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Paula Vasan is a freelance reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @PaulaVasan.

Paula Elerick Feinberg is a Senior Vice President with Raymond James Financial Services where she and her assistant, Shannon, take care of multi generational families in Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Houston, El Paso and other great cities.  She brings with her over 25 years of experience in economic and community development, investment strategy, and financial planning with a special compassion for families who have experienced loss, having lost her husband four years ago.  Paula was born in Santiago, Chile and attended Loretto Academy preparatory. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in the Liberal Arts Honors Program where she was selected as the first Truman Scholar from UT El Paso. She lived in New York City for many years where she received her Masters in International and Public Affairs from Columbia University.  Paula worked in the South Bronx on community and economic development projects and later was recruited as a Vice President by Citibank to direct public affairs for Manhattan and the Bronx.  She spent 20 years with Citigroup and Smith Barney and joined Raymond James last year.  She currently serves on the Loretto Academy Board of Trustees in El Paso and returned recently to serve on the Board of Chiapas International in Dallas. She was a founding member of  this organization ten years ago in an effort to expand micro-lending tools to the poorest women in Latin America by connecting wealthy, philanthropic women in Dallas to the cause. Paula has one son, Agustin, who is 13. She is an avid traveler and loves cooking and dinner parties, yoga, reading, and music.  She is also devoted to philanthropy that is based on policy and services that lead wealth building and life changes. 

Paul Weisbruch is the VP of ETF\/Index Sales and Trading at Street One Financial. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S. – Economics), graduating magna cum laude, and has an MBA from Villanova University. Prior to joining the team at Street One, Paul served as the Director of RIA and Institutional ETF Sales at RevenueShares ETFs from December 2007 until November of 2009. Before RevenueShares, Paul was employed by Susquehanna International Group from 2000 until 2007 serving in roles including OTC\/NYSE Institutional Block Trading, Nasdaq\/OTC Market Making, ETF\/Derivatives Intelligence and Strategy, Algorithmic Trading, as well as acting as the PHLX Floor Specialist in the ETFs, SPY and DIA. Paul has been actively involved in the ETF space from both a product and trading standpoint since 2000. He maintains close relationships with the issuers of the ETFs and attends many industry conferences, as he understands from his experiences at RevenueShares the operational, trading, and branding challenges that newer ETF companies face in trying to raise assets and successfully launch their funds. Additionally, Paul has well forged relationships with national RIAs, institutional pension fund managers and consultants, mutual fund and hedge fund managers, and also the ETF media. Paul has been quoted and referenced in a number of ETF industry publications including Barron’s, Wall Street Journal, Morningstar, Traders Magazine, Index Universe, TheStreet.com, ETF Database, Seeking Alpha, The ETF Authority, AdvisorPerspectives, and ETF MarketPro. He holds his Series 4 (Registered Options Principal), 6, 7, 55 (Equity Trader), 63, and 65 licenses. Paul resides in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA with his wife Mandy.

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Paul Brunswick is a Senior Managing Principal of CEG Worldwide. Paul brings proven sales, coaching and leadership skills to the CEG team. He has extensive financial services experience and a proven track record working with both institutional and ultra-high-net-worth clients, as well as with financial advisors and branch managers. Brunswick has both field and corporate expertise in developing talent at all levels within a financial services organization.\nBrunswick has had more than 20 years of success in the financial services industry. Most recently, he was the director of national business development for Smith Barney, where he provided strategic and tactical direction to the firm’s entire private client distribution channel. He led campaigns designed to increase advisor net asset flow, grow fee-based revenue and improve advisor competency in such key areas as investment and wealth management. He also had responsibility for internal communications, new product approval and the research strategy group.\nEarlier, he worked at Smith Barney in a variety of management positions across the country. He started his financial career as a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch in St. Louis, Missouri.