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2013 Conference Speakers
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Colonel Robert Darling
 In
October 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Darling
retired from the United States Marine
Corps with just over twenty years of
active duty service. He flew attack
helicopters in Desert Shield and Desert
Storm during the first Gulf War and in
Somalia, Africa, in support of Operation
Restore Hope. In June 1998, he was
selected to fly as a presidential pilot
with Marine Helicopter Squadron One and
in October 2000, he was handpicked to
work for the White House Military
Office, Airlift Operations Department.
It was in that capacity that Lt. Col.
Darling supported the President, Vice
President and National Security Advisor
in the President's Emergency Operations
Center (PEOC) on September 11, 2001. In
May 2002, he attended the Naval
Postgraduate School where he earned his
MBA in Financial Management and
subsequently served as a Program Manager
for the Chief of Naval Operations
supporting the Department of the Navy
Flying Hour Program.
As a public speaker on crisis leadership
and decision making, Bob has addressed
numerous academic, government, and
military organizations to include
Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government and as a guest
lecturer on the subject of Crisis
Leadership and Counterterrorism at the
FBI National Academy in Quantico,
Virginia. |
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Brent
Dixon
 When
Brent Dixon was a kid, he wanted to be a
tractor. That didn't work out, and now
he's a designer, researcher, and
educator based in Austin, Texas. Brent
has spent the last few years advising on
behalf of The Filene Research Institute,
a consumer financial think-tank, and
founding The Cooperative Trust, a
grassroots network of hundreds of young
people fighting for the future of
socially responsible finance. He was the
2012 Future of Finance Teaching Fellow
at Singularity University - an
innovation incubator founded by NASA and
Google - and mentored 80 students from
36 countries on using disruptive
technology to solve global challenges.
Brent has organized and facilitated
workshops across three continents and
worked with every major credit union
trade association in North America.
Outside of credit unions he works with
Hackidemia, a mobile invention lab for
kids, and is the Vice-Chair of The
Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive,
a network that empowers students to
create ethically-sourced,
cooperatively-run food enterprises on
college campuses.
His work is driven by a fascination for
what makes people tick.
Bob is the author of “24 Hours Inside
the President’s Bunker, 9/11/01: The
White House and the President and CEO of
Quantitative Analytics, LLC, an aviation
operations and logistics services
company located in Stafford, Virginia. |
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David
Hilger
David
Hilger is a founder of Allied Solutions
and has had roles in both the sales and
operations of the company and is
currently the SVP of Information
Technology. Mr. Hilger has over 20
years’ experience in the Credit Union
industry and is a graduate of Indiana
Wesleyan University with a B.S. in
Business Information Systems. |
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Dan
Mahalak
 Dan
is the President & Managing Partner of
Cindrich, Mahalak & Co., P.C., a CPA
firm specializing in the credit union
industry. He joined the firm in 1980
upon graduating from Eastern Michigan
University and became a partner in 1988.
He is a certified public accountant and
a member of both the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
and the Michigan Association of
Certified Public Accountants (MACPA).
Throughout his career Dan has worked in
all phases of the practice. He is
involved in all audit activities and
works closely with the staff in training
and development. He personally reviews
all audit files and reports as part of
the firm’s quality control standards.
His extensive experience allows him to
provide clients with unique problem
solving insights.
Throughout his tenure, Dan has been
responsible for hundreds of credit union
audits, and worked in fraud/embezzlement
investigations, including filing bond
claims, working with authorities, and
testifying in criminal proceedings. He
also works with credit unions in
budgeting and forecasting,
asset-liability management consulting,
strategic planning, mergers and
acquisitions, human resources
consulting, regulatory consulting, and a
variety of other consulting projects. He
is a frequent speaker on topics related
to the credit union industry on both a
local and national level. He has written
articles for several credit union
publications.
Cindrich, Mahalak & Co., P.C. is one of
the largest credit union auditing firms
in the country. They currently audit
credit unions ranging from less than $5
million to well over $1 billion in
assets. They have concentrated their
practice in credit unions and their
subsidiaries since their inception in
1971. |
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Mark Mayfield
 It’s
pretty simple what Mark Mayfield does:
he talks about VERY serious stuff in a
VERY funny way. If you want to learn
about change, or teamwork, or stress, or
customer service for example; why not
have a great time doing it?
Known as “The Corporate Comedian”, he
has merged together his corporate
background as a lobbyist and his comedy
background as a nightclub performer to
create an extremely unique and comedic
presentation style. His programs are
content based yet comedy driven and he
can also play the role of an imposter if
the meeting planner really wants to
surprise the audience.
Mark is author of the popular book,
Mom’s Rules, a comedic yet poignant look
at those things Mom said to us as kids,
and has received the “Certified Speaking
Professional” designation from the
National Speakers Association. He has
also been inducted into their “CPAE
Speaker Hall of Fame”.
From comedy shows to seminars, Mark’s
philosophy is simple.....say it with
humor and people will take the message
home. A national convention planner
recently called Mark “one of the very
few, really funny, inspiring men in
America today”. Mark’s mom also said
that once after a small bribe. |
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Frank Santucci.
Mr. Santucci joined First Empire
Securities, Inc. in September 1985 as a
Fixed Income Specialist. Between 1985
and 1993 he worked with hundreds of
institutional investors nationwide
assisting them in the purchase and sale
of fixed income securities.
In January 1994, Mr. Santucci was
promoted to his current position of
Senior Vice President and Managing
Director of Asset Liability Management
Services. His primary responsibilities
include the administration of First
Empire's Asset Liability Management Team
and Financial Strategies Group and the
development of balance sheet and
investment portfolio strategies for
clients of the firm. Mr. Santucci is
also the principal author of the Balance
Sheet Management Services’ ALM Model.
In addition, Mr. Santucci is a frequent
speaker at regional and national
conferences on various ALM and risk
management techniques, as well as
current industry trends.
Prior to joining First Empire, Mr.
Santucci served as an Account Executive
for Guardian Financial Group, Huntington
Beach, California, a financial services
company specializing in investments and
insurance products for 401(K) and the
defined benefit plans of Fortune 500
companies.
Mr. Santucci pursued his higher
education at the California State
University of Long Beach, Long Beach,
California. He currently holds the
following licenses from the National
Association of Securities Dealers:
Series 7, "General Securities Registered
Representative.”
Series 63, "Blue Sky Laws - State
Registration" ;
Series 24, "General Securities
Principal.”
Mr. Santucci is an Eagle Scout with the
Boy Scouts of America.
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