Co-Managing Director Stephen J. Shorrock is past President and CEO of Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York and most recently Chief Operating Officer of Improved Funding Techniques, an innovative actuarial and consulting pension firm. During his 13-year tenure at Bankers Life of New York, the Company became a market leader, as well as an innovator in product design fueling substantial increases in life insurance sales. At Improved Funding Techniques, under the mentoring of Joel Boyarsky, he has been a leader in a sophisticated organization that designs, implements and administers qualified pension plans.

Steve has undergraduate degrees in both Math and Economics as well as and MBA in Finance, and has achieved insurance and financial planning designations of Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Certified Long-Term Care Consultant (CLTC), and Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI).

Steve has extensive background in the design, development, and application of life insurance and other financial products, and is accustomed to working regularly with corporate executives and high net worth individuals, as well as accountants, attorneys and other advisors from the top global firms.

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J. Russel Dorsett, Co-Managing Director, is known globally as an industry executive and consultant, having been a principal speaker at conferences and conventions across the world. He's served as a senior executive for a number of major companies, including eight years as the Managing Director and CEO of AIA Australia, a licensed insurance company, and AIA Superannuation Company, an Approved Trustee for Australian Retirement Plans. Russel also had regional responsibility for AIG's life and A&H businesses in Australasia and has extensive experience in the global insurance and financial services businesses. As a consultant, he has worked with a number of major global firms and is also affiliated with Improved Funding Techniques in retirement planning.

Elizabeth Ramirez serves as Operations Manager of Select Life Settlement Corporation. In this role, she is in charge of all the administrative and information technology operations. Liz has over 20 years experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, she was a Manager in the Information Technology Department at Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York, where she was responsible for all phases of document management. Prior to Bankers Life, Liz held several positions in the Group Insurance Information Technology Department of MetLife.

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Randy Vogt is our Marketing Director. From 2001 to the winter of 2006, Randy served as Creative Director at Bankers Life of New York in charge of all their advertising and public relations. In a 2005 survey of life insurance brokers regarding memorable promotional work, Bankers Life was selected 40% of the time. Its 15 competitors divided the remaining 60%.

The recipient of 23 creative awards made it up the corporate ladder at Manhattan ad agency Lowe McAdams during the 1990s. Randy graduated as a Dean's List student with a BA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design. He also had the great honor of carrying the Olympic torch for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

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