Board of Directors
J. Scott Tomer
Director since December 2004
Currently Serving until 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
J. Scott Tomer is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of YTB, Inc. He was employed at A. L. Williams (now known as Primerica Financial Services (“Primerica”)) from 1981-1993 where he earned the level of National Sales Director; he had the responsibility of field support and training for their sales force, where he trained over 2,000 sales personnel. He left Primerica to become a Certified Financial Planner, which he continued while specializing in real estate investing prior to co-founding YourTravelBiz.com in 2001.
J. Kim Sorensen
Director since December 2004
Currently Serving until 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
J. Kim Sorensen, a Director and Chief Executive Officer of YTBTN, brings to YTB International, Inc. an extensive and successful business history. He has owned several businesses, and managed a multi-million dollar mixed real estate complex across from the Illinois state capital in Springfield. He joined A. L. Williams in 1981 and earned the Sr. Vice President position in 1985. In 1990, Mr. Sorensen partnered with J. Lloyd Tomer to provide technical and management support for his growing sales organization through 2001. He is a co-founder of YourTravelBiz.com.
Robert M. Van Patten
Director since October 2009
Currently Serving until 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Bob Van Patten, a Director and our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of YTB International, Inc., had previously served in a consulting capacity since April 2009. Previously, he served as President of IMC Agribusiness, an $800 million dollar division of IMC Global, a New York Stock Exchange listed company. IMC Agribusiness was a private company from 1985 to 1991 and then went public as the Vigoro Corporation. The company was sold to IMC Global in 1996 and renamed at that time. Bob currently resides in Edwardsville, Illinois and is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.
Lou Brock
Director since December 2006
Currently Serving until 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Lou Brock, Director, is one of Major League Baseball’s all-time hits and stolen base leaders. He was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1985. He was named one of the Top 100 Players of the 20th Century. Following his 19-year career in Major League Baseball, Lou Brock serves on the board of several universities and many local and national youth organizations, including Education Is Freedom Foundation, Variety Club for Children, Wyman Youth Camp, Old Newsboys Day Children’s Charities, ECHO Children’s Home and their own Lou Brock Scholarship Foundation. Mr. Brock holds honorary Doctorate degrees from Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA; and Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO. He serves on the boards of Premier Bank, Missouri Valley College and Education is Freedom. Mr. Brock also serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Paul A. Hemings
Director since May 2008
Currently Serving until 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Paul A. Hemings, Director, was elected to our Board of Directors in May 2008, following its expansion in April 2008. He brings to YTB a wealth of sales and management experience. Through March 2011, Mr. Hemings was a Group Director of Sales for Energizer Holdings, Inc., where he led sales strategy development and was responsible for $200 million in annual sales. Prior to his appointment as Group Director, Mr. Hemings served as Energizer's Director of Business Development, leading the annual business planning process. Before beginning his tenure at Energizer, Mr. Hemings held several sales and sales management positions at Procter & Gamble. He holds a BS from Bucknell University, which he received in 1985.
Jack H. Humes, Jr.
Director since June 2009
Currently Serving until 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Jack H. Humes, Jr., Director, founded the Humes Law Office on May 1, 2000 after having been associated with the predecessor to the law firm currently known as Hepler Broom, LLC, since 1986. In early 2011, Mr. Humes merged his law practice with Sivia Business & Legal Services, P.C. , where he currently provides legal services to corporations, governmental bodies and individuals related to various real estate issues, focusing on land and right-of-way acquisition, construction, contracting and project financing. Mr. Humes is a member of the Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association.
Patricia S. Williams
Director since June 2009
Currently Serving until 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
From 2007 through June of 2011, Patricia S. Williams, Director, was Senior Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of RehabCare Group, Inc., a leading provider of physical rehabilitation program management services in over 1,200 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities throughout the United States. Since the sale of RehabCare to Kindred Healthcare, Ms. Williams has been serving as a consultant to Kindred. Ms. Williams previously held the position of Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Thermadyne Holdings Corporation, a multi-national manufacturer of welding and cutting products. Ms. Williams serves on the Board of Directors for White Drive Products, Inc., a leading global supplier of hydraulic motors and drive system products for mobile and industrial applications.
Burt L. Saunders, Esq.
Director since March 2010
Currently Serving until 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Burt L. Saunders, Esq., Director, was re-elected to our Board of Directors effective March 2, 2010. He brings to YTB a wealth of experience in the public and professional spheres. Mr. Saunders was a Florida State Senator for District 37 from November 1998 through 2008, representing Collier and Lee counties. Prior to his election to the Florida Senate, Mr. Saunders served 4 years in the Florida House of Representatives and 8 years on the Collier County Commission. Mr. Saunders worked in public finance for A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc. from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Saunders currently serves in an “of counsel” capacity with Gray Robinson, P.A., a Florida-based firm, since August 2004, practicing in the areas of land use, local and state government, and health care law. Mr. Saunders received his B.A. from the University of South Florida in 1972, his J.D. from the College of William and Mary in 1975 and his L.L.M. in Ocean/Coastal Law from the University of Miami in 1978.
Fred E. Lutzeier
Director since September 2010
Currently Serving until 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Fred E. Lutzeier was a newly elected Director in September 2010 and currently serves as a Principal with Mueller Prost PC and as the Managing Partner of Bankers’ Alliance Group, LLC. Fred has extensive experience in accounting, finance, corporate governance and SEC reporting along with experience in a wide variety of business operations. Fred has over fourteen years of combined public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG and over fourteen years experience as a financial executive with Ashland, Inc. and Arch Coal, Inc. Fred earned a BS degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University. Fred is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants and currently serves as the Audit Committee Chairman for the Company.