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Gibran Nicholas

• Writer, speaker, entrepreneur
• Chairman & Founder, CMPS Institute

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Leon LaBrecque

• Attorney, CPA, CFP®, CFA
• Wrote CFP Manual
• Nationally Renowned Speaker, Author & Financial Advisor

Leon is the managing partner and founder of the firm LaBrecque, Jackson, Price, && Roehl, LLC and has provided integrated financial advisory services since 1980. He is a practicing attorney specializing in financial planning, estate planning, business and tax planning for individual and business clients.

His extensive experience in the industry includes work with Arthur Andersen, Plante Moran, LLP and the University of Detroit. A true visionary who brings the experience of many different fields to the table, he is also the former Department Chair of Finance and Economics at Walsh College where he created the Master in Finance program.

Mr. LaBrecque is the author of 14 proprietary retirement/financial planning programs for clients including General Motors, Ford Motor Company, AT&T and CalPERS, among others. He regularly appears on both television and radio presenting on various economic and financial topics and is interested in the financial health and well-being of every individual.

www.ljpr.com
info@fin-ed.com

Carol Ann Wilson

• CFP®, CFDP
• Internationally acclaimed financial expert specializing in money in marriage
• Author of seven books
• Counseled thousands of couples with their financial issues

Carol Ann Wilson is widely recognized as the foremost expert on marital financial issues and the leader in the field of divorce financial planning. As a Certified Financial Planner, she has been doing pre-divorce financial consulting since 1985. And in 1993, she founded the Institute for Certified Divorce Planners in order to train and enlighten attorneys, CPAs and financial professionals in the financial issues of divorce. She is the president of the Financial Divorce Association and an owner of the Academy of Financial Divorce Practitioners.

Carol Ann is the author of The Financial Guide to Divorce Settlement, Survival Manual to Divorce, and 40 Tips for Surviving Your Divorce. She is also co-author of The Survival Manual for Women in Divorce, The Survival Manual for Men in Divorce, ABCs of Divorce for Women and The Dollars and Sense of Divorce.

She has also designed software which has been widely used by lawyers and financial planners to calculate the financial result of divorce settlements. And she has served as an expert witness in court for over 120 divorce cases nationwide. She frequently serves as a keynote speaker and faculty member of high-ranking legal and financial organizations and has been published in numerous professional journals such as Newsweek, Money and Forbes.

She has appeared on the Regis Philbin Show, Geraldo, LifeTime Live, CNBC Financial News and a multitude of radio programs.

Carol Ann Wilson, CFP®
Certified Financial Divorce Practitioner
website: www.carolannwilson.com

Harry Gordon, CMPS®

• Seasoned mortgage professional and authority on reverse mortgages
• Division Manager Nations Home Funding
• Known as the "Reverse Mortgage Guru"
• Primary passion and focus-helping senior homeowners make wise financial decisions
• Personally originates between 5 and 12 reverse mortgages each month—one of the top producing reverse mortgage originators in the country
• Top producing loan originator appearing on MOM's top 200 list on four separate occasions

Harry is known as the Reverse Mortgage Guru by those CPAs, Financial Planners and Life Agents who have taken his two-hour CEU class, All About Reverse Mortgages. He is also known as the Reverse Mortgage Coach by those in the mortgage industry who seek his help and coaching to assure a successful transition from forward to reverse mortgage origination.

However, Harry's primary focus and passion is helping senior homeowners make wise financial decisions. In that role, Harry personally originates between 5 and 12 reverse mortgages each and very month. That makes him one of the top producing reverse mortgage originators in the country.

Prior to his successful transition from forward to reverse, Harry was a top producing loan originator, appearing on MOM's top 200 list on four separate occasions. Harry's Reverse Mortgage classes, seminars and talks are always fast moving, entertaining and highly informative.

For more information on Harry Gordon: www.reversemortgagecoach.net

Robin Crow

Robin Crow is a speaker, author, entrepreneur and one of the most innovative guitarists in the world. With over 2,000 presentations to his name, his expertise on leadership and customer service comes from 30 hard-won years in the trenches as an entrepreneur. For the past 13 of those years, he has led his company, Dark Horse Recording, a four studio complex he built from the ground up, to set the gold standard for customer service and excellence in the recording industry and is home to Faith Hill, Neil Diamond and Jewel to name a few. Robin's books include Jump And The Net Will Appear, The Power Of An Idea and his latest Rock Solid Leadership.

In this presentation you'll learn:

• The ten tenets of effective leadership
• Three ways to dramatically increase your productivity
• How to more effectively put decisions into action
• Why pressure can become your biggest ally
• How to effectively delegate and use your time more efficiently

In one hour Robin Crow will show you how to lead with enthusiasm, passion, and purpose. And you'll enjoy every minute of it!

website: www.robincrow.com

Dr. LaVaughn M. Henry

Dr. LaVaughn M. Henry is the Director of U.S. Economic Analysis for the PMI Group. Dr. Henry is responsible for developing PMI's economic, housing and mortgage market forecasts. He is an accomplished public speaker and regularly presents to various industry, government and other professional organizations. He co-authors the company's premier economic publications: The Economic and Real Estate Trends Report and The Housing & Mortgage Market Review. He has led in the development of the company's next generation of econometric models that forecast the likelihood of home price declines, the quarterly forecast of home price appreciation in each of the nation's 381 MSAs, and various other predictive tools used in the forecasting and assessment of the housing and mortgage markets. Dr. Henry received both his Doctorate and Masters degrees from Harvard University in the field of Economics, specializing in the areas of Finance and Industrial Organization.

Bonus Sesion Title: The Status and Outlook for the U.S. Economy, Housing and Mortgage Markets

Description: Presentation will provide an overview of current and prospective national and local house price appreciation trends, effects of the credit crisis on the mortgage market and the outlook for growth in the general economy over the next two years. Dr. Henry will also provide handouts of his presentation along with current copies of The Economic and Real Estate Trends Report and The Housing & Mortgage Market Review.