CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

FRANK DE SAXCÉ was born in Moultrie, Georgia in the USA and spent the first three years of his life in the US before moving to France where he received a French education ending with his Baccalauréat in Economics which he received in 1975. He then came back to the States and took an M.B.A or Master’s in Business Administration at NYU; he became a New York Certified Public Accountant, an Auditor and finally a Tax Specialist with Price Waterhouse in New York City in 1980. In 1981-82, he was transferred to the Price Waterhouse correspondent office in Paris where he managed expatriate tax returns and miscellaneous audits in France. Since 1983, Frank De Saxcé has been a self-employed auditor and tax consultant and has taught Accounting and Finance. In 1987 and 2007, he edited a bilingual Accounting, Tax and Financial Dictionary and became a finance lawyer in Paris in 1994-1995. In 2009, he first wrote ‘The Last of the Esso Workers’ under the pseudonym of ‘Basil Sadexec,’ an interesting book and it is why I brought him on the show today. In 2013, he formerly retired from his business and law practice but still consults on a part-time basis

Eric Tate is our next guest today. Eric's passions include personal development, being a father, filmmaking, coaching tennis to high-level juniors, entrepreneurship, politics and visionary thinking. Currently, he's in the launch phase of a web series called 'Whatever It Takes' that combines scripted comedy with tennis coaching. You can reach Eric directly at [email protected] or find him on Instagram at “one inspired dude.”

Jean-Paul Brayer is a semi-retired and accomplished businessman living 8 miles outside central Paris. Jean-Paul has lived in other parts of the world, especially Europe, for long periods of time. He has worked at, and been the CEO of, big companies including Heineken (Holland), Levi-Strauss (France), Quick Restaurants (worldwide), and Group Flo worldwide, just to name a few. He has also been a student/lecturer in French in the US and is a graduate of the acclaimed Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. He is also cited on page 394 of the most recent Who’s Who in France!

Jeff Anderson grew up in the Northeast just outside of Boston, MA. He attended the University of Massachusetts where he attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Business with a double concentration in Finance and Marketing.

Jeff is an instructor at St. Petersburg College and Hillsborough County Community College where he has been teaching retirement planning courses for over 10 years. These courses are educational courses that bring awareness to the importance of Financial Planning

Kathy (Kathleen) Sheehan Tyson was born in New York City and graduated from Marymount High School and New York University with

a BA in Spanish and Spanish American Literature. She was able

to travel extensively during her teenage and young adult years.

After graduating from New York

University, she became a

Registered Nurse and received a BSN (In Nursing), also from NYU.

She then worked in NYC hospitals, had a family, and returned to psychiatric nursing. She and her husband,

David, still live in NYC and

consider themselves very fortunate to live there.

Carla Pennington Kirby grew up in California and received a Teaching Credential, Reading Specialist Credential and master’s degree from San Diego State University in the 1970’s. She worked 10 years teaching Remedial Reading, wrote and made Personalized Children’s books, published free “Kidz Reading Tips” newsletters and was Director of Fan Mail for the San Diego Chargers. Today, she lives in the quaint mountain town of Sandpoint, Idaho on Lake Pend o’ reille with her husband, Steve, co-founder of TidyTop.

A Communications Director, Colonel Arnold V. Strong is now retired but brings three decades’

experience as a communications strategist, management consultant, and operator to the fore. A

US Army Ranger, he is a veteran of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and has led

peacekeeping training and operations in Bangladesh, Egypt and Ghana. Colonel Strong was

also the CEO of Portland-based BrightNeighbor® and the founding communications director

for DeepCurrent®, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence start-up.

Thomas Pépin Lehalleur, who often writes under the name, Henrik Gunnarsson, is a French national who has lived all his life in France. After passing his baccalaureate, he became a tennis instructor and First Aid specialist. Today, he is a first-class blogger and writer with definite ideas on French wealth tax, politics and economics. He is a contributing writer at inutilejournal.blogspot.com which is an online blog of Le Figaro, a conservative French daily.

ROBERT VODNOY is the music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota which he founded in 2017. During the summer season, he is the conductor and music director of the Whiting Park Festival Orchestra, which performs a huge array of popular and classical favorites.

Vodnoy has also guest-conducted numerous orchestras throughout the world.

In May 2018, Vodnoy retired from Northern State University as Conductor of the Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony/Professor of Strings and Music History.

He holds a BM summa cum laude and an MM in composition from the University of Hartford.

Martin Emmrich was born on Dec. 17, 1984 in Magdeburg in East Germany. He is a retired professional tennis player who specialized in doubles on the ATP tour (Association of Tennis Professionals). He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 604 on October 12, 2009 and his highest doubles ranking of 35 on August 5, 2013. Martin Emmrich is the son of Thomas Emmrich (who also played for East Germany) and is the only one from that country to ever hold an ATP ranking.