Bill Gentry

Bill was first introduced to the futures market while working for Merrill Lynch as a runner on the floor of the Chicago Board of trade from 1980-81. He spent 4 years in the Air Force from 1981 to 1985. He received his B.S. from Purdue University in Agricultural Economics in 1991. He has been a Registered Commodities Representative since 1991. His focus in the markets is typically short to medium-term. Technical observations of the market using option volatility, and various other indicators are key components to the speculative product initiative currently being undertaken. Short term focus is also an aid in position implementation. Daily writings for the company web site, and e-mails help in maintaining a good flow of market information to clientele. Bill resides on his family's farms near Chalmers, Indiana.

Brian Reed

Brian has been a licensed commodity broker since 1989. He has a BS degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He is actively involved in farming with his 2,100 acre family farm near Walton Indiana.

Chuck Shelby

Chuck has been involved in the commodity markets since 1988 and a broker since 1992. He graduated from Purdue in 1975, with an Agricultural Economics degree, and currently farms over 4,000 acres in North Central Indiana - where his family has been farming for over five generations. Chuck is frequently a featured panelist for the University of Illinois radio station. He brings to the RMC team agronomic and production related expertise; his ability to understand what producers need is a valuable resource to the firm, as well as to the client.

Mike Zuzolo

Mike Zuzolo is the Chief Analyst for Risk Mgt. Commodities Inc., and is located at their headquarters in Lafayette, Indiana. A Lewisburg, Ohio native, Mike graduated from Miami University—Oxford in 1989, with a degree in Political Science, and minors in History and American Studies. In 1995, Mike became a registered Associated Person for Utterback Marketing; and after a few years there, became that company’s livestock analyst. In late 2001, Mike and three other men left Utterback’s to begin their own commodity Introducing Brokerage Service. What started as two offices in Lafayette and Chalmers, Indiana, has now grown to branch offices in Hutsonville, Illinois and Minden, Nebraska. RMC also has a formal joint venture with Tom Hall, who manages Great Lakes Investments in Galion, Ohio, near Mansfield.

Because of its independent research of the agricultural, livestock, financial, and energy sectors, Mike’s comments and analysis can be found in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Angus Journal, the Western Livestock Journal, and Agri-News. Mike is also the featured guest analyst on the University of Illinois Agricultural radio program every Friday. He is also a frequent guest on panel meetings throughout Illinois and Indiana. You can find his comments often in the Dow Jones Newswires, covering corn, beans, wheat, and livestock. Many may remember Mike as the guest speaker at the Farm Focus Show in Van Wert, Ohio the past few years.

Mike and the team at Risk Mgt. Commodities Inc. have become known for their consistent, clear, and personalize approach in making recommendations to their clients. The integration into their analysis of world economic factors, political economics, and exchange rates has allowed RMC to forecast commodity prices and use and “Overvalue” and “Undervalue” approach to marketing. They are one of roughly two dozen firms who give supply-demand projections estimates on grains to the Dow Jones Newswire Survey.

Sherman Newlin

Sherman joined the firm in 2003, as its first branch office, located in Hutsonville, Illinois. Prior to this, Sherman was a RMC client - having built up a combined 20 years of commodity trading/hedging experience. He also manages his family's 1,500 acre farm. Sherman brings to the firm a strong knowledge of risk management. Techniques, as well as experience with basis and value-added processing. Sherman is a 1983 graduate of Wabash Valley College earning a Management of Agricultural Production degree.