Board Members

The individuals below have volunteered their time to serve as Board Members/Officers and provide guidance to the NIBA. Contact any Officer/Committee Chairperson for more information or to participate in association activities.

Melinda Schramm, MHS Capital Resource, Inc.
Founder/Chairman of the Board - melinda@futuresrep.com  

John Jensen, Heritage West Financial, Inc.
President/Membership Chairman - hwfi@pacbell.net  

Buck Haworth, Born Capital Financial Services
Treasurer - buck@borncapital.com  

Mike Burke, High Ground Trading 
Secretary - mikeb@highgroundtrading.com

Bill Purpura, Great Lakes Trading
New York Issues Committee Chairman - wpurpura@gltdirect.com

Rich Strait, Richard Strait, LLC
rich@straitllc.com  

Rodney Dow, The Dow Corporation
rodney@thedowcorp.com

Steve Petillo, Coquest
petillo@coquest.com

John DeMartino, FC Stone
FCM Representative - john.demartino@fcstone.com  

Barbara Schmidt-Bailey, CME Group
Exchange Representative - barbara.schmidt-bailey@cmegroup.com

Steve Pherson, Schuyler, Roche & Crisham
Legal Advisors - spherson@srcattorneys.com

Shane Stiles, gate39media
Marketing and Web Advisors - shane@gate39media.com

Kevin F. O'Brien, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
kevin.f.obrien@mssb.com

Ralph Preston, Heritage West Financial
rpreston@pacbell.net

Kristi Aupperle, Advance Trading
kaupperle@advance-trading.com

Ian Sweet, Sweet Futures
isweet@sweetfutures.com