ALL OFFICERS & DIRECTORS OF THIS FOUNDATION CURRENTLY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME & EFFORTS
ICON INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
DIRECTORS
Educational and Charitable Foundation.
In the beginning, during the 70s, Ralph Mehrkens, at that time Chairman of The Board of Santa Clara County Supervisors (CA),
and Ed. Carranza, owner at that time, of American Business College, were just two of a large group of influential individuals
lending enthusiastic support to the foundation's programs. The foundation's current management group includes several
members of Howard Rolfe's family, several long time business associates, several additional professionals who have
assumed positions on volunteer basis.
Officers National (currently Includes serving as officers of individual States of California and Nevada)
Nicky Rolfe: President (CEO) / National Executive Director
Garry C. Duncan Executive Vice President
Harold D. Blethen: st Vice President / Head of Purchasing
Robert E. McMillan : Chief Financial Officer: CPA; MBA; CFE; BSBA
Harold D. Blethen: Acting Secretary
Frank Derek Lasiter: Vice President
Nicholette Rae Vaughn: Vice President / National Director Public Relations
Michael Howard Price: Vice President / Properties Over-Site Liaison to Board
Officer and Director of State of Arizona
Arizona.
Alvin (Al) Morgan: Vice President / Executive Director, Arizona
National Board of Directors National Project Advisory Committee
Nicky Rolfe (CA;AZ) Chair Garry C. Duncan: Chair
Frank Derek Lasiter (CA): Director Nicky Rolfe Finance
Garry C. Duncan (CA): Director William H. Baker Accountant
Nicholette R. Vaughn(CA): Director Stacey Byrne CPA
Harold D. Blethen (AZ;CA): Director Michael Howard Price Structural (building)
William H. Baker(AZ): Director
Michael Howard Price (NV) Director
Robert M. McMillan (MN) Director
Duke R. Doggon (NV) Director
Robert E. McMillan. McMillan is a Certified Financial
Examiner, and while he no longer performs as a state or
federally contracted Examiner, he has a history of 23+ years
as an Examiner in Charge / Senior Insurance Company
Examiner. Besides numerous other companies he performed
Examinations of many multi-billion dollar Fortune 500
Companies; has in-depth knowledge of operations of both
public and private companies and the methods of the
Securities Exchange Commission. He graduated from the
University of Central Florida majoring in quantitative
economics; post graduate studies at University of West
Florida with a major thesis in oil & Gas. ( CFE, CPA, MBA,
BSBA)
Garry C. Duncan. Duncan is a graduate of the University of
California at Los Angeles, plus he has steadily attended
many post graduate courses over the years, and seminars in
such as Law & Finance, Market Trends & Perspectives,
Management and Accounting. He has extensive experience
as a manager of business and people. He holds both a
personal real estate brokers license and a Caldwell Banker
broker license. Duncan is a certified general real estate
appraiser with`extensive experience performing in-depth
feasibility studies; 27 years in finance, development of bond
programs; extensive experience with environmental
protection agencies and is an Expert Witness for Superior
Courts in California. Duncan's clients number in the
hundreds, including: governmental agencies, cities,
counties, state and federal agencies. His dealings include
major U.S. and international banks, etc.. He has been a top
executive of an oil and gas company, has had extensive
experience with the Securities Exchange Commission and
has been a partner managing principal of Duncan, Duncan
& Associates for 24 years.
Dennis J, O'Leary. O'Leary, currently retired, was for many
years a sought after consulting environmental expert and
systems design engineer for the water and pollution control
industries and international business in the U>.S.,
Australia, Italy, China, Korea and Pakistan. From 1955 to
1990 Mr. O'Leary as founder, owned and controlled
Shamrock Engineering Corp., a consulting firm which also
manufactured environmental equipment. Among the many
items he personally designed and his firm manufactured: 10
different systems to treat industrial wastewater and toxic
exhaust systems; skid mounted purification systems for
third world countries including China to treat polluted river
water where over 400 million people live in small to
medium sized villages; and 2 systems being used
successfully in the nuclear power industry. As a 49% partner
with the Samsonite (Luggage) Company established
manufacturing plants in various parts of the world to
produce such as scrubbers to counteract air pollution and
many other items. He is a graduate of the University of
Santa Clara Santa Clara California plus with many years
of post graduate studies.
William H. Baker. Has for nearly 29 years been involved in
business as manager, accountant or chief financial officer.
From 1987 to 1992 he served as loan manager for First
Security Mortgage Company. He was a commercial real
estate broker for a period of years. From 1997 to the present
he has been Managing partner of W. H. Baker & Co. an
accounting and tax preparation firm and Managing Partner
of W. H. Baker Investments Partnership, an investment
company. His associations with corporations is extensive,
serving often as president or chief financial officer. He is a
graduate of San Diego State University, majoring in
business administration
Harold D. Blethen. Mr. Blethen served Pacific Gas and
Electric (PG&E) in California in mid-management positions
including positions responsible for purchasing for the
departments for nearly 30 years. He owns Vision Scope, a
company which markets vision enhancement products for
persons visually impaired to varying degrees. He is a long
time member of the non profit Lyons Club, a charitable,
public service organization. He has been retired from PG&E
for about 17 years
Michael Howard Price. Price has served as an officer in
private companies periodically over 25+ years, He acquired
extensive internal business operations experience
functioning as business management assistant to Nicky
Rolfe. In recent years headed the technology dept for the
Executives Group, and the U.S Journal. From education and
past years, Price has extensive background in structural
engineering and fluid dynamic engineering, He has
participated in building oil refineries, off shore oil derick
platforms, a winery and other structures. He performed
over-site on important properties owned by several
consultants in the Executives Group and even became a
professional photographer on a pert time basis. He currently
functions full time for Icon.
Nicholette Rae Vaughn. Senior Commercial Lines Field
Underwriter for over 15 years, handling among the largest
accounts of companies including Fireman's Fund,
Transamerica, CAN and Atlantic Mutual, with 120 agency
plants and approximately 1,000 agents under her. Vaughn
also owned a water company, and dealt extensively with state
/ government utilities commissions, environmental control
and health departments. She changed career directions,
became a photographer and an editor for the U.S. Journal,
plus collaborating on articles, interviews and book reviews
published in the Journal. She held strong preferences for
articles relevant to abused and homeless children and
animal cruelty. She attended University of Nevada.e.
Frank (Derek) Lasiter. Served the financial industry for
over 20 years in managerial positions with such as Morris
Plan Corporation of California , American General and
American General & the Hammond Company, was a
consultant with the Executives Group
and is currently with a medical supply company. For a
period of years Lasiter presided over a very popular faith
based non profit charity oriented radio program. He spends
most of his free hours per week involved with children's
activities and programs connected with the school his
children attend.
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