North American Securities Administrators Association
The North American Securities Administrators Association, founded in Kansas in 1919, is the oldest international investor protection organization. NASAA is an association of state securities administrators who are charged with the responsibility to protect consumers who purchase securities or investment advice. NASAA's membership consists of 67 administrators from the territories, districts, and states of the United States, from Mexico, and from the provinces of Canada. In the United States, NASAA is the voice of state securities agencies responsible for efficient capital formation and grassroots investor protection. NASAA's fundamental mission is protecting consumers who purchase securities or investment advice, and its jurisdiction extends to a wide variety of issuers and intermediaries who offer and sell securities to the public. Through the association, NASAA members participate in multi-state enforcement actions and information sharing. NASAA also coordinates and implements training programs and education seminars for state, district, provincial, and territorial securities agency staff. The Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam is written by NASAA and administered by FINRA. Representative of the nature of its activities are its frequent warnings regarding investment fraud, its focus on the tax advantages of college plans, and its involvement in naked short selling litigation aimed at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. NASAA also provides a coordinated review process for companies using Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933 to raise capital.
Presidents
2020: Christopher W. Gerold, New Jersey 2019: Michael Pieciak, Vermont 2018: Joseph Borg, Alabama 2017: Mike Rothman, Minnesota 2016: Judy Shaw, Maine 2015: Bill Beatty, Washington 2014: Andrea Seidt, Ohio 2013: A. Heath Abshure, Arkansas 2012: Jack E. Herstein, Nebraska 2011:David S. Massey, North Carolina 2010:Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas 2009: Fred Joseph, Colorado 2008: Karen Tyler, North Dakota 2007: Joseph Borg, Alabama 2006: Patricia D. Struck, Wisconsin 2005: Franklin L. Widmann, New Jersey 2004: Ralph A. Lambiase, Connecticut 2003:Christine A. Bruenn, Maine 2002: Joseph Borg, Alabama 2001:Deborah R. Bortner, Washington 2000: Bradley W. Skolnik, Indiana 1999: Peter C. Hildreth, New Hampshire 1998: Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas 1997: Mark J. Griffin, Utah 1996: Dee Riddell Harris, Arizona 1995: Philip A. Feigin, Colorado 1994: Craig A. Goettsch, Iowa 1993: Barry Guthary, Massachusetts 1992: Lewis W. Brothers, Jr., Virginia 1991: Doug Mays, Kansas & John R. Perkins, Missouri 1990: Susan E. Bryant, Oklahoma 1989: John C. Baldwin, Utah 1988: James C. Meyer, Tennessee 1987: F. Daniel Bell, III, North Carolina 1986: Royce O. Griffin, Colorado 1985: H. Wayne Howell, Georgia 1984: Michael Unger, Massachusetts 1983: Richard D. Latham, Texas 1982: David Hart Wunder, Illinois 1981: Thomas L. Krebs, Alabama For presidents prior to 1981, See Official website.
