“Here are some of our friends to whom we offer special thanks; they helped us advertently or inadvertently: Michael Aronstein, Lee Auspitz, Greg Barnhill, Amy Bayer, Carter Beese, Josh Bigger, Natalie Bocock, Kingsmill Bond, Bill Bonner, Clementina Brown, Jim Buchanan, Tom Crema, Robert Czeschin, Dennis Davidson, Kent Davis, Adrian Day, John Deuss, Pauline Downs, Presley Edwards, Lee Euler, Marc Faber, Mark Frazier, Arthur Goodhart, David Hale, Rita Hamilton, George Hecksher, Paul Hewitt, Neil Howe, Mark Hulbert, Kathleen Juhl, David Keating, Dick Lamm, Nancy Lazar, Becky Manges, Steve Newby, Mancur Olson, John Rickmeier, Frank Riess, Nick Roditi, Bea Romack, Fiona Shields, David Shulman, Lenny Smith, Rita Smith, Tom Stanton, Nils Taube, Gordon Tullock, Gary Vernier, David Well, Jack Wheeler, and Chris Wood.”
1) Michael Aronstein –chief investment strategist at Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc, N.Y.; President of NY-based Marketfield Asset Management, portfolio manager of the Marketfield Fund; co-founded Comstock Partners; founded Commercial Materials etc.
2) Lee Auspitz –Josiah Lee Auspitz / Since 1978, much of his work has taken place within the Sabre Foundation. http://www.sabre.org/about/bios/OD_bio_J_Ausp.php ”Sabre Foundation affiliates were among the first NGOs chartered in several Communist countries.” … “Other current memberships include the Family Center (advisory board), Council on Foreign Relations, the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate (board of directors).
3) Greg Barnhill – Mr. Barnhill is a partner and a director of Brown Advisory Securities, LLC; 901 South Bond Street, Suite 400, Baltimore, Maryland 21231/ Previously, Mr. Barnhill served as Managing Director of North American Equity Sales at Deutsche Banc Alex Brown Inc., an investment services firm. …on the board of Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR), a biotechnology company, and serves as a board member for multitudes of ‘charitable’ and ‘philanthropic’ organizations. / http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Barnhill_Gregory_3766266.aspx
http://umbc.edu/NewsEvents/releases/archives/2005/07/mayo_shattuck_n.html
4) Amy Bayer — http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Amy+Bayer / http://www.psychophys.org/about/officers.cfm
5) Carter Beese –above
6) Josh Bigger
7) Natalie Bocock – ”10 Feb 2008 … Natalie Bocock Turnage. Environmentalist. Eric Van Loon. Former Massachusetts Assistant. Secretary, Environmental Affairs and …” http://www.raisingkaine.com/Images/EnvironmentalistsForObama.pdf
8 ) Kingsmill Bond — http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=123904844&play=1 / UK; Chief Strategist, Chief Analyst: Troika Dialog; Head of Emerging Markets Strategy: Deutsche Bank AG
9) Bill Bonner — ‘founder’ of Agora, Inc. (was actually JD Davidson who founded) – has his own page.
10) Clementina Brown
11) Jim Buchanan – former Michigan Governor; ‘influential’ professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
12) Tom Crema – Partner in Compere Associates ( London); led their principal investing activities, etc. / “Klesch Capital Partners has lost Tom Crema, the number two at the Bermuda-based fund Klesch Capital Partners. He is teaming up with John Moreland-Lynn, …” / http://www.efinancialnews.com/homepage/content/579814/restricted
13) Robert Czeschin – Newsletter Bob Czeschin’s World Investor, 12 times a year, Subscription Price $99 per, Agora Inc. Editor Robert W. Czeschin / http://www.newsletteraccess.com/display.php?id=3119
14) Dennis Davidson
15) Kent Davis –contributes to The Daily Crux
16) Adrian Day — Native of London / based in Annapolis, Md. “Adrian Day Asset Management is the business name of Global Strategic Management, a “boutique” asset-management firm founded by Adrian Day in 1991.” / “Three words summarize this approach – “Global”, “Value” and “Resources”. / “Mr. Day is a recognized authority in both global and resource investing. He is frequently interviewed by the press, domestically and abroad. He is a popular speaker and frequently invited to lecture at financial conferences and seminars around the world.” / http://www.adriandayassetmanagement.com/
17) John Deuss –above
18) Pauline Downs – Rutland County Council, Oakham, Rutland, United Kingdom [<<<?]