JM&A Announces Organizational Changes

February 11, 2009

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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Jim Moran & Associates Inc. and its affiliated companies comprising the JM&A Group, announced two organizational management changes on Tuesday.

Forrest Heathcott, JM&A president, reported that Ron Coombs has assumed the role of senior vice president and chief operating officer.

In his new position, Coombs is responsible for all sales and operations functions for JM&A, including oversight for national sales, strategic alliances, product development and operations, along with insurance services and the performance development center departments.

He also serves as a member of the executive management team of JM&A's parent company, JM Family Enterprises.

Most recently, Coombs served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for JM&A.

Coombs joined JM Family in 1999 as vice president of long-range planning for subsidiary World Omni Financial Corp., which is a diversified financial services company. In 2001, he was promoted to JM&A vice president and CFO.

Prior to joining JM Family, Coombs worked at Key Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, Ohio.

In other related news, the company announced that Bill Curran will take over the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer.

In his new role, Curran is responsible for all finance and accounting operations. Most recently he served as senior vice president and COO for JM&A.

Curran started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and subsequently held the position of CFO at several companies.