All this talk about the future of the company has me thinking. Has anyone seen the qualifications of the company advisor? This guy is well connected to the government and probably will plug the company into a large government contract. That would be sweet!
Mr. STEPHEN M. STUDDERT
Member, Advisory Committee
Mr. Studdert has a distinguished international business career and a long record of public service. A corporate executive and former senior White House Advisor to three U.S. Presidents, he has a demonstrated background of proven leadership at the national and international levels.
He is founder of several commercial ventures and a commercial bank, and has many corporate board directorships including in the gold sector. He helped create the FORTUNE 500 Forum for senior executives and participated in TIME magazine’s leaders’ world news-tour. He authored America in Danger.
Mr. Studdert served as a White House advisor to U.S. Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford, and represented U.S. Presidents in diplomatic assignments to over one hundred nations. By presidential appointment he served on the President’s Export Council, the Export Advisory Now Council, and the Foreign Trade Practices and Negotiations Subcommittee, and as a United States Delegate to the United Nations Energy Conference in Africa, as a United States Delegate to the 40th NATO Summit, and as an American Representative to the funeral of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. He was Chairman of a $44 billion Federal Home Loan Bank in the Clinton Administration.
Mr. Studdert is a graduate of Brigham Young University, a former elected City Council member, and a past Jaycee President. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the National Guard Minuteman Award, the People of Vision award, the Farm Bureau’s Friend of Agriculture Award, and the citizen Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Army. He served on the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University, from which he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate. He and his wife have six children.