The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), an international association of financial advisors, announced Sept. 4 the appointments of Ross Vanderwolf, CFP, to President and Randy L. Scritchfield, CFP, LUTCF, to Secretary of the organization’s Executive Committee.
Vanderwolf is a 31-year MDRT member from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia who has nine Court of the Table and eight Top of the Table qualifications. He will be the 93rd President of MDRT and will succeed 44-year member James D. Pittman, CLU, CFP, of Portland, Oregon, who will become the Immediate Past President.
Regina Bedoya, CLU, ChFC, a 25-year member from Juno Beach, Florida, will serve as First Vice President and Ian James Green, Dip PFS, a 20-year member from London, England, will serve as Second Vice President.
“To be MDRT goes beyond simply achieving a production requirement; it means joining a global community where we strive to succeed based on MDRT’s deep-rooted tradition of shared learning for the betterment of our clients, organization, peers and the financial services industry,” Vanderwolf said. “I’m honored to carry on the legacy as President and lead more than 66,000 of the world's top financial services professionals on the path to personal and professional growth each year.”
Scritchfield, the newest member of the Executive Committee, is from Damascus, Maryland and is a 34-year MDRT member with three Court of the Table and 17 Top of the Table qualifications.