Van Pearcy Hometown: Midland, Texas Position: Advisor Monogram Earned: Football & Track

Former Notre Dame football and track standout Van Pearcy ('85) - now an award-winning broker in Midland, Texas - began his current role as Monogram Club secretary in June 2005. He previously had served the first two years of a term on the Monogram Club board of directors from '03-'05 before being named to the secretarial role, after Joe Restic was tabbed for second vice-president. Pearcy's time on the Monogram Club board has included playing a key role in developing expanded membership benefits.

Currently the key financial advisor and branch manager/registered principal for Midland's Raymond James office (VanPearcy Financial), Pearcy has nearly 20 years of experience in helping clients with comprehensive financial planning.

He received his economics degree in '85 and a MBA from Notre Dame in '87 before starting the first office for a regional brokerage firm in the Midland/Odessa area of West Texas - later becoming the first recipient of the "Leadership Achievement Award" in the firm's 129-year history.

Pearcy moved to Raymond James Financial in 2000, allowing him to work independently while offering clients unbiased investment information. He has trained hundreds of financial advisors, is a nationally-known speaker and was voted by readers of the Midland Reporter-Telegram as the best financial advisor in West Texas. He also was nominated by the national trade magazine On Wall Street as one the nation's "amazing financial advisors."

Pearcy taught basic and advanced investment classes at Midland College for eight years and serves on the board of directors for Children's Cerebral Palsy Center, the Midland Fireman's Relief & Retirement Fund and the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic. He also sits on the St. Anne's Catholic Church board for the parish education endowment fund and was president of Midland Country Club in 2002.

A native of Andrews, Texas, Pearcy was a prep All-American in football and track, setting the national sophomore 400-meter record and ranking among the nation's top long jumpers. A series of knee problems limited his contributions with the Irish football and track and field teams, serving as a starting wide receiver, track captain and cartoonist for The Observer student newspaper.

Pearcy and his wife Donna recently established a family foundation that awards scholarships for local high schools in west Texas. They are the parents of two children: daughter Erin (17, as of June 2005) and son Vance (15).