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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 their community and church. She has three children and five grandchildren. She enjoys running, golfing and traveling.

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 grew up with JBS. He is a chapter and section leader in Jacksonville.

Michael hopes that his experience as a salesman, sales manager, business owner, and long history with The John Birch Society will be an asset to the council.

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 countertops, fireplaces and bathroom fixtures. A third-generation family enterprise, the company operates in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and Idaho.

Dave joined the Society in 1965 and in 1969, he left the business world to serve for eight years as a John Birch Society Coordinator in Utah. He is one of a very few men who have ever been appointed to the JBS National Council after having served as a Field Coordinator.

As one of his varied efforts to alert fellow Americans, Dave has, since 1989, chaired the semi-annual meeting of the Newquist Group in Salt Lake City. At these gatherings named after Jerreld Newquist, author of the widely celebrated book Prophets, Principles and National Survival, concerned patriots have heard important messages from an array of patriotic authorities that has always included leaders of the John Birch Society.

Married in 1968 to Laurel Cook (who had joined the Society in 1967), the Jorgensens are proudly grateful for their six sons, two daughters, and 15 grandchildren – with more to come. Blessed with principled children, Dave and Laurel believe it is increasingly obvious that if we do not teach our children our values, someone else will teach them theirs.

A determined patriot, Dave laments the lack of knowledge about our nation‘s unique roots among fellow citizens and, even more, about America‘s enemies who seek to destroy our nation. He is determined to continue his many efforts to spread the JBS message of hope to fellow Americans.

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 Section Leader and is active in the JBS National Speakers Bureau. He has been a past contributor to The New American Magazine. In early 2006, Mr. Dlinn realized, the time was right to get Republican politics back to its Americanist roots, so along with a strong core of other community leaders, a meeting was held and it was decided to form the PA Republican Leadership Council, ‘the Republican Wing of the Republican Party,‘ with Mr. Dlinn serving as its president. He is chairman of the city of Pittsburgh‘s 5th Council District Republican Committee and serves on the PA Republican State Committee

He is a past-president of the Pittsburgh Rotary Club and is now an Assistant Governor for Rotary District 7305, and a graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh. He is a past-president of the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition and Founder/Director of the Squirrel Hill Citizen‘s Patrol. He produced a weekly local radio show ‘The Jewish Experience,‘ an hour of music, news and information which was enjoyed by Jews and Gentiles alike.

In 1995, Commander Dlinn retired from the US Naval Reserve after serving 20 years as a Public Affairs Officer. His naval career has taken him through every time-zone in the world. He led a team that created the first shipboard television station in the Western Pacific Operating Area. He has received the Battle Efficiency E and the Communications C Awards. He has acted as a US Navy spokesman and a Jewish Lay Leader for area commands.

Among his honors and awards, Andy has been selected 8 years in a row as a Five Star Wealth Manager and has been featured in Pittsburgh Magazine. He has received the Marjorie S. Eiseman Community Leadership Award. He has also received the Prudential Securities Community Champions Award for four consecutive years. He has been selected recently for the Community Leadership Award from the ZOA Pittsburgh District. He is a past honoree of the Lubavitch Center of Pittsburgh and a US Jaycees Outstanding Officer of the Year awardee.

Graduating from the University of South Carolina, Andy earned a bachelor‘s degree in physics in 1974. He went on to achieve a master‘s degree in mass communications with academic excellence at the same school.

He stays active in his local synagogue and is married with six wonderful children.

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. He and his wife Janis have actively supported Christian education for over forty years. They remain active in promoting responsible citizenship and constitutional government.

Clark was appointed Chief Operations Officer of The John Birch Society in 2010. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee the past several years and currently serves as a member of the council.

Clark and Janis have been married since 1968 and have two children and six grandchildren.

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, Texas after discharge from the U. S. Navy and entered into the oil business full time. Mr. Britton is President and CEO of Rohill Energy, Inc. and is now currently managing Rohill Operating Company with other various affiliated companies in oil and gas exploration and development programs. Mr. Britton was President and CEO of Rohill Energy, Inc. and was affiliated with many other companies in the oil and gas exploration industry.

Since retirement, Ron has continued some of his business ventures. He also operates Rafter R Cattle Company, and a wide variety of other business ventures.

In 1962 he married Susan Alstrin of Midland, Texas. They raised three children and have three grandchildren. Over the years, Ron, his wife and family have been active participants in many organizations. He is past chairman of the Palmer Drug Abuse Program, has served on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, has served on the Midland Independent School Board and serves as a lifetime Colonel in the Commemorative Air Force.

Mr. Britton is a lifetime member of The John Birch Society and has served as Chairman of the Midland Business and Professional Chapter in Midland, Texas.