Pascal Alexandre
Commercial Barter; Corporate Barter
1988-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. 4years service IRTA European Board;
founding member IRTA European Board. He
was one of the first European exchanges to
combine elements of commercial barter with
the corporate barter process. |
Bob Bagga
Commercial Barter
1992-Present
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award.
7 years of IRTA Board service; IRTA
Global Board Vice President. Secretary,
Treasurer. Marketing Committee; member.
Certified Trade Broker, Ethics, Universal
Currency and Bylaws committees. Led
several IRTA presentations and seminars;
He participated in the creation and launch
of the Universal Currency system by taking
a leading role in writing the UC Bylaws and
Regulations. |
Ray Bastarache
Commercial Barter
1984-2002
Two IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; IRTA Mentorship Award;
Numerous IRTA Barter Ambassador
Awards. 10 years service on IRTA Board,
served as IRTA Board President, Vice
President and Treasurer. Participated in
and led numerous convention seminars and
panels. Was an early proponent of industry
use of advanced technology and created
and successfully produced some of the first
exchange management software. |
Col. Bill Austin
Commercial Barter
1977-2000
Member Barter Hall of Fame, IRTA Paul St.
Martin Distinguished Service Award; IRTA
Outstanding Achievement Award. 12 years
of IRTA Board service; two terms as IRTA
Board President; chair of IRTA Ethics and
Government Relations Committees. Led in
the creation of the IRTA Code of Ethics;
very active and productive in the lobbying
efforts to pass the Barter Bill of Rights. |
Terry Brandfass
Commercial Barter
1979-Present
Two IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award. 12 years IRTA
Board and North American Board service.
Numerous committees; UC Board of
Governors. Played a key role in producing
the IRTA Sales Training and Trade
Brokering Manual. |
Lois Dale
Commercial barter
1979-2007
Two IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; IRTA Outstanding
Achievement Award, IRTA Ambassador
Award. 15 years of IRTA Board service;
two terms IRTA Global Board President.
Seminar and panel leader on several
presentations on Media and Marketing. |
Steve Goldbloom
Commercial Barter
1984-2009
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award.
10 years IRTA Global Board; 2 terms as
President, 2 terms as treasurer; 1 term as
Secretary; IRTA UC finance committee.
Participated in and led numerous
convention seminars and panels. Took
lead in developing the Universal Currency
system; accomplished positive results in
both the Corporate Barter and Commercial
Barter sectors of the Modern Trade and
Barter industries |
Lee Anne Busman
Commercial Barter
1992-2009
IRTA Ambassador Awards. 4 years IRTA
Board service, IRTA Membership, Universal
Currency Committees; IRTA Convention
speaker; panel participant; as a Board and
committee member took an active role
in constructing and adopting policy and
procedures within the Universal Currency
System. |
Alan Elkin
Corporate Barter
1984-2009
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award . 10
years IRTA Board Service, President IRTA
Corporate Council. Founding member of
IRTA Corporate Council, central in creating
bylaws and standards. Played a significant
role in establishing the IRTA Universal
Currency System. |
Thomas Greco
Community Currency
1987-Present
As an economist, professor and author he
writes and consults on monetary exchange
alternatives, including private credit clearing
systems, complementary and local currency;
Has authored three books: New Money for
Healthy Communities; Money and Debt: A
Solution to the Global Crisis and his latest,
The End of Money and the Future of
Civilization. Has made several presentations
during IRTA conventions and is active
worldwide working with and developing
Community Currency systems. |
Edgar S. Cahn
Community Currency
1980-Present
Authored “No More Throw Away People”
and “Time Dollars”. Created the concept
of Time Dollars and founded TimeBanks
USA, a local, tax-exempt currency which
is designed to validate and reward the
work preformed by volunteers and the
disadvantaged in local communities. |
Andrew Federowski
Commercial Barter
1991-2008
Member Barter Hall of Fame. He was a
leader in the early development and use of
online technology as a platform of opera-
tions within the Modern Trade and Barter
Industry. |
Perry Constantinides
Commercial Barter1977-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; numerous IRTA Ambassador
Awards. I2 years of IRTA Board service;
served the IRTA Ethics, Membership,
Government Relations, Convention and
Finance committees; led several IRTA
seminar and panels. Participated in the
founding of IRTA; was part of test case
that gave rise to 1099-B reporting. |
Art Goehring
Commercial Barter
1976-2003
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award
and several other Industry pioneer awards;
15 years of IRTA Board service; was a
founding member of IRTA and served on
the first IRTA Board. He chaired several
IRTA committees, Ethics, Contracts,
Membership, and Governmental. He
took a leading role in the successful effort
to secure the legal standing and win
government recognition of our industry. |
Susan Groenwald
Commercial Barter
1981-2003
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award.
15 years IRTA Board Service; IRTA Board
President, Vice President, Treasurer,
Secretary. Played a significant part in the
lobbying effort in Washington, to pass
Barter Bill DC 1982-83. Was central in
establishing and forming the Universal
Currency system. |
Doug Dagenais
Commercial Barter
1981-2009
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. Presented extremely effective and
powerful seminars focusing on selling
exchange memberships; participated in
several IRTA seminars and panels. Created
the IRTA sale and sales management
training manual. |
Allan Hackel
Corporate Barter
1954-2009
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award;
IRTA CBC Lifetime Achievement Award.
He is considered the “founding father”
of the corporate barter industry and is
credited with the invention of the accounts
receivable concept that is to this day the
basic principle of a Corporate Barter
Transaction. |
Reiner Husemann
Commercial Barter
1989-2009
Two IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards. 10 years IRTA Global
Board service. Founding member of IRTA
European Board, 2 terms as President
of IRTA European Board; chaired IRTA
Website and Marketing committee. He has
introduced one of the first International
web based trading platforms that includes
a loyalty element. He continues to actively
support a single currency that would include
all members of the Modern Trade and
Barter industry. |
Richard Logie
Commercial Barter
1991-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement
Award. 6 year of IRTA Board service;
6 years service and current President of
IRTA European Board. Chaired the IRTA
Community Currency Committee. He
continues to be a leader in promoting the
Community and Complementary Currency
movements within the Modern Trade and
Barter industry structure. |
Bob Meyer
Author and Lecturer
1979-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
NATE Lifetime Achievement Award.
Founder and publisher of the BarterNews
Magazine which has become the major
voice of the Modern Trade and Barter
Industry; Bob has introduced the barter
concept to thousands of business owners
and entrepreneurs. He has authored
and published the FastStart program
that continues to educate business and
individuals about our industry. |
Phillip Ronald Keister
Commercial Barter
1973-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. Served as Vice President of the
first IRTA Board; many committees and
seminars. One of the founding members
of IRTA. Responsible for design of IRTA
logo. |
Sergio Lub
Community Currency
1980-Present
Keynote speaker in 2002 at the First
International Community Currency
Conference in Koriyama Japan. Created
Friendly Favors Living Directory
Network, which is being used by over
100 organizations and is interconnecting
50,000+ people in 150+ countries; Has
traveled worldwide with Thomas Greco
on behalf of the Community Currency
movement. |
Harold Rice
Commercial Barter
1976-Present
Two IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; Two NATE Distinguished
Service Awards. 20 total years of Board
service; 6 years IRTA Board; 12 years
NATE Board. As a CPA he has held the
Treasurer position in both IRTA and
NATE. Central in shaping bookkeeping,
accounting procedures and best practices
within the modern Trade and Barter
industry. |
Maurya Lane
Commercial Barter
1991-Present
IRTA and NATE Ambassador Awards.
15 year Member of IRTA and NATE.
She assumed a leadership role in assisting
and training new industry members; Led
Convention seminars and participated in
panels. She has actively supported unity
within the Modern Trade and Barter
industry. |
Don Mardak, President, IMS
Commercial Barter
1984-Present
2009 Barter Hall of Fame; two IRTA
Outstanding Achievement Awards; NATE
Gary Monkman Memorial Award. I0 years
Board service, two terms as President of
NATE Board. Presently serves on IRTA
Board. Participated as a founder of the
B.A.N.K currency system. Recently been
a spokesperson ambassador for the barter
industry to many media outlets and investor
conferences. |
Annette Riggs
Commercial Barter; Community Currency
1981-Present
Annette has over 20 years
experience in the commercial barter sector.
She transitioned into the community
currency sector; she now operates a
commercial barter exchange in Bolder Co.
She has presented Community Currency
seminars during both the 2008 and 2009
IRTA conventions. She is an educator and
valued speaker who is contributing her
unique vision and commitment to both
the Community Currency and Commercial
Barter segments of the Modern Trade and
Barter industry. |
Bernard Lietaer
Community Currency
Over 25 years of service
Has twice been a speaker at IRTA
Conventions. An economist author and
professor. Authored “The Future of
Money” and the forthcoming “Of Human
Wealth”. He is credited with coining the
phrase “Complementary Currency” and has
worked with leaders of the sector to further
the use of Community Currency. |
Michael Mercier
Commercial Barter
1978-Present
19 years IRTA Board service, current
Vice President; 4 years NATE Board,
past President; IRTA Paul St. Martin
Distinguished Service Award; IRTA
Outstanding Achievement Award, NATE
Distinguished Service Award, several
seminars and committees. Chaired the IRTA
Government Relations committee that
created model legislation for presentation
to Congress that led to the US government
recognition of the Modern Trade and
Barter industry; has worked continuously
for industry unity. |
Mary Ellen Rosinski
Commercial Barter
1986-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award; IRTA Outstanding Achievement
Award. 6years of IRTA Board service;
current IRTA Treasurer; past IRTA North
America President; CTB and Marketing
committees. Several presentations, including
marketing and accounting, 1099 reporting.
An advocate for small exchanges and
IRTA inclusiveness of qualifying industry
members. |
Michael Linton
Community Currency
1983-Present
IRTA convention speaker. Founded
LETS, Local Exchange Trading System,
a community oriented trading platform
that allows its members to manage their
own parallel currency system. Today there
are thousands of LETS communities
worldwide |
Debbie Schramm, Arcabascio
Commercial Barter
1991-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. 4 years IRTA Board service;
North American Board; IRTA Convention
and Marketing Committee. Participated
in several IRTA convention panels and
seminars. She was very active and effective
in providing training and education for
trade directors and brokers. |
Walther Smets
Commercial Barter
1996-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. 4 years IRTA European Board service;
founding member of the IRTA European
Chapter and Board. Pioneered the integration
of loyalty programs and swipe technology into
Modern Trade and Barter exchange systems |
Steve Webster
Commercial Barter
1978-2007
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award.
20 years Board service; 5 years NATE
Board service, one term as President, 15
years IRTA Board service, one term as
President. Chair of IRTA and NATE
Certified Trade Broker Committees; leader
of several seminars and presentations;
founder and creator of the IRTA and
NATE consolidated Certified Trade Broker
program that is utilized industry wide. |
Jack Schacht
Commercial Barter
1980-2005
Several Industry Awards. 15 years of NATE
Board service; NATE Board President;
several NATE committees; was keynote
speaker and led numerous seminars and
convention panels. He was one of the first
to combine media and corporate barter into
the commercial barter sector. |
Paul Suplizio
1978-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame. Paul is
known as a founder of the Modern Trade
and Barter Industry. As the first IRTA
Executive Director and, over a period of
12 years, he formed and founded the IRTA,
Corporate Barter Council, IRTA Europe
and IRTA Australia. He worked with US
Congress and US government agencies
to secure the Barter Bill of Rights and
Revenue Ruling 82-52 that solidified the
legal standing of the Modern Trade and
Barter industry. |
Steve White
Commercial Barter
1983-Present
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award.
Served on NATE Board and as NATE
President and Chairman; Founder of the
NATE Technology Committee; Pioneered
technological advancements within the
Modern Trade and Barter industry;
Consolidated ITEX and BXI, two of the
largest commercial barter companies, when
they had severe problematic issues; thereby
stabilizing the North American market of
our industry. |
Sally Selbman
Commercial Barter
1986-2001
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Award. Led seminars on trade
accounting and collection; served on several
committees and panels; was instrumental in
establishing IRTA standards of accounting
and bookkeeping procedures. |
Arthur Wagner, VP, Active International
Corporate Barter
1984-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award;
IRTA Outstanding Achievement Award.
8 years of IRTA Board Service; President
IRTA Corporate Council. Member of the
Ethics Committee of the IRTA Corporate
Council, and served on the task force that
created the Corporate Barter Sectors first
code of professional ethics and standards. |
Scott Whitmer
Commercial Barter
1982-Present
Three IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished
Service Awards; numerous IRTA
Ambassador Awards. 20 years of IRTA
Board service; two terms as IRTA
President; many committees and seminars;
While IRTA President, he played a key role
in the founding of Universal Currency. |
Wayne Sharpe
Commercial Barter
1991-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul
St. Martin Distinguished Service Award; 6
years IRTA Board service 5 years; IRTA
Australia Board service; participated and led
several panels and seminars. A charismatic
figure, Wayne has built Bartercard into
a 70,000 business member commercial
barter company. He continues to promote
the Modern Trade and Barter process as
a viable way for businesses to deal with
current economic conditions. |
David Wallach
Commercial Barter
1976-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame; three IRTA
Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Awards. 22 years of IRTA Board service,
current IRTA President. Numerous
committees and seminars. Central in
defeating California legislation that would
have crippled the industry; first to integrate
media with commercial barter; created the
IRTA Operation Outreach Program. |
Ron Whitney
Commercial Barter
1993-Present
IRTA Paul St. Martin Distinguished Service
Award. Served on IRTA and NATE Board
of Directors and former officer of both.
IRTA Executive Director since 2007.
Appointed to IRS IRPAC Advisory Committee 2006 to 2009.
Has positively impacted IRS policy
on withholding and 1099-B reporting and
developed vital industry contact with the
service. |
M. Sirri Simsek
Commercial Barter
1989-Present
Member Barter Hall of Fame; IRTA Paul St.
Martin Distinguished Service Award. 10 years IRTA
Global Board service. Founding member of IRTA
European Board, IRTA Ethics Committee. Authored
an educational book titled “Moneyless Trade: Barter”.
First to apply swipe technology to barter transactions;
is working directly with the Turkish government in
securing standards of barter system operations for the
benefit of all barter clients |
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