about the authors

Thomas J. Berthel is chief executive officer, president, and chairman of the board of Berthel Fisher & Company, a financial services holding firm located in Marion, Iowa. Prior to establishing Berthel Fisher & Company in 1985, Tom received a B.A. in music from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, and an MBA from the University of Iowa. He and his wife, Deanna, have two adult children, two grandchildren, and live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Hayden Fry spent thirty-eight years behind the whistle as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University, The University of North Texas, and The University of Iowa, where he won three Big Ten Championships. Coach Fry was selected ABC National Coach of the Year in 1982 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005, he was awarded the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award for recognition of outstanding service in the advancement of the best interests of football. He lives with his wife, Shirley, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.