About Eberle Associates

With over 50 years of experience in commercial banking, finance, and investment banking, Jon served as a director of Ovation Holdings, Inc. and of Encore Bank, Naples, Florida, and as a director of GulfShore Bancshares, Inc. and of Gulfshore Bank in Tampa, Florida. Jon serves as a director Advantage Leasing Corporation (AdvantagePlusFinancing), a privately-owned direct lender in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Jon served as chairman and a director of WELS Investment Funds, Inc., Waukesha, WI which manages over $220 million of assets for the congregations and affiliates of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Jon serves as an advisory director of CALLA, the Center for the Advancement of Lutheran Liberal Arts at Concordia University—Chicago. He also serves as an advisory director of BankMyBiz, LLC ® Milwaukee, providing innovative electronic relationship-based lending for banks nationwide and as an advisory director of Block Time Financial, LLC, Nashotah, Wisconsin, focused on providing liquidity to the Stellar ecosystem and the digitalization and frictionless transfer of assets.

Bruce has spoken a number of times at the International School of Fund Raising in England and Spain and is the author of Charitable Direct Mail Fund Raising a widely used manual throughout the direct mail fund raising industry that has gone through six printings, and is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. He is currently working on another book for high school and college students focused on America’s founding principles and why they must be preserved. For a number of years Bruce wrote a weekly blog advocating free markets, individual responsibility, and promoting America’s founding principles.

He is a recipient of the Nehemiah award for leadership from Youth for Tomorrow (YFT), a residence home for at-risk boys and girls, and the Pro Gloria Dei award from Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC) where he has twice given the commencement address. Bruce is a trustee of YFT, a Regent at WLC, a founder of Time of Grace Ministry, and a member of the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors. Bruce and his wife, Kathi, co-chair an annual gala to benefit Grace Christian Academy, a special school that provides a high quality education for the children of families, more than 50% minority, who would not otherwise be able to do so. Bruce is a graduate in mechanical engineering, and a military veteran. He and his wife Kathi have two children, and four grandsons. Kathi and Bruce live in Vienna, Virginia.

In 1974, along with her husband, Bruce, Kathi co-founded Eberle Associates, a company that is a leader in raising funds for various non-profit and charitable organizations. She served as treasurer of Eberle Associates since its inception until it was sold to employees of the company at the end of 2019. She continues to serve as a member of Eberle Associates's board of directors.

On three occasions Kathi was a featured speaker at the International School of Fund Raising in England. Kathi has also been involved in numerous charitable activities, including Youth for Tomorrow (YFT), a residence home for at-risk boys and girls. For 13 years, she served as chairman of YFT’s annual live auction, raising nearly $2 million during that time. In 2013 the YFT chairman, former Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs, presented Kathi with the annual Volunteer of the Year award.

For several years, Kathy has served as co-chairman of a gala benefitting Grace Christian Academy, a northern Virginia school serving a diverse student body from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade.

Kathi is a graduate of Madison College (now James Madison University) with a BS in elementary education. Kathi and her husband, Bruce, have two children and four fun and active grandsons.

At American Management Systems, he directed projects for top Defense firms and the U.S. Navy. As a Navy Supply Corps Officer, he managed the finances and supplies of two warships and served in Viet Nam’s Me Kong Delta. Bill’s ashore assignments included the Naval Supply Center at Oakland, Bureau of Naval Personnel, and Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters, with additional duty at the White House. Bill and his wife, Kay, live in Annandale, Virginia, and travel frequently to visit their two daughters, Emily and Amanda (but mostly their granddaughters Persephone and Elizabeth).

Rebecca served as the Vice President of Communications and Marketing for The Heritage Foundation from 2002-2008. She is the architect of Heritage's national radio campaign featuring embedded ads on the Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh programs. Hagelin has also served as vice president of communications for WorldNetDaily.com, a news site that specializes in the investigative reporting of government waste, fraud and abuse. Rebecca is the author of three books on the culture, her most recent being, “30 Ways in 30 Days to Strengthen Your Family”. Her popular weekly column, “Inside the Culture” appears in The Washington Times on Mondays. She also writes for PatriotPost.us and other publications. Rebecca serves on the board of directors/advisors for Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk; Awakening; Enough is Enough and has been an officer and Executive Committee member of the Council for National Policy.

Prior to joining Long & Foster, Vern served as Controller and Director of Finance for The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Corporate Controller for United Way Worldwide, Corporate Chief Accountant for Experience Works!®, a national nonprofit organization in Arlington, and Divisional Controller for The Salvation Army’s National Capital & Virginia Division. In addition to his MBA from Marymount University and BS degree from Oklahoma State University, Vern holds a personal financial planning certificate through the College for Financial Planning and two executive leadership certificates from Wharton Business School. Vern is committed to volunteerism and civic participation and is Vice President & trustee with Youth for Tomorrow and a member of the St. Andrews Society and Sons of the American Revolution.