LEADERSHIP
Michael Bertash
Corporate Director
Asset Management. Mr. Bertash’s 25 years of experience in the investment management industry includes Bear Stearns Asset Management, and J. & W. Seligman and Co., two "Top Money Managers” as listed in Pensions & Investments, a leading institutional investment journal. Prior to working with Tocqueville, Mr. Bertash was a founding Member of New York Capital Advisors, LLC, a start up quantitative investment management firm. Additionally, he is a director and a member of the audit committee of Franklin Credit Management Services.
Mr. Bertash also holds a U.S. Patent for Matrix Pricing Software.
LtCol Richard Bordonaro (Retired)
Director of Veteran Relations
A native of Montclair, NJ, LtCol Bordonaro was assigned to Marine Forces Pacific, Camp Smith, Hawaii where he served as the G-6 Plans Officer. In July 2005 he was reassigned as the S-6, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. In December 2006, LtCol Bordonaro was assigned as the Branch Chief J61, Architecture and Interoperability, US Forces Japan, Yokota Air Force Base. He was promoted to his current rank in September 2007. In January 2010, LtCol Bordonaro transferred to 1st Marine Division for duty as the Assistant Chief of Staff G-6 for 1st Marine Division (Forward) and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. LtCol Bordonaro assumed his current duties as Inspector-Instructor, 6th Communication Battalion on 5 June 2011. Since retiring LtCol Bordonaro works as a Vice President at JP Morgan in New York City.
Ali Reeder
Founder and CEO
A graduate of American Musical and Dramatic Academy and New School University, Ali has spent her career providing entertaininment and morale for our Nation's Military. She became most passionate about caring for veterans after she met her now husband, a former combat Marine. At that time she was a signed songwriter and recording artist and was continuing her life mission of entertaining U.S. military. With a passion for music and seeing first hand the power of its morale building capabilities she saw a need for lifting the spirits of our heroes. She then created American Bombshells Patriotic Services to provide not only just entertainment but also camraderie and morale and other military programs that help our heroes and their families. Whether at a military hospital or performing on national television Ali hopes to inspire support
for those who deserve it most and Patriotism all over the USA.