CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, Reliance Enterprises, Inc., 22115 O’Connell Road, Marengo, IL 60152. Phone: 815-568-8267. Fax: 815-568-0487.
E-mail:
reliance@cin.net. Subsidiaries: Financial News Syndicate & Omni Financial Group.
FORMER COLUMNIST, National Enquirer "Money Expert."
PANEL OF EXPERTS (Banking), Boardroom Reports.
FORMER REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC - #801- 34500).
PAST CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, & CEO of an Illinois National Bank.
Author of:
BE NOT DECEIVED (Trafford - 2007) Named "Best Christian Book of the Year," "Best Christian Study of the Year," was a National Book Awards Finalist (Religion/Christian), and awarded the Faith Writers’ Seal of Approval as an "Outstanding Read."
PICK WINNING STOCKS (J.K.Lasser - 2000)
YOUR BANK IS RIPPING YOU OFF (St. Martin’s Press - 1997, 1999). A Money Book Club selection.
THE BANK BOOK: How to Revoke Your Bank’s "License to Steal" - and Save Up to $100,000 (HarperCollins - 1989, 1991, 1994). A McGraw-Hill Book Club selection. A Rodale Book Club selection. Published as an audio book by Random House, Inc. Named one of the "Best Books for Wise and Inquiring Consumers" by the Library Journal. Chosen by Central Michigan University as course textbook for ECO 306: "Money and Banking." First book from HarperCollins ever sold to and by a direct mail publisher in addition to normal channels.
THE RATIONAL INVESTOR (Probus Publishing - 1991).
1,037 WAYS TO MAKE OR SAVE UP TO $100,000 THIS YEAR ALONE (Instant Improvement, Inc. - 1991).
MOVING UP (William Morrow & Co., Inc. - 1986). A Macmillan Book Club selection. An Executive Book Club selection.
BATTLE YOUR BANK - AND WIN! (William Morrow & Co., Inc. - 1985). A Fortune Book Club selection. A Book-of-the-Month, Money Book Club selection.
Published and/or featured in (partial listing):
Self, National Enquirer, Star, New York Daily News, Boston Phoenix, Philadelphia Daily News, Woman’s World, How, Men’s Look, Orange County Register, Savvy, Money, Consumer’s Digest, Family Circle, Minnesota Monthly, Gannett News Service, Boston Globe, USA Today, Sylvia Porter’s Active Retirement Newsletter, USA Investment Management Newsletter, Chicago Magazine, Arizona Business Gazette, First Milwaukee Sentinel, Ladies Home Journal, Nation’s Business, Bottom Line Tomorrow, Cosmopolitan, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Rockford Register Star, Financial News Analysis, Bottom Line Personal, Boardroom Reports, The Treasury Monetarist, Privileged Information, Investigate, Moneypaper, Venture Capital News, Inside Financial, National Educator, The Monetary Digest, Personal Advantage, Money Insider, Your Money, The Spotlight, and Personal Investing News.
Featured on:
THIS MORNING (CBS), SMART MONEY (CNBC), and over 600 radio stations throughout the country. Is semi-regular guest on many syndicated shows - for example, The Business News Network.
Named to:
WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD
WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA
WHO’S WHO IN THE MIDWEST
WHO’S WHO OF EMERGING LEADERS IN AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS AND WRITERS WHO’S WHO
MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP
WHO’S WHO IN ENTERTAINMENT
WHO’S WHO IN THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
WHO’S WHO IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Awarded the American Biographical Institute’s DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD for "Extraordinary Achievement in Banking and Finance."
Awarded a U.S. CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION "in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community."
