E. Everitt Brock , CPA, Chief Financial Officer

From 1965 through 1992, Mr. Brock held various executive management positions for leading companies including The M. W. Kellogg Co. and Bechtel, Inc., two international engineering and construction companies. His positions included Corporate Accounting Manager, Business Planning Manager, and Controller & CFO. Mr. Brock worked internationally in Canada, The United Kingdom, and Sri Lanka for periods totaling over three years. From 1992 through 1997, he directed Brock & Associates, a regional management consulting firm specializing in advising organizations in overhead cost reduction. He served as Chief Financial Officer for Harbor America Inc., a Houston-based Professional Employer Organization, from 1996-2003.

Mr. Brock graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in May 1965, receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in August 1974.

Robert L. Sarver II, Chief Operating Officer

Robert Sarver is a graduate of National Aviation Academy and American Medical & Aeronautical Institute. He spent 14 years flying B727s, B707s, DC8s and B747s, accumulating over 12,000 flight hours. In 1998 he started a company in the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry. Success enabled him to retire from the airline in 1999 to work full time in his new career. Mr. Sarver successfully operated his PEO for six years before selling it to Reiling Capital at the end of 2004. He remained with the company to run the Fort Myers office and was named the Fort Myers Region Director 2005.

Richard S. Rouse, Corporate Development

From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Rouse co-founded and served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Administration for SPI Petroleum LLC, responsible for managing the integration of acquired businesses and the development of programs and administrative systems to leverage the value of the ongoing business operations of the Company. Prior to forming SPI Petroleum LLC, Mr. Rouse was one of the original founders of GroupMAC and served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, playing a similar role in implementing key administrative processes that led to the successful growth of that company, including insurance and bonding programs, risk management, HR and benefits, purchasing, corporate programs and communications. Mr. Rouse spent over 17 years in the Petroleum Refining and Marketing industries, including 11 years with Exxon Chemical Company where he served in a variety of positions within specialty product groups, from technical representative to the product manager. His Exxon experience included responsibility for pricing, sales, marketing, project management, technology, manufacturing coordination and market forecasts. Subsequent to his career with Exxon, Mr. Rouse was one of three co-founders of Lubripac, a high-volume blender and packager of lubricants and specialty chemicals. Lubripac built a $36 million facility in Houston (one of the largest in the world), acquired a similar operation in the Midwest, and grew to approximately $200 million in annual sales. Mr. Rouse was responsible for sales and marketing, project development, budgets, forecasting, and general administrative functions for Lubripac. Subsequent to sale of the Lubripac facility to Texaco in 1990, Mr. Rouse became one of the original founders of Republic Industries, where he was responsible for sales and marketing and a variety of development and administrative functions.

Mr. Rouse graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science Degree.

Esther Reiling, Director of Strategic Projects

Esther Reiling has a strong background in financial services marketing and payroll administration. She joined the company in Houston in 2005 as a payroll specialist and later assumed sales and marketing responsibilities. Earlier, she was marketing director for Robertson & Associates, a high-net-worth financial advisory firm in Houston. She began her insurance career in California with General Accident (later CGU and One Beacon), where she focused on claims processing, claims fraud investigation, and workflow management. Ms. Reiling is a licensed property & casualty agent in Texas and Florida.

Carol Crean, Houston Region Director

Carol Crean joined Employee Professionals in 2003.  Prior to that, she was Vice President at Harbor America, where she developed and implemented employee benefit programs and managed the human resources department. Before that, she spent 12 years with Alliance Benefit Group, where she advanced from office manager to corporate officer. Ms. Crean has 20 years experience in the employee benefits field and holds a degree in finance. She is involved in numerous organizations, including the Professional Businesswomen’s Golf Network, American Business Women’s Association, the Annual PBGN Susan G. Koman Cancer Golf Tournament (Director) and Gulf Coast Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association.

Natalie Matthews, Florida Region Director

Natalie Matthews currently serves as Jacksonville Regional Director. Natalie joined the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry in April of 1999. Ms. Matthews came to the PEO industry from the medical field at Urology Associates of Northeast Florida, where she gained an extensive knowledge of provider and consumer lines of managed care, not only in health benefits, but also in workers’ compensation. She received licensure for Health, Life and Variable Annuities in October, 2003. She joined Employee Professionals in 2006, with the acquisition of another PEO.

Tony Davis, Risk Manager

Since joining Employee Professionals in 2005, Mr. Davis has directed a risk management
program that has consistently lowered our Workers’ Compensation losses. Mr. Davis came to Employee Professionals with broad experience in the construction industry, auto industry and hotel management and ownership. He has completed OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 Training to Train on Construction and Industrial Safety and is certified to Train the Trainer in all powered industrial trucks and forklifts. With his background in construction, welding, engineering, and design, he is able to assist client companies with all facets of safety and training. His experience with full-service hotels included the conversion of several brand-name properties (Holiday Inns, Days Inns, Ramada Inns, Sheraton and others) to new franchise qualifications, including remodeling, accounting updates, and all phases of property management.

Mr. Davis is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelo of Science in Hospitality Management.