Our People

	Robert Bell, Senior Partner.  Robert Bell has over 25 years of experience as a business development consultant for both profit-driven and non-profit organizations operating in the IT (Information Technology) outsourcing, telecommunications, and financial services industries. His strengths are in business and program planning and management of execution. More…
	Louis Zacharilla, Senior Partner. After a career in advertising, where his work included the award-winning “Be All You Can Be” campaign for the US Army, Louis Zacharilla began consulting with start-up companies in several industries, as well as telecommunications, teleport and IT industry companies, on public relations, brand, and business development issues in 1983. More…
	Keith Buckley, Practice Leader. Keith has 20 years of experience as a senior sales manager in for satellite and telecom companies, telecom industry entrepreneur and investment banker and financial advisor. More…
	Tamara Bond, Operations. Tamara brings over 10 years of management and customer service experience in an association environment to her work for AAI. Since 2001, Tamara has worked with Alan Anthony, serving the professional associations under AAI management. She has provided membership and chapter development, supported fundraising, provided liaison to Boards of Directors and Chapter Boards.    More…
	Randall Barney, Program Administrator.  Randall has 10 years of successful administration of national and international non-profit membership associations.  He specializes in database administration, Web site development and project management.      More…
Creative & Production Team
	Jennifer Bergamini, Graphic Designer.  For over 15 years Jennifer Bergamini has been partnering to meet the creative needs of some of the worlds most dynamic businesses, institutions and artists.  Jennifer has worked with the United Nations on a variety of far reaching global projects, as well as The Boys Choir of Harlem and Salvadori Center on articulating very local priorities. Her mix of profit and non-profit experience includes:  Pearson Education, Webster Bank, American Cancer Society, McGraw-Hill, Big Apple Circus, HarperCollins, Thirteen/WLIW and Great Places Publishing.  Her design work includes annual reports, websites, marketing collateral, publications, corporate identity, catalogs and multimedia presentations.
	Gary Hessberger, Graphic Designer.  Gary Hessberger has over 20 years of experience as a graphic designer, including 15 years as a Senior Designer for Parsons Brinckerhoff, a worldwide engineering firm. His work includes the design and production of web sites, brochures, annual reports, advertising, and magazines. His designs have won awards from the New York Chapter of the Society for Technical Communications.
	Orly Konig-Lopez, Communications Manager.  Orly König-Lopez has over 15 years of experience as an editor and communications professional with primary emphasis in the satellite communications industry.  She started as an editor for Via Satellite magazine before moving to corporate communications and public relations for companies in a broad range of industries including satellite communications, satellite launch services, IT and biotechnology.  She provides editorial, public relations and marketing communications support to companies in a variety of industries including satellite communications, biotechnology and non-profits.
	Linda Thornburg, Writer/Editor.  Linda Thornburg started her career as an editor, then became director of communications of a trade association, where her responsibilities included marketing large, international trade shows and publicizing association programs to members. She has served as editor of 20 newsletters and magazines and authored or coauthored hundreds of articles and more than a dozen books for business and education audiences.