Vip Members

Captain George Moss has spent much of his adult life aviating the sky. The direction of his career was established once he graduated from Catawba College with a BA in Business Administration in 1964. Upon graduating, Captain Moss was called upon to serve his country in the Vietnam War. He was drafted by the U.S. Navy as an Aviation Officer Candidate. It was during this time that his love of aviation grew. Captain Moss received his wings in 1966 and served as a U.S. Navy Pilot for over 40 years flying internationally and domestically. Five years were in active duty and the majority of the remaining years were spent as a pilot, instructor and Chief Safety Officer in the reserves. Captain Moss served with grace and honor, keeping calm and collected under the most adverse situations. Serving and protecting his country not just with sense of duty but an innate knowledge of doing what was right. While still in the reserves George plied his aviation training to various airline companies working for Eastern Airlines , Northwest Orient Airlines, Kiwi International Airlines, Air South Airlines, Eastwind Airlines. A true adventurer George remained in the Aviation Sector until 2011 and since then has become an avid sailor. He sails and races 15 foot boats, and navigates about 38 sail boats. These days he still flies and consults regarding aviation issues.

Duane Zilm is the proud Alumnus of three Universities. Duane's Bachelors degree was in Electrical Engineering (Power) in 1970 from the University of British Columbia (1st Class). Obtaining the Athlone Fellowship from Great Britain, Duane enrolled in the University of London and studied Biomedical Engineering in the Engineering in Medicine Laboratory at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Duane received his M.Phil. in 1972 from the University of London for the thesis, "Computer Analysis of the Dynamics of Blood Pressure Control". In 1972, as well, Duane received a Diploma of Imperial College (D.I.C.) for his research in preparation of the completion of his master's degree. Duane then traveled back to Canada in 1972 to begin studies for his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Duane received his Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in 1976 for his research, course work and thesis "The Measurement, Etiology and Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Tremor". Along with being a profound pioneer in the engineering department Duane Zilm is a dynamic and successful engineer committed to the highest quality of work with an emphasis on safety, environmental and structural concerns. Although retired now, Duane’s career allowed him to motivate others and aspire to accept design challenges and exceed client expectations. Duane considers himself to be "Out-of-the-box" thinker with natural leadership abilities. Duane is also a registered member of the Society of Professional Engineers of Ontario (ret.).

Alejandra studied at Carnegie Mellon University located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2008, she received her Masters degree in Art Management. For the past 5 years, Alejandra has been the Executive Director for The Maestros. The Maestros is a Production Company located in Mexico city. Some of her responsibilities as the Executive Producer are Budgets, reporting to the owners in a timely manner, and giving Creative Direction.The Maestros has been awarded "Best production Company In Mexico City" for several years in a row. She is an active member in the Mexican Association for Film. She would like to connect with like-minded professionals and broaden her professional network.

Tom Schmall is a man who has dedicated his life to service. He truly has a passion for helping others achieve their goals. Tom helps to maximize people's potential. Tom served in the US Coast Guard for over 20 years. During his time in the guard, Tom was the Command Financial Specialist. He was responsible for accounting, book keeping, keeping stock of inventory, and helping other people recover from debt. He served all over the country in places such as Alaska, Oregon, California, and Louisiana. Tom's proudest moment professionally speaking comes from his years in the Coast Guard. He helped 14 individuals grow into higher ranks. Tom was also inspired to go back to school because of his years in the US Coast Guard. Tom gives credit for his experience in the guard as the major contributor to successfully graduating from Upper Iowa University in 2016 with a Bachelor's of Business Administration. Tom is currently in graduate school to receive his Master's degree in Sport Administration from Upper Iowa University. Since retiring from the Coast Guard, Tom has been serving as the Masters Swim Coach at the Ochsner Fitness Center in Louisiana. Tom has been swimming since middle school; therefore, he naturally fell into the coaching profession. He coaches both the Master's and Junior's swim team, which consists of children ranging from 6-14 years old. Tom also does individual swim coaching as well. In the next few years, Tom hopes to become a Level IV masters swim coach. In his free time, Tom takes on many hobbies. Tom has an up and coming woodwork shop that he hopes to expand. Tom also enjoys traveling and has gone to places such as Sweden, France, Belgium, and Argentina. Tom also likes wine tasting and Malbec is his favorite type of wine. Tom enjoys horseback riding as well. Tom also volunteers at the local Food Bank in Louisiana.

Constance Murray is a retired Associate Professor, who worked for Tulsa Community College for over 25 years. During her teaching position there, Ms. Murray reviewed and recommended improvements to curriculums in regard to the subjects of biology and botany. Constance also assisted in research programs; incorporating findings in teaching activities with students and other professors. She also assisted in student registration and recruitment activities in and outside of the college. Constance has a passion for teaching and utilized her vast experience in developing interesting lessons to help students grasp the subject matter easily. She has a complete and thorough knowledge of instructional techniques with biology and botany due to her continued dedication and willingness to acquire skills in that subject area. Constance accredits much of her success to her support system and is motivated by the satisfaction of teaching and supporting students on the path to their professionals’ lives.

Roberto Rosales Colon is a retired teacher and was an All American Marathon runner for Wichita State in 1973. He is now 75 years old young and still runs regularly. He graduated with his masters from Wichita in 1976 and from McPherson College in 1972. He taught a total of 25 years before he retired. He taught from Kindergarten all the way through college level. He spent his final 14 years teaching college courses and training teachers as bi-lingual educators. Roberto always wanted to teach from as early as he remembers. He wanted to share knowledge with others and especially enjoyed teaching children. He found teaching was his passion. He loves both learning and teaching and is considering completing the PhD he started many years ago at Wichita State in the next few years. Roberto says his key to success is persistence. He said he ran 48 or 49 marathons and only ever quit once. The one-time he quit was the first marathon he ran: The Boston Marathon. He said he tried to "keep up with those guys" in the top of the class of runners not realizing that, although he was good, they were the greats. As a result, his knees gave out at the 26th round. Still, it was a great race to run as it is the race where the first female ran (she snuck in) and he served as one of her shields. Roberto says his greatest achievement (other than being an All American marathon runner) was growing up in Spanish Harlem but never accepting any limits or labels to be placed on him as someone from a so-called ghetto. He vividly recalled telling one of his teachers, as a very young person, "I'm not from the ghetto, I am from New York City. Roberto supports local organizations for children and extremely poor members of his community directly.

Bernice A. Bramble has over 4o years of professional experience in Nursing. In Ms. Bramble’s extensive educational background she completed her PHD in Health Care Administration from Capella University where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2016. Bernice has also completed 2 master’s degrees. She holds an MBA and a Masters of Science in Community Health both with distinction from Long Island University. Her Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Lehman College was Magna Cum Laude. Bernice is from a family of 11 siblings, of which she was the first to attend college, and is proud to say that 6 of her siblings became nurses as well. Bernice has presented at Research Symposium at Montefiore Medical Center in the years 2014 and 2016, and has had a thesis published. In the next 3-5 years Bernice, plans to venture into the field of professional nursing training and research. The key to her success is her faith, family support and compassion for others. Bernice also, volunteers at her local church and plans to continue her endeavors to help others.

Gary Stanisher is presently, retired and travels the world assisting impoverished people, who are in need. Mr. Stanisher has been passionate about making a difference and helping children across the world that are less fortunate and are without sufficient shelter or food. He has positively impacted over 50 different countries worldwide, and has helped thousands of people who were hungry, bringing smiles to their faces. Gary has been diagnosed with cancer, and he wishes to make the most of his time. He is motivated by doing what he can, to make a difference in the world leaving his imprint. Gary says that he will not stop until his mission his complete.

Dr. Robert Bakko has over 41 years experience as a Psychotherapist. He received his Bachelor in Social Work/Criminology from the University of Montana, in 1973. Followed up by, his Master of Counseling from Luther Theological Seminary, graduating in 1975. Dr. Robert then continued on, to receive his Doctorate of Ministry from Covington Theological Seminary in which he graduated class of 1991. He served as President of the American Mental Health Counselors Association 1999 and State Chapter the Montana Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors Association 1993. Dr. Bakko LCPC, CCMHC, PC, is an original co-founder of the Northwest Counseling Center LLC established in 1985. Dr. Bakko’s general practice includes counseling adults, adolescents, and couples. The practice specializes in group counseling, and forensic evaluations for victims of domestic and sexual violence, and men and women who has served in the military. His approach to counseling includes both faith based and the general practice of clinical counseling. Dr. Bakko also incorporates insight, process theory, object relation theory, cognitive behavioral theory, problem solving, and existential theory. He was prompted into his career due to his genuine passion for helping others.

Angela De Santis graduated from University of Alcalá with a PhD in geography in 2008, with honors. Angela is currently employed as the Scientific Director at Cequa, for the past year. Her main role is to conduct research for the climate change department, the scientific department, global research line, and create guide lines. Angela was prompted to get involved in this profession due to her inquisitive personality, after her degree she found herself in a company which sparked her interest and it became a very natural progression for her. Angela became an expert in applied research as her career took off. She has a number of scientific works published. At this stage in her career, she would like to network with other like minded professionals and collaborate in different areas of expertise. Angela bases her success thus far on being a very reliable and confident person. In the next few years, Angela plans to remain in the field, continue to grow, and make a difference.

Roy King is a successful IT Architect and consultant with over 25 years of experience in IT, systems analysis, project management, and communications design. His key activities involve looking at tech modeling and capabilities, design architectures and integration. In past roles, Roy has had prominent roles with major companies including 10 years as Managing Consultant with IBM Global Business Services, as Manager at EY, and as Principal Consultant at PwC Consulting. He excels in project management, business analysis, and overseeing the implementation and operation of solutions for business intelligence and master data management. Indeed, Roy has an established track record of successfully running Business Intelligence applications with an international team, overseeing ITIL Processes and process development. He has tremendous international experience and his area of expertise is Enterprise Architecture. Roy graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computing and Mathematical Sciences from Teesside University in 1987. He was originally drawn to this field because of a general interest in computing and the strong programs at Teesside enabled him to develop his natural abilities in that area. In addition, Roy is part of ISACA (formerly Information Systems Audit and Control Association) and is involved in groups for IT Governance. Going forward, he is keen to network, increase his exposure and make quality international contacts in his field. Roy wants to strengthen his enterprise architecture knowledge and emerge as a thought leader in his field throughout Europe. The key to his success is always being true to himself, taking a clear line on things, and not compromising. One of the highlights of his career has been his extensive work on big international projects. When he's not working, Roy enjoys music, photography, and model railways. He also supports Amnesty International.

Patrick Ipsen has been in the catering and events organization domains for more than twenty years. He is currently an event coordinator manager stationed in Brussels, Belgium. Patrick Ipsen’s extensive knowledge and experience is essential in creating unique experiences located at exclusive historical venues. Patrick believes in establishing a genuine relationship of trust so that his clients can enjoy a stress free process in planning and organizing events, thus avoiding the worries that only the insiders can anticipate. He provides exceptional service, starting with the clients ideas until its realization.

As a Managing Director at Commerzbank, Naj Khan is responsible for the on-boarding a client portfolio of over 40 new clients including, Sovereign related, SWFs, Asset Managers. Government Related Entities including Major Corporates in the Middle East and originate transaction opportunities for the various products including: DCM, ECM, M&A, Aircraft Financing, Leasing, Leveraged and Infrastructure, Commodities, Equities, Fixed Income, Hedging Derivatives, FX and Money Markets. Naj Kahn is a results-oriented Managing Director driven to manage costs and establish strategic mutually beneficial partnerships and relationships with users vendors and service providers. Naj is adept at creating strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. He also excels at building and retaining high performance teams by hiring developing and motivating skilled professionals. Naj's skill set includes: developing new marketing strategies to quickly capitalize on trends and social media, restructuring several lines to eliminate cash drains and increase overall revenue, improving profit margins by sourcing new vendors and negotiating favorable contracts, and implementing new quality assurance initiatives to increase product reliability and customer satisfaction.

For the past 10 years, Felicity Amswych is having a thriving career in teaching special needs students, in Sept 2016 she became the Head of Learning Support for Magdalen College School. She is very passionate about children and especially children with special needs, when she is not supporting them in a classroom environment, she is busy advocating and raising public awareness. In 2016, Amswych was the Chair of the local chapter Aylesbury, for the National Autism Society and currently she is spearheading a campaign to make Aylesbury the first Autism friendly town in Britian. Along with writing about Autism she is also a published author of children's poetry, Tall Tales and Wretched Rhymes, published in 2007 and Taller Tales and Worse Rhymes published in 2009. She looks forward to networking and discussion of best practices with like minded individuals.

Vilma Velasquez began her professional career as an Educator in 2003 after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Framingham University. She has a Masters in Education and she engages in professional management of educational workshops and tutoring. It was not long after she graduated that she realized her natural knack and passion for teaching. Vilma is a part of the local teachers union and she relishes in being a part of student development and seeing students accomplish goals they never believed that they could achieve. Vilma believes that if you follow your passion money accolades recognition and credibility will follow. She is excited to begin expanding her network through WANA.

Petra Ruso currently serves as Shareholder and Manager at ARGEF. Petra has studied Communications, as well German and Romance Studies at the University of Vienna. She has served as Press Officer and PR Directorate at the General Austrian National Library and has participated in scientific conferences in Springer Verlag Vienna and New York. Petra has experience with national and international lecture and moderation activities.

Maríaelvira Vasquez studied at the Pontifical Xavierian University receiving her Bachelors degree in Nursing in 1971. Following, she then went on to receive her Masters degree in Education in 1997. For the past 13 years, she has been the principal of Fundación San Antonio, located in Colombia. Fundación San Antonio is a school in Bogota aimed toward giving the less fortunate a rich education. Some of Maríaelvira's direct responsibilities include; overseeing all 100 teaches, 25 faculty members and 1,200 students and handling all administrative duties. Prior to becoming a principal, Maríaelvira was a Dean at a nursing school for 9 years. She is an active member in Conaced, An educational organization that is related to the legal issues in school. She has always had a passion for teaching and helping people in general, which has made her 40 years of experience in education truly natural. Maríaelvira looks forward to connecting with like-minded professionals and broadening her professional network,.

Babak Yazdani is the head director of global operations with Philips Health Solutions in Denmark. Philips Health Solutions is one of the world's leading suppliers of medial devices, such as ultrasound, EKG and other prominent types of medical technology. With Philips Healthcare, Mr. Yazdani serves as the primary direct line, responsible for managing over 180 global markets for the distribution of Philips Healthcare Informatics Solutions and Services (HISS). He serves customers from hospitals and clinical organizations globally, establishing business connections across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and beyond. He has been situated with Philips Health Solutions for 6 years, and has acquired executive positions through his tenacity and experience in management and international commerce. Babak contributes his career success to his ability to constantly adapt to the needs of the global medical market, as well as his ability to acquire and use knowledge within his field effectively. His position features travelling between the Netherlands, North America and South America to assess the markets positioned in these areas. Mr. Yazdani was responsible for maintaining steady revenue and managing the flow of over 320 million euros for Philips Healthcare in 2016 alone. The most rewarding aspect of his position is delivering exceptional customer service and product satisfaction to his clients. In his spare time, Babak enjoys partaking in physical activities such as skiing, running, and diving. He also enjoys partaking in philanthropy, as a contributor towards translation and integration support for the Danish Refugee Council. As a result of his expertise and extensive educational background, Babak Yazdani is multilingual; he fluently speaks 3 languages, and has a respectable understanding of 3 others. In the years to come, Babak aspires to continue to serve as a leader in global commerce and business development.

Dr. Windy Moncherry received his highest level of education with a Doctorate in Educational Studies from The University of Sheffield in 2010. Previously, he received his Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from The University of Leicester in 2005. Currently, Dr. Moncherry's full time employment is with Vieux Fort Technical Secondary School as a teacher since 0ctober 2006. Dr. Moncherry also works as an E-Tutor/Course Writer/Course Coordinator for The University of the West Indies Open Campus for the past 7 years. Dr. Windy Moncherry holds the prestigious position of Justice of Peace for The State of Saint Lucia. He is a Councillor for the local government. Dr. Moncherrry started his career teaching primary school. Over the years, he saw that by teaching he could make a contribution to help those in poverty and help those in society who could not afford an education. In the next 3-5 years, Mr. Moncherry would like to be Minister of Education and become more involved in politics. Dr. Moncherry contributes the key to his success with having a wonderful support system of family and friends. He also believes in humility, sincerity, fairness, and honesty. One of his greatest professional accomplishments or achievements is getting to serve on the credit council as The President of Board of Directors. In his spare time, Dr. Moncherry enjoys reading and gardening. Additionally, he is involved in many charitable organizations which includes The Lions Club and a Church Youth Organization.

Michael Flood has been a trend-setter and expert in the technology industry for over three decades. Following a 30 year stint with IBM, he now serves as a pivotal cornerstone at GENPACT. Michael's three year tenure has coincided with high double digital revenue growth and mega-deals ranging from $50 million to $1 billion. He is of critical importance to the relationship between the GENPACT Account Executive and Sales team and the Operations Departments of all product-lines. Michael has brought considerable experience and immeasurably upgraded the capabilities of both the sales and service team almost immediately upon assuming the position.