• Attorney, member of New York and California Bar Associations, expert in finance, contracts and entrepreneurship.

• Nationally recognized businessman.

• Profiled in one of the most widely taught Harvard Business School Cases: The Jerry Sanders Case, which is taught at Stanford, Kellogg, and MIT.

• Strong track record in fund raising for private and public entities.

• Strong track record and innovator in international business development (former Director of Development for Hyatt International Hotels and advisor to foreign governments on business, finance and political affairs).

• Nationally recognized expertise in medical technology and bio-tech.

• Developed products in urology; general surgery; cardiac surgery; vascular surgery; minimally invasive surgery; orthopedic surgery; and interventional cardiology and radiology.

• Commissioner of the Environment, City of Sonoma.

• US State Department Accredited Honorary Consul.