsey & Co., Bryce is focused on counseling funds and limited partnerships on all aspects of the business, from strategy and organization to specific investments and portfolio companies.

Leslie-Ann O'Brien Director The founder of RPG, a provider of IT management consulting and staffing services, Leslie-Ann also has strong experience in CRM strategy development, implementation, project management and consulting. Before founding RPG, she was part of eDialogue at Digitas, a leading direct marketing firm. Leslie-Ann directed multiple projects developing solutions for clients seeking to execute customer relationship management at every point of contact. Her responsibilities at Digitas included managing existing client relationships and developing new client engagements. Leslie-Ann's professional experience also includes a successful career in the telecommunications industry. Her marketing and operations background includes the development of new voice, data and IP products and services. Leslie-Ann's entrepreneurial experience also includes the WorldPartners Company, a startup global joint venture of AT&T, KDD of Japan, SingTel, Unisource (Europe) and Telstra (Australia). At the World Partners Company, Leslie-Ann was part of the new services division responsible for launching a new global call center service offering. Leslie-Ann received a master's of technology management from Steven's Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. She also holds a bachelor of arts from Rutgers University and has participated in international economics studies at the University of Salamanca, Spain.

James Thomas Director A former software design engineer for Microsoft, Jim joined BetterInvesting in 1995 and by 1998 was teaching classes for the Puget Sound Chapter. In 2003 he became associate director for the chapter and two years later was named the chapter's vice president of education. He's also a frequent presenter at the BetterInvesting National Convention and in 2006 received the Dick Dwyer Service Award. Jim's experience also includes serving as a computer systems analyst for the Washington State Public Health Laboratory. He brings an extensive knowledge of investing and accounting software products to the ICLUBcentral board.