Arnett Lanse Waters "You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out." -- Warren Buffet Company: A.L. Waters Capital, LLC Location: Braintree, Massachussetts Website: www.waterscapital.com

Biography:
Arnett Lanse Waters is a dynamic financial/wealth speaker who has quickly and strategically risen to the top of the investment industry. At age 24, he created a budget of $30 million to employ and train adults in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was also personally selected and oversaw a 25 person team that was responsible for managing the program and its two hundred additional employees.

He was later selected by former Governor Edward J. King to operate a statewide program serving 30,000 individuals and employing a staff of approximately 600 people. Mr. Waters went on to serve as the Executive Director of the Private Industry Council (PIC) and as an aide to former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Bank of Boston, Dr. James Howell.

Mr. Waters subsequently shifted from his role in the public service sector and moved into the investment arena at Merrill Lynch. He quickly rose from the ranks of trainee stockbroker and was later named Assistant Vice President of Sales at Merrill Lynch, and later went on to serve as both Assistant Vice President and Vice President of Sales at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Prior to founding his own ventures, he served as Vice President and Senior Vice President of Sales at Shearson, Lehman.

The dramatic increase in rare coins in the1970s and 1980s convinced Mr. Waters that a value-investing approach existed in the growing marketplace. Therefore, in 1990, he founded Windsor Park Ltd., an international purveyor of high mint state United States gold and silver coins. His recommendations and anticipation of market trends have enabled some clients to receive returns in excess of 17% per year since 1990, which differentiates his performance from that of other private dealers.

Today Windsor Park is the umbrella organization under which its affiliate companies operate: A.L. Waters Capital LLC, a FINRA/SIPC broker dealer company focusing on investment banking and corporate finance; and Port Huron Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership organized to buy and sell precious metals, coins, energy funds and securities focused on precious metals.

Mr. Waters served as the Secretary for the Boston Latin School Association. An avid lover of classical music, he also served as Director and Chairman of the Opera Company of Boston— a distinct honor, as he was the first black person to be named Chairman of a major Boston cultural institution. He currently serves as an overseer to The Boston Museum of Science. Mr. Waters retired from playing polo in 2004, where he was a member of the Newport, RI Polo Club. He also has played at Palm Beach, Aiken, SC and in the Dominican Republic.

Availability:
Available to speak on all hot button topics of finance/wealth, including: your tools for personal wealth building; hard assets in hard times; the makings of an entrepreneur; sub-prime mortgage fiasco; housing crisis; credit crunch; rising oil prices; and the social security conundrum.