"Providing efficient service with high standards and intergrity."

DRC Associates

Daniel, Russell & Charles Co.
980 9th Street, 16th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 444-9036
(800) 735-3576 toll-free
(916) 444-9146 fax

For More Information download our brochure (PDF), call (800) 735-3576 or email drc@drccompany.com.

Charles R. Daniel, CEP, MDE

cd@drccompany.com

President

Mr. Daniel started the firm in 1990 and since has received an Award for Top Finance from Prudential Bank; Charles Daniel is the principal of Daniel, Russell & Charles Co. (DRC), a consulting firm serving California and other States which provides services in areas of insurance, investments, and finance. He received from University of California Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, MBE; Mr. Daniel is a Certified Estate Planner designation and participated estates of as larger as 500 million. Also, Mr. Daniel is an expert in providing technical knowledge and analytical support in the areas of entrepreneurship, estate planning, business insurance, and Business Owners, Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officers of corporations.. Mr. Daniel has over 20 years of experience his will extraordinary actives are Co-Founder and First President, Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce; California Participant, White House Small Business Conference; Member, Million Dollar Round Table; Member, National Association of Underwriters and Congress Business Adviser 2004 - 2009


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Richard Daniel

rd@drccompany.com

Merchant & Business Evaluations

Mr. Richard Daniel stated with the firm in 2008 bringing years of experience. Since 1989, Mr. Daniel has owned and operated RMD Financial Corporation, a Colorado based national firm engaged in acquisitions and mergers. RMD's primary focus is on concession acquisitions in international airports. Business valuation and restructuring services are also provided by the firm. For more than ten years RMD has been engaged in completing corporate due diligent services to investors. Mr. Daniel has seventeen years experience in commercial leasing and lending in the Rocky Mountain region. He has managed commercial leasing/lending portfolios which range in size from $15 to $60 million dollars. As the senior credit officer for the Colorado region of a five billion dollar national company, Mr. Daniel supervised a staff of twenty-five professionals in five states. Mr. Daniel's extensive experience in the media includes both radio and television where he hosted several talk shows which addressed business and financial issues.


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Emi Ashida, M.B.A.

ea@drccompany.com

Business Adviser

Ms. Ashida was recruited in 2009 to develop operational l capability as a technology manager on the business side. The self-funded group insurance product was unveiled to five regions nationally and to five employer groups over six months. Deployed National Self-Funded Insurance Product,: Partnered with external and internal stakeholders to establish new business processes to launch new insurance products to group employers. Result: Solidified partnerships and collectively developed institutional knowledge to support product implementation. Fulfilled Employer Requests,: Accommodated unique technology requests related to the national self-funded business solution. Result: Collaborated with our Third Party Administrator and operational teams to support the customer relationship through the sales and maintenance product lifecycle phases. Implementation Resolution, Resolved and communicated work stream status, issue management, and priorities weekly. Result: Communicated issues that required higher visibility and/or had downstream impacts that required multi-regional, vendor, or inter-departmental support.


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Albert Lowey-Ball

alb@drccompany.com

Economics

Joining the firm in 2003, Albert Lowey-Ball, is a subcontractor to DRC for technical health care cost management, rate and benefit development, provider/plan outreach and negotiations support services. . Mr. Lowey- Ball attended MA, PhD Candidacy/Economics University of Maryland MS, International Economics Georgetown University and BA, History Rice University. Mr. Lowey-Ball. Also works as Adviser to Californians Governor on healthcare issues.


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Hal Brown

hb@drccompany.com

Managing Partner

Mr. Brown started with the firm in 2008. He has been a Principal of Paladin Capital Group since its inception in 2001. Paladin Capital Group is a private equity investment firm based in Washington, DC with satellite offices in NY and New Orleans. The firm has $450 million under management primarily from institutional investors including public pension funds, corporate strategic funds and Taft-Hartley (labor union) pension funds. Over 25 investors have invested with Paladin including CalPERS, New York State Common Fund, City of New Orleans' Employees Retirement System, The Boeing Company, Siemens, Motorola, United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, and the Service Employees International Union among others. Paladin currently manages two funds. The first, The Paladin Partners' Fund, invested $208 million in an opportunistic strategy covering a wide range of industries and is now almost fully invested. The second fund, the Paladin Homeland Security Fund, is investing $238 million in companies engaged in one or more of the four aspects of homeland security: prevent, defend, coping with disaster or disaster recovery. This fund is actively seeking new investments. Paladin III, a follow-on fund to the Homeland Security Fund, is currently raising a $300 million fund


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Gina Durante

gd@drccompany.com

Director / Renewable Energy Senior Consultant

Gina Durante, who has been with our firm since 2008, is a seasoned environmental sustainability consultant with a unique combination of business management skills and environmental expertise. She is the founder and principal of Green Path Consulting, which provides management-consulting services to companies seeking to improve their corporate environmental sustainability or expand their markets for clean tech products. Focused in the areas of high tech, clean tech, and renewable energy-particularly where government regulation impacts the bottom line. Gina also has substantive experience performing market analysis and financial modeling for companies ranging from large corporations and small entrepreneurial ventures.


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