National Council

Andy “Hirsh” Dlinn, President and Senior Portfolio Manager with Senior Wealth Management, LLC in Pittsburgh, PA has been a wealth manager and estate planner since 1993. He is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA). Mr. Dlinn has a long track record of political/community activism. Andy is a 35 year veteran life member of The John Birch Society, an educational organization advocating less government and more responsibility. He serves as the organization‘s Southwestern Pennsylvania …More

Arthur D. Crino was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1924. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II and rose in the ranks to become a Seaman First Class while serving on a submarine chaser in the Pacific. In 1951, he earned a degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University and soon became a Licensed Professional Engineer in both Oregon and California. He began his professional career with the Allis-Chalmers …More

Clark was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Central State College in Edmond, Oklahoma. He worked fifty years in the insurance industry and retired as President of Curry Insurance in 2016. Clark was a founding board member of LOOPS, Inc. ( Loved Ones of Prisoners) in 1989. He currently serves on several boards and has served as a church elder for many years. …More

Mr. Moon is a graduate of the University of Idaho, School of Mines with a B.S. in Geological Engineering. After graduation, he spent six years with Schlumberger International as a field engineer and station manager for North Sea, Saudi Arabian and Egyptian oil field operations. Darr is a licensed professional civil engineer and land surveyor heading up his engineering firms primary offices in Rupert and Challis, Idaho. Darr grew up in the …More

Born in Utah in 1939, David Jorgensen has always lived in the Beehive State except for time he spent in the U.S. Army in Texas. He earned a degree in Business Management from the University of Utah. He then used his knowledge to enter the business world first with his father and later to build his own successful company, Bedrock Quartz Surfaces. Bedrock specializes in fabrication and installation of granite and quartz …More

The Honorable Deborah Pauly serves as an attorney with the Lex Rex Institute, a legal organization that seeks to uphold constitutional government. She attained her juris doctorate from Trinity Law School, a private law school in Orange County, California, providing exceptional legal education in the Judeo-Christian tradition with a Biblical world view and adherence to natural law jurisprudence. For more than a decade, she has been a popular speaker in conservative circles …More

Dr. Duke Pesta received his M.A. in Renaissance literature from John Carroll University and his Ph.D. in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature from Purdue University. He has taught at major research institutions and small liberal arts colleges, on a wide variety of subjects at the graduate and undergraduate level, including courses on Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, the Bible, Russian literature, Christian Apologetics, and C.S. Lewis. He has been active in educational reform and was …More

Dr. Karl Anderson holds a Dental and Masters of Science degree from the University of Minnesota Dental School. He received training at UCLA in the early eighties in Branemark surgical training course, and he is a graduate of the Misch Implant Institute. His specialty degree is in the field of periodontics. Dr. Anderson has placed and restored dental implants since 1985, and has been involved in the development of several implant products. …More

A staunch life-long believer in the moral superiority of government-delivered healthcare, Canadian physician Lee Kurisko, MD, radically changed his opinion when confronted with the reality of trying to actually deliver care in Canada’s single-payer system of healthcare. As Medical Director of Diagnostic Imaging at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Canada, he had to contend with a CT scan waiting list for seven months, and an MRI waiting list for 13 …More

Robert W. Henderson, P.D., N.D., is Chairman of the Board of Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. and Nutramax Manufacturing, Inc. He is a member of the Maryland Pharmacists Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. He received his B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, his P.D. from the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association, and his N.D. from Bernadean University. Nutramax Laboratories holds numerous Patents worldwide and its products …More

“Mr. Jess Roques first heard of JBS from Charlie Smith on a televised “Meet the Press” interview in Orlando, Fl in the early 1970s. He intended to contact someone then, but was transferred by Penn Life to Jackson, MS. Years later, both he and his wife Mary joined the John Birch Society and have remained active. Before retiring, Mr. Roques was Regional Director for Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company, with offices in Arkansas, …More

John F. McManus joined the staff of The John Birch Society in August 1966, serving originally as a field coordinator for several New England states. In 1968, he was transferred to a position at the Society’s national headquarters. In 1973, Mr. McManus accepted the appointment by Robert Welch, the Society’s Founder, as the organization’s Director of Public Affairs. In this post, he became the Society’s chief media representative throughout the nation. He …More

Kurt Hyde was born in Texas 1945 and raised in Connecticut. He joined The John Birch Society in March of 1965 during his sophomore year in college. After graduating from college with a degree in Physics in 1967, he went to Air Force Officer Training School and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He earned a master’s degree in Systems Management while on active duty. He left the active-duty Air Force in …More

Lori Watt is President and Founder of Investors Advisory Group (IAG). She is one of a select few planners who specialize in advanced financial planning techniques. Lori is a co-author of “The Black Book of Personal Finance”, published in October 2005. She has been honored on Milwaukee Magazine’s “Five Star: Best in Client Satisfaction” list for 2013 and 2015. Lori and her husband reside in Hartland, WI, and are active members of …More

George B. Wallace was born in Minnesota in 1932, but he grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After two years at the University of Wisconsin, he joined the Aviation Cadet program. In 1955, he received his wings and a commission as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He served several tours of duty as a fighter pilot. During the Vietnam War, George survived a combat tour flying the F-105 fighter/bomber. For his …More

Martin Ohlson has been in development for various businesses and held key senior positions. He has over 20 years experience successfully building strategic relationships with volunteers, leaders, business owners and professionals. For five years he managed and trained associates in an eleven state region planning and coordinating cultivation of new and current clients. Another assignment was to develop, assist and lend expertise to high-end giving efforts in a twenty state region, the …More

George (Michael) Lohr was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1955 and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he still resides with his wife Lora, two children, and two grandchildren. Michael studied biology and geology but went into technology sales and continues to work for a global technology company since his own company, along with his partners, were purchased by them. George Lohr, his father, was a chapter leader in Charleston, so Michael …More

Ray Clark was born in 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His family relocated to Southern California in 1951. He claims that diligent study of the American government helped him not only to pass the U.S. citizenship exam in 1961 but also made him a strong defender of the U.S. Constitution. Ray joined The John Birch Society in 1963 and has functioned as a Chapter Leader, Section Leader, and Volunteer Coordinator. After working …More

Robert K. Bell has never called anywhere but Tulsa, Oklahoma, his home. Born in 1940, he is a graduate of the University of Tulsa. Immediately after finishing school, he teamed up with his father at Bell’s Amusement Park and soon became its owner. Bob’s early warnings to fellow park owners about the plans of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to impose its examiners on their industry won him a special award …More

Ronald Arlen Britton was born in El Paso, Texas. His father was in the Army Air Corps and they moved throughout his youth living in Arizona, California, Florida and Ohio. After graduating from Westchester High School in Westchester, California, Mr. Britton attended what is now Oklahoma State University. Mr. Britton then spent five and one-half years as a Naval Jet Fighter Pilot on the Nuclear Carrier USS Enterprise. He returned to Midland, …More

Tom DeWeese is Founder and President of the American Policy Center, a nonprofit grassroots action and education foundation dedicated to the promotion of free enterprise and limited government. He is also the editor of The DeWeese Report and author of the book Now Tell Me I Was Wrong. Tom has been a longtime stalwart of property rights and helped launch national awareness of what has become Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030. His …More

William H. Blewster first saw the light of day in Houston, Texas, in 1939. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Texas A&M University in 1962. After graduation, Bill entered the U.S. Navy’s flight training program. Commissioned as an Ensign and awarded his wings as a Navy Flight Officer, he specialized in navigation and air intelligence. Deployments took him to Alaska and Japan from his home base at Whidbey Island, Washington. …More