The GoodB Team Round Up    

Debby Almonte – Associate Editor Editor; Research Consultant
A Houston, Texas native, Deb brings some “down home” synergy to her mostly New York colleagues. An undergraduate from Fordham University, Deb is a doctoral candidate in Fordham’s outstanding Education department. Her joy and enthusiasm is both welcome and contagious.

Alain Bolea – Financial Markets Expert; Contributing Columnist
French native and former Deustche Bank Managing Director of Telecom Finance, Alain brings his mix of maverick thinker and international banking to Good-B. Alain is a corporate management advisor and teacher of how to “bring your soul to business.”  Alain holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. A resident of both Boulder, Colorado and coastal Massachusetts, Alain’s life partner is the bestselling Megatrend author, Patricia Aburdene. After studying political science at the University of Lyon, Alain left his native France bringing the rich tradition of French political philosophy with him to his years in Wall Street investment banking.

Saniel Bonder - "Spiritual Money Guru," Column: Spirit/Money Split
Harvard educated, “destiny-empowerment” expert, Saniel is author of the forthcoming audio program, “Wealth Without Guilt” and the provocative “White-Hot Yoga of the Heart.” He hails from Sonoma, California where his unique blend of intellectual curiosity and spiritual wisdom is honed and nurtured. Saniel co-writes and co-teaches with his wife, Linda. Together they travel and teach “materiality and spirit” workshops throughout the US and internationally. http://heartgazing.com/spiritmoney

Ron Davison – Efficiency Wizard
Ron is a wizard at efficiency and organization. Ron pulls together all the loose ends at GoodB and puts them together in a technically coherent fashion. Currently serving as Vice President of Operations for the Wall Street recruiting firm RMG Search, Ron is delighted to broaden his scope to include the world of GoodB.

Markus Klier – European Union Correspondent
Markus, a Software Entrepreneur and Educational Counselor from the vibrant German capitol of Berlin, contributes the Central European perspective to the world of GoodB.  (Markus is a former German filmmaker and Political Science commentator.He holds a Master's in Political Science from Frei Universitat in Berlin. He is currently a marketing maverick of cutting-edge Central European technology.)

Robert Mitchell – Systems Supernova; Technology Expert
Rob creates technology systems- software systems, computer systems – and the practical application for those of us who have no clue how to navigate the wondrous web and wireless worlds. Having a background in both corporate tech engineering and financial trading execution software for hedge funds and investment banks, Rob’s brain operates at a superhuman level of a high energy stellar explosion.

Steven P. Mitchell– Economic Trend Analyst; Finance Historian
Steve worked as a project manager for several years for Wall Street and tech biggies (including Reuter’s, CSFB, & Chase) overseeing global telecom installations. He hold degrees in Ancient Civilization and Anthropological Psychology from Stony Brook University in New York.  Steve is our resident expert on anything and everything in history. If he doesn’t know, he will certainly find out. Steve is a member of the National Society of Historians.

Monika Mitchell — Executive Director
Monika provides the feminine wisdom to the result-oriented perspective of the mostly male GoodB team. She sees the Big Picture and holds that vision for the GoodB crew. Her mission: To build a bridge between ordinary mortals and the material worlds of high finance and global business. Her goal for GoodB is to restore faith and trust in business for the international consumer community. (For full bio see Founder.)

Gregg Piechyna – Tech Wizard
Gregg seems to understand the web world even better than the human world. He is a wiz at all things technical and seems perfectly suited to cutting-edge cyber culture. Gregg has been a tech trouble shooter for major corporations and companies, as well as systems engineer for his own company, Avantech. He is currently the Chief Tech Engineer for All Tech Pros. He is bilingual - fluent in both Binary and English. 

Peter Ressler – Contributing Op Ed
Peter doubles as Wall Street executive, capitalist rainmaker, and business ethics expert. His mission: to see the world of business usher in the new era of personal responsibility. A native  New Yorker from Brooklyn, Peter is remarkably undaunted by the huge undertaking of better business for a better world.

Mark Sclafani - Public Outreach  Director, Resident Yogi
After years of close study with world renowned Kriya Yoga Master, Parmahansa Hariharananda, Mark earns the title of GoodB's resident yogi. He is the former president of General Office Services. Mark currently serves as creative consultant and Public Relations Director at Chilmark Books.

David Wilk- Marketing Director, Column: Reconsidering Business
David has been in the book publishing business for three decades as a writer, editor, and publishing executive. Most recently, he serves as President of Book Trix, a web marketing company for publishers and authors. A social change agent, David founded the Small Press Action Fund and most recently, a water issues advocacy organization called Turn to Tap.