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Prominent Alumni of Southwestern Advantage



o   Max Lucado – Best-selling Christian author

o   Mac Anderson – Founder/CEO of SuccessoriesSimple Truths, and McCord Travel

o   Bruce Henderson – Founder of Boston Consulting Group

o   Rick Perry – Governor (TX); 2012 Presidential Candidate

o   David Rosen – Finance Director for Sen. Hillary ClintonAl Gore, and Pat Quinn campaigns

o   Ronnie Musgrove – Governor (MS)

o   Marsha Blackburn – Congresswoman (TN)

o   Ken Starr - Whitewater Prosecutor; President of Baylor University

o   Lamar Alexander – Governor, Senator (TN); US Secretary of Education

o   Jeff Sessions – Senator, Attorney General (AL)

o   Fuller Warren – Governor (FL)

o   Max Sherman – Senator (TX); Special Council to Governor of TX; President of West TX State Univ.

o   Judge John McBryde – US District Judge (TX), appointed by President Bush

o   Judge Harry Phillips – House of Representatives (TN); Asst State Attorney General

o   Ted Welch – Republican National Committee Finance Chairman

o   Donna Wiesner Keene – CEO of BrainTrust (marketing for political projects)

o   Clyde Lear – CEO of Learfield Communications (leader in collegiate sports marketing)

o   Charles Moose – Maryland Police Chief (led investigation of DC Sniper)

o   Martin Fridson – “How To Become a Billionaire”; #1 ranked investment strategist

o   James Wedgeworth – President of Charter 1 Realty; #1 agent in Hilton Head, SC

o   Wade Shealy – Fortune 500 real estate consultant; manager of $2.5B in resort developments; founder of 3rd Home

o   Mike Myers - Univ of TX Track & Soccer Stadium named after him; owns 7 Texas banks

o   Tim Luzader - former President of NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)

o   John Wagner – President of Hunt Sports Group; owns Dallas & Columbus pro-soccer teams

o   Jon Yarbrough – Founder/President of Video Gaming Technologies (VGT)

o   Jim Ayers – Owner/Chairman of FirstBank

o   Terek Al Farra – Consultant to European Union

o   Bill Cochran - Northwestern Mutual, built $11.7B base; Board of Trust for Vanderbilt University

o   Quayle Hodek – Founer/CEO of Renewable Choice Energy

o   Michael Hale – Lead Engineer at NASA (Ames)

o   Don Shafer – Founder/Chairman of BancVue & Banking Solutions (major internet banking provider)

o   Todd Ballenger – Founder of Capital Savings Co, Advantage Capital Mortgage, and PlanMax Financial

o   Tom Black – CEO of Tecni-flex & Imagic Corp (serves over 4,000 banks in 49 states); Author – “Boxcar Millionaire”

o   Rick Desoto – Vice-President of Paine Weber (UBS)

o   Chad Hoeft – Managing Director of Citigroup

o   Mary Jo Grench – Vice-President of Merrill Lynch

o   Richard Johnson – Founder of hotjobs.com (now monster.com)

o   Dave Andrzejek – Former Director of Sales for Netscape / AOL

o   Deb McCroskey – Director of Vanderbilt Health Clinic

o   Chuck Leyrer – Director of Worldwide Marketing for IBM

o   Heather Biance – Anchor/Reporter for NBC Affiliate WMBF – Myrtle Beach, SC

o   Spencer Hays – Exec Chair of Southwestern Co; Owner of Oxxford ClothesTom James CoAthlon Sports

o   Henry Bedford – Chairman/CEO of Southwestern family of companies

o   Dan Moore – President of Southwestern / Southwestern Advantage

o   Carl Roberts – President of Southwestern Business Resources

o   Jeff Dobyns – President of Southwestern Investment Services (#1 Raymond James office nationwide)

o   Pat Roach – President of Southwestern Real Estate Company

o   Peter Ferre – President of Southwestern Legacy Financial Services

o   Dustin Hillis – Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting

o   Rory Vaden – New York Times best-selling author of ‘Take The Stairs’; Co-Founder of Southwestern Consulting