LIS Authors 

Brian Anderson , 42, is a former editor of Senior Market Advisor (10/2006-1/2008). He has written a variety of articles for financial and insurance industry publications, including Boomer Market Advisor, Benefits Selling, Senior Market Advisor and Bank Advisor. A career journalist, Anderson has been working in magazine publishing since 1995. Every publication he has edited has focused largely on providing strong sales and marketing content for readers, across a variety of  industries, who are essentially salespeople. He has been a central figure in the launch of three publications and corresponding Web sites, and launched the Senior Market Advisor Extra e-newsletter while at the helm of SMA.

Anderson is a journalism graduate of the University of Wyoming, Laramie. An avid skier, golfer, basketball and softball player, he resides with his wife and two children in Centennial, Colo. Brian Anderson can be reached at 720-895-1529.

Laura A. Graesser, associate editor, joined the LIS staff in September 2006 as as assistant editor. She became an associate editor in March 2009. Ms. Graesser is pursuing the CLU designation. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

David Saltzman, RHU, is a past president of NAHU and has been a health, disability, life and employee benefits broker for more than 25 years. He is director of the large group segment for Carolina Care Plan in Columbia, S.C.