Ross Vanderwolf to Lead MDRT

The group's next president is based in Brisbane, in Australia.

Ross Vanderwolf is in the middle of this group of five 2019 MDRT officers. The others, from left to right, are Ian Green, Regina Bedoya, James Pittman and Randy Scritchfield. (Photo: MDRT)

The Million Dollar Round Table has been getting more of its members from outside the United States in recent years. For 2019, its leader will also come from outside the United States.

The group has named Ross Vanderwolf to be the 2019 MDRT president.

Vanderwolf is the managing director in charge of Rothgard Financial Partners, a financial planning firm in Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia.

(Related: James Pittman to Lead Million Dollar Round Table)

He holds the Certified Financial Planner professional designation, and he has been in MDRT for 31 years.

He was the AXA Financial Advice Network’s State Adviser of the Year in 2002 and 2007.

The other 2019 officers will be James Pittman, immediate past president; Regina Bedoya, first vice president; Ian Green, second vice president; and Randy Scritchfield, secretary.

The group says it has about 62,000 members.from 69 nations and territories.

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