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Personal Profiles
John S. Klopp, one of the founding members of Klopp Investment Management, LLC, previously worked at First Fiduciary Investment Counsel, Inc. from 1989-1996 in portfolio management (asset allocation, research, trading and compliance). He has been in the investment business since 1986, starting at Dean Witter Reynolds’ corporate headquarters in New York City, where was responsible for inter broker-dealer transactions in the municipal bond trading department. He later worked in the Inter-Capital Division which contains the investment management arm of Dean Witter Reynolds. John is an advisory board member for The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland. He is a member of the Cleveland Society of Security Analysts and is active in the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) program. Mr. Klopp has a B.A. in history from Ohio Wesleyan and an M.B.A. from Baldwin Wallace College.

Kurt G. Leviseur, has more than 30 years’ experience in the securities industry. Previous to his association with Klopp Investment Management, LLC, Mr. LeViseur was president of The Retirement Investment Company for 16 years. He has wide experience in investment security analysis and portfolio management particularly in the area of special situations. He has been a Fellow of the Financial Analysts Federation since 1976 and active in several civic and philanthropic organizations. He received a degree in Business Administration from Ohio State in 1955 and an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve in 1965.

John Slatter, a senior portfolio strategist with KIM, has served as a stock broker, securities analyst and investment advisor. John Slatter has written hundreds of articles for such publications as Barron’s,Management, Ophthalmology Times, andBetter Investing,as well as for brokerage firms he has worked for, including Hugh Johnson & Company and Everen Securities (now First Union Securities). His books include Safe Investing, Straight Talk about Stock Investing and four prior editions of The 100 Best Stocks You Can Buy. Mr. Slatter is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Ralph M. Klopp (1924-2004), was a founding member of Klopp Investment Management. Previously he was a founding member of First Fiduciary Investment Counsel, Inc. and Director of Investment Policy for 20 years. Mr. Klopp had vast securities business. From 1970-75, he was Vice President J.N. Russel, Inc., in charge of portfolio strategy and individual stock selection. He was a member of National Association of Business Economics, and a fellow of the Society of Security Analysts. He received his B.S. from Case Institute of Technology and an M.P.M. from John Carroll University.