Committees

Associate Member Committee Hollie M. Mason (Chair)
Keith Loveland (Co-Chair)

Mission: To ensure smooth onboarding of new associate members, introduce/discuss/propose available programing/membership benefits geared towards AM level of membership, and enhance the overall AM experience. All SER Associate Members are committee members.

Conference Agenda Committee Jerry DeNigris (Chair)

Mission: To plan the agenda for the Annual Conference presenting professional education programs with a combination of member and prominent outside speakers and to organize interim subject matter webcasts.

Executive Committee Jerry DeNigris
Patrick M. Dennis
Charles W. Ranson

Mission: Composed of the current President, past President and President-Elect, this committee addresses any immediate concerns between board meetings and approves agendas for conferences and webcasts.

Finance Committee Charles W. Ranson (Chair)
Jerry DeNigris
Patrick M. Dennis
David Hinman
Patricia Koetting

Mission: To develop SER annual budgets; oversee and implement the raising and investment of funds to finance the organization and activities for the benefit of its participants; implement and oversee expenditures; maintain financial controls.

Audit Subcommittee: To perform an internal audit of SER financial bookkeeping.

Membership Committee David Hinman (Chair)
Catherine Mustico (Co-Chair)
Charles Bennett
Marty Dirks
Mike Evans

Mission: To actively seek and recruit new members that qualify for membership and will benefit from SER as well as contribute to the organization. 

Nominating Committee

Mission: To identify and recruit qualified and interested members to serve as officers and directors of SER.

Practice Management Committee Colleen Diles (Chair)
Alan J Besnoff (Co-Chair)
Paul Carroll
Jeffrey Holik
Robert N. Jones
Jeffery E. Schaff

Mission: To provide opportunities for new and existing members to connect with experienced Experts throughout the year on practice management tips that relate to operating a successful securities litigation support practice.

Public Relations Committee Keith Loveland (Chair)
Charles Bennett (Co-Chair)
Alan J Besnoff
MK Campion
Mike Evans
John Ivan
Patricia Koetting
David Tilkin

Mission: Raising the awareness of SER as an organization.

Bar Association Subcommittee: To foster relationships between SER members and Bar Associations.

Legal Clinics Subcommittee: To foster relationships with Securities Law Clinics across the country in order to provide pro-bono expert work and to share expertise with students.

Website Subcommittee: To periodically provide suggestions on updating the public and private sections of our website.