CONTRIBUTORS
Gabriella A. Hunt
Editor
Gabriella is a marketing professional with over seven
years of experience. She currently holds a Bachelor of
Science in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations
in Marketing, Printing & Publishing, Photographic Arts
& Sciences and Psychology from Rochester Institute of
Technology. She has been a featured writer and editor
in several publications including Rochester Woman
Magazine and Pup Culture.
Gabriel Potter,MBA, AIFA ®
Contributing Writer
Gabriel is a Senior Investment Research Associate of
Westminster Consulting where he designs strategic asset
allocations and conducts proprietary market research.
He earned a B.A. in Economics and a Certificate of
Business Management from the University of Rochester
and an M.B.A. with concentrations in Corporate Finance
and Computers & Information Systems from the
University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School
of Business. He also holds an Accredited Investment
Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA®) designation and has been
quoted in Human Resources Executive Magazine and
his articles have been published through fi360 and
AdvisorOne.
Thomas F. Zamiara, AIFA ®
Contributing Editor
Tom is one of the founding partners of Westminster
Consulting and today serves as the managing partner
where he currently works with corporate, non-profit
and foundation clients.
Tom began his career in the financial services industry
managing the fixed income desk of the Regional
Institutional Sales Group for the Lehman Brothers
division of Shearson in Rochester NY. In 1994, he
joined Prudential Securities, Inc. and helped develop
the Private Client Group and Qualified Plan Consulting
Group practices.
A graduate of Boston College, Tom also attended
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
where he earned the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz
School of Business Accredited Investment Fiduciary
Analyst (AIFA®) designation. Today, he also serves
as a member of the Brothers of Holy Cross Investment
Advisory Committee.
Erik Dryburgh
Contributing Writer
Erik is a principal in the law firm of Adler & Colvin,
a law firm specializing in representing nonprofit
organizations and their donors. He has an undergraduate
business degree from the University of Wisconsin
at Madison, and earned his J.D. at the University of
California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall. He is also a Certified
Public Accountant (inactive). Erik’s areas of expertise
include charitable gift planning, endowments, and
not-for-profit organizations
John Ameriks, Ph.D.
Contributing Writer
John is a principal and head of the Active Equity
Group within Vanguard Equity Investment Group. He
oversees the portfolio management team that serves
as investment advisor to Vanguard Strategic Equity
Fund and Vanguard Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund.
The team also manages portions of 10 other Vanguard
stock funds.
Mr. Ameriks previously served as head of Vanguard
Investment Counseling & Research group, which, in
co