VOICEAMERICA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Client Success Coordinator / Tech Ops Director
After graduating from the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, Aaron got an internship at a Cleveland radio station and eventually a news writer and production assistant position in the industry before finding his fit as an audio engineer at VoiceAmerica. After 6 years at the company, he became VoiceAmerica's Technical Operations Director and Client Success Coordinator. Aaron enjoys anything that has to do with Star Wars and is an avid video gamer. He enjoys helping people reach their goals and working with technology.
Al Franken served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, serving on the Senate Judiciary committee among other important assignments. He brings his respected insight, his keen insight into policy issues and incisive questioning to get into the details behind significant issues with the Al Franken Podcast. Senator Franken started his career in comedy as a writer on Saturday Night Live from 1975 - 1980 and again from 1985-95. He is the author of four New York Times Bestselling books, has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, has won two, and has written several films.
David's professional career began in 1982 when he obtained his CPA and worked as an auditor and then tax accountant with Price Waterhouse in Chicago. From 1985 to 2008 he has been a financial advisor with Smith Barney, Inc., where he was a Senior Vice President, a Senior Investment Management Consultant, and a member of the firm's Chairman's Council since 1990. He is now a Director at Private Banking USA, a division of Credit Suisse and a principal of the Hirsch-Kelly Group. Their clients include foundations, endowments, profit sharing plans, as well as a large number of business owners and professionals. They pride themselves on taking a consultative approach in a product-driven industry. David is founder of Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, the country's first state wide non-profit fatherhood organization, whose mission is connecting children and fathers by promoting responsible fathering and helping to equip men to become better fathers and father-figures.
Job Titles:
- Journalist
- Senior Executive Producers
Dee Daniels is a seasoned journalist and broadcast professional, having worked in TV production, print news and broadcast media in a variety of locales including her home town of Chicago.Daniels worked as an on-air talent and in the role of Producer at several Chicago stations. She has also worked as a reporter for major news organizations in the Chicago market prior to moving to Arizona and working for VoiceAmerica, and World Talk Radio Networks. Media and communication is a passion for Dee. She is a digital strategist and brings that knowledge about the technology industry to her clients by exploring digital advertising, mobile and online as strategy measures for her radio hosts' overall success with their shows. Dee is also a published author on startups and technology, and a startup entrepreneur who loves helping others reach their goals by way of media and social engagement. Dee has an adult daughter, and loves spending time with family and friends exploring the Arizona mountains and sunsets. She enjoys travel, technology and impacting the world through the voices of her hosts at VoiceAmerica.
Eddie Tofpik has over thirty years experience in international commodity markets & twenty five years experience in the foreign exchange markets and brings a wealth of knowledge & understanding to his topic. He is currently Head of Foreign Exchange at ADM Investor Services International Ltd. in London, a position he has held since 1991. In this role he has been able to work as an analyst & account executive for commodity futures & options. He has participated & run various trading desks in metals, energy, softs & agricultural futures and options during his career, most recently for customers in Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia. As a skilled technical analyst he has published for many years 'Eddies Crayons', a monthly review of the FX & Commodity markets to a varied & wide audience. He has also spoken at a number of seminars & trade events on the subject. Eddie is a Member of the Society of Technical Analysts, an Affiliate of the Market Technicians Association and a member of ACI UK.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner in Green & Sklarz LLC
- the Tax Answers Advisor
Eric is a managing partner in Green & Sklarz LLC, a boutique tax firm with offices in Connecticut and New York. The focus of Attorney Eric L. Green's practice is civil and criminal taxpayer representation before the Department of Justice Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service and state Departments of Revenue Services. He is a frequent lecturer on tax topics for many national organizations, including Insightful Accountant, CCH, the NAEA, the NATP, the ABA Tax Section and the Connecticut Society of CPAs. Attorney Green has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He was the author and lecturer of the CCH IRS Representation Certificate Program, and has served as a columnist for CCH's Journal of Practice & Procedure. He is the founder of Tax Rep LLC which coaches accountants and attorneys on building their own IRS Representation practices, and is the host of the weekly Tax Rep Network Podcast. Mr. Green is the author of The Accountant's Guide to IRS Collection, The Accountant's Guide to Resolving Tax Debts and The Accountant's Guide to Resolving Payroll Tax Debts. Prior to practicing law Attorney Green served as a senior tax consultant for KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times. Based in London, Gideon translates his extensive travels and his remarkable access to world leaders into a uniquely local insider's view of global events. He speaks authoritatively about economics, politics, and globalization as they apply to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and more. At the FT, Gideon writes a weekly column on international politics as well as feature articles. He has reported for the FT from all over the world. Before joining the FT in 2006, he worked for The Economist for 15 years in a range of jobs, including as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Bangkok and Washington and as business editor. His book Zero-Sum World, about the future of international relations was published in the UK in late 2010. The New York Times called it "perhaps the best one-volume account now available of the huge post-communist spread of personal freedom and economic prosperity."
With over 30 years of experience in covering Washington for institutional investors, Greg Valliere coordinates political and economic research. He focuses on how Congress and the White House shape fiscal policies and monitors the Federal Reserve Board's interest rate policies.
Prior to joining Potomac Research, Mr. Valliere served as Chief Policy Strategist for Soleil Securities Corporation. He previously held key strategy roles at Charles Schwab's Washington Research Group and The Washington Forum. Mr. Valliere co-founded The Washington Forum in 1974, serving as Chief Political Analyst and editor of the group's publications, and ultimately as Research Director. He began his career in 1972 at "F-D-C" reports, a trade publication monitoring the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Valliere earned his bachelors degree in Journalism from The George Washington University. He is widely quoted in the nation's financial press, and is a frequent contributor for CNBC, Bloomberg TV and radio, Fox TV, CNN, and CBS Radio.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer With BMO Private Bank
Jack Ablin is an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer with BMO Private Bank. As Head of Macro Strategy, Jack chairs the Asset Allocation, Mutual Fund Re-Optimization and Harriscreen Stock Selection Committees and is responsible for establishing investment policy and strategy within BMO Private Bank throughout the U.S. He joined the organization in 2001 and has three decades of experience in money management. Jack earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in New York, where he graduated with honors with an A.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science. A member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, Jack received an M.B.A. with honors and graduated cum laude from Boston University in Massachusetts. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago.
Joshua R. Nicholson is a multi-faceted, strategic, and accomplished former U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt., global leader, and respected member of the international cyber security & IT communities. He has 24 years of "hands-on keyboard" technology experience coupled with direct CXO and Board transformation enablement skills. He has strong business acumen, extensive industry relationships, expert technical skills in several domains of IT and Security, and deep experience driving Information Security outcomes. Mr. Nicholson has a proven history delivering on large scale global enterprise information security projects and programs. He has broad experience working and travelling internationally (U.K., EU, Middle East, Asia, Australia) maintaining and building strong customer relationships with key foreign executives and Chief Information Security Officers. His strong technology and cyber engineering skills, coupled with a smooth and confident style of explaining highly technical terms in easy-to-understand business language, is a key attribute of his leadershp style.
Mark Jeffrey is a multi-award winning Radio Broadcaster with a career that has spanned 40 years. He has been a featured part of dozens of Major Market Morning Radio Shows. In his role as Regional Operations Manager for iHeart Radio for over 20 years, Mark managed a staff of over 20 Anchors that had a daily output of hundreds of Traffic, Weather, News and Sports segments to 100+ Radio Stations. Along the way, Mark spent 20 years as an Airborne Traffic Reporter where he received numerous Local and National Awards for his ‘Live Over the Scene' reporting.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Lead Audio Engineer
- Lead Engineer
Matt is the Lead Engineer at VoiceAmerica and is always there to help hosts with any show related issues. Matt just makes Radio happen!
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights
- the Tax Answers Advisor
Nina E. Olson is the Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights, a nonprofit that works to advance taxpayer rights in the United States and internationally. From March 2001 to July 2019, Nina served as the National Taxpayer Advocate of the United States, an independent organization within the IRS with 1,600 to 2,100 employees dedicated to assisting taxpayers resolve their problems with the IRS. She has submitted 39 annual reports to Congress, and testified before congressional committees over 60 times. Before serving as the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina founded and directed The Community Tax Law Project, the first independent Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in the US. She also maintained a private legal practice, representing taxpayers in disputes with the IRS. Nina has received many awards and recognitions, including the American Bar Association Section of Taxation's Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Service, Pro Bono Award, and Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award for Outstanding Dedication, Achievement, and Integrity in the Field of Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies. In 2016 she was recognized by Tax Analysts as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Women in Tax (internationally). The University of Pittsburgh Tax Review dedicated its 2020 issue to her work in the field of taxation. Nina is a member of the Virginia and North Carolina state bars. She is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC).
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging
Paul H. Irving is chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and distinguished scholar in residence at the University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology. Irving, who previously served as the Institute's president, is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field and has led the Institute's work promoting healthy, productive and purposeful aging. He is the author of "The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy, and Purpose" (Wiley, 2014), and his work is regularly featured in major media outlets. Under Irving, the Institute launched its "Best Cities for Successful Aging" initiative - a report, index and data site that evaluates and ranks U.S. metropolitan areas based on amenities, infrastructure and opportunities for engagement for older adults. In 2014, he was honored with the Janet L. Witkin Award by Affordable Living for the Aging.
Randall Libero is a producer with more than 25 years of professional experience across three major media industries; creative and technical film and TV production for network and independent television, broadcast news journalism, and Internet Radio and TV. His career began as a cameraman, editor, and producer of TV pilots, documentaries, TV talk shows and commercials in Los Angeles during the 1980s. In the 1990s, he created the first online media research facility and historical news archive for the U.S. State Department's International Bureau of Broadcasting and WorldNet TV. His innovation earned him a major and prestigious agency award nomination for his efforts. He continued his career as a journalist for several years after writing national and international breaking news for CBS Radio and AOL Time Warner. Randall brought his expertise to VoiceAmerica in 2005, and since has produced shows for many of the network's leading hosts such as Jack LaLanne, Dr. John Gray, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Joe Dispenza, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, actress Dee Wallace, Gary Douglas & Dr. Dain Heer, Brett King, and many more. As Senior Executive Producer, Randall imagined and developed the design for the VoiceAmerica 7th Wave channel, which premiered in May 2006 and in ten years, has reached more than 50 million listeners internationally. He is also the producer and host of the "Spirit of Film: Conversations" radio show, which ran as a live show on the network from 2006 - 2011. Randall is also a speaker on media industry subjects, a self-taught musician, playing both bass and acoustic guitar, a major cat lover, and a writer working on a number of book and screenplay projects. He lives with his wife in Phoenix, Arizona and has two grown children.
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Member of the Management Team
- General Manager and Senior Executive Producer
General Manager and Senior Executive Producer Robert Ciolino has a passion for everything Internet, with his earlier professional career in the world of online marketing, web development, and social media. When he realized the potential that Internet Radio has to reach the entire world with a message and how powerful that truly is, he just had to be a part of it! Robert believes that every VoiceAmerica host has their own unique flair and has developed shows with many of the network's top hosts, whom he calls "truly passionate people". Robert can often be seen interviewing keynote speakers and guests at many of VoiceAmerica's Live Events across the country. Robert has traveled and lived all over the planet, from Germany to Hawaii, but has called Arizona home for the last 19 years. He also loves music and is a mean guitarist and performer who enjoys jamming on Saturday nights with his neighbors in Cave Creek, "Home of Cowboys and Caviar". He lives with his wife Jennifer and their black cat Shadow.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Salesforce.Org
As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Salesforce.org, Sam Allen runs the day-to-day business of a multi-billion dollar business unit. Previously he served as Senior Vice President, COO of Global Marketing and Vice President, Corporate Development and Head of M&A Integration. Sam is a guest lecturer and Entrepreneurial Board member at the Wharton School of Business, where he's also led a "Start-up Bootcamp," a board member of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and advisor to Detroit's Downtown Boxing Gym. Previously, Sam served as CEO of ScanCafe, Inc., a successful venture backed start-up and led Cisco's $10B acquisition integration portfolio. A Commissioned Officer in the US Marines, he was personally decorated multiple times and achieved the rank of Major. He was combat deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovnia in 1996 and led Intelligence/Counter Terrorism missions; he is writing a book about his experiences. Sam has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BA from the University of Missouri with a minor in Japanese. He and his wife, a public-school teacher¬ and one of the few people on earth who can consistently keep him on his toes, live in the Bay Area with their two sons, the beating heart of his life. Sam is an avid outdoorsman, has run 2 marathons, ridden his bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles and once swam 1.8 miles across Pensacola Bay.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Team
- Network Director
Sandra Lynn Rogers was born in Chicago and relocated to Tucson, Arizona in the late eighties. She is currently enjoying her role as an Executive Producer and Network Director with VoiceAmerica. Sandra says "I love finding talent and hearing the passion of hosts on the Network. It has been a life changing experience. I thank GOD for all my family and friends, and all I've experienced in my life."
Tacy Trump joined VoiceAmerica in 2001 and is the network's most veteran Senior Executive Producer. She has developed many long-running original and innovative shows, many on-air for more than a decade. Tacy found her calling here over 20 years ago and the rest is history. She has not only a keen eye for talent, but also supports her hosts to further their media objectives and marketing by working closely with each host to make their important messages shine. Her long list of network radio hosts include Joyce Bender, Kathryn Zox, Jay Taylor, Chris Cooper, and Jordan Goodman. Tacy manages a portfolio of clients on the Business, Empowerment, Variety, Health & Wellness, and Influencers channels. Her clients appear regularly in national and international media outlets such as MSNBC, CNN, Fox as a result of their long-running shows. Prior to joining World Talk Radio, LLC/VoiceAmerica, Tacy worked internationally and domestically for several companies on their marketing, design, and public relations efforts. Tacy received her BA in Studio Arts from Richmond, The American International University in London. She is a native of Philadelphia, PA, and lives in Tempe, AZ with her feline companion.