Retirement Advisors of America

Ron has been in the investment industry for 22 years, and has worked with retiring crewmember families since 1989. He is the co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Retirement Advisors of America, A PHH Investments company. Ron is a national speaker on Leadership and Entrepreneurship and is very involved with the charitable organization Equip. He is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University with a Bachelors degree in Business. He is married to his wife Lisa for 28 years and has three children, Justin, Daniel and Allie Beth.

Bart has been in the investment industry for over 20 years.  Bart served as Vice President, Director of Sales for American Beacon Advisors and the American Beacon Funds until 2006.  His responsibilities included new business development and client services.  Bart joined American Beacon Advisors from Henry S. Miller’s Real Estate Securities Corporation in August 1988. He started his career with the accounting firm of Touche Ross & Co. in Dallas after receiving a BBA in Accounting and Finance from Baylor University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Bill has been in the securities and investment management business since January 1977, when he started working for the Wall Street firm of Blyth Eastman & Dillon. In 1979, he began working with American Airlines pilots  helping them manage their retirement fund assets. In 1986, he joined Balanced Financial Asset Management Corporation as its President, and left in 1988 to start LAMP Advisors, Inc., a firm that worked with retiring commercial airline pilots in managing their retirement assets. In 1994, LAMP Advisors, Inc. merged with Pritchard, Herr and Associates to form Pritchard, Hubble and Herr, Inc. Bill is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a Certified Financial Planner and has a MBA degree in Finance. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the parent organization for financial analysts.

Ken began his career in banking in 1982 and then accepted a position in 1986 with Southwest Business Corporation, an institutional financial services firm where he became National Sales Manager, managing institutions and sales representatives across the country. Ken received his B.S. from Howard Payne University in the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an undergraduate honors program and has been working with pilots and their families since 1995.

Tex is responsible for the preparation of all financial statements and for firm compliance.  He served as a consultant/outside accountant to Retirement Advisors of America prior to joining full time in January of 2004.  His experience over the last twenty years includes working predominately as a controller for companies with revenues between five and twenty five million dollars. Tex holds a BBA in Accounting from Baylor University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Mark has been in the financial services industry since 1984.  Mark obtained his BS in Finance from Northern Illinois University, and his MBA in Financial and Estate Planning from the University of Dallas.  Mark has been a Certified Financial Planner™ since 1997. In 2005 Mark became a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA™).  Mark enjoys traveling with his family and spends quite a bit of time chauffeuring his son and daughter to basketball, baseball, soccer, karate and scouts.