Dan Pugh is a Senior Partner at Residential Building Supply, a medium-size building supply company specializing in providing high-end millwork to the residential home building community. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. Dan is always interested in volunteering his time to worthwhile non-profit endeavors, and United Against Poverty has provided an excellent opportunity to give back to a community that has been his home for life.
When not working, Dan is an avid golfer who enjoys spending time with family and friends on the golf course.

Peter Bijur serves as Vice Chairman of the United Against Poverty Corporate Board and as a director of the United Against Poverty of Indian River County Community Board. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Texaco Inc. until his retirement in 2001, following a 36 year career. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Peter and his wife Kjestine live most of the year in Vero Beach and spend the summers in Greenwich CT.

Victoria (Vikki) Thomson is Vice President, Customers since June 2018 and part of Bimbo Bakeries USA since 1998. She oversees ~$1.3B in sales revenue with national responsibility for Target, Costco and Save-A-Lot, as well as Central Business Unit P&L responsibility for Walmart, Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee, Sam’s Club and Jewel. Vikki holds a MBA in Marketing from Fordham University in New York and a BS in Business from Eastern Illinois University. Vikki and her husband Cliff share 3 daughters, Alexa, Jessica and Victoria. She loves to read, create DIY projects and cheer on her beloved Miami Heat.

Baerbel O’Haire is a Senior Vice President with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, and joined the Vero Beach office in 1985. Locally she has served on the Board of Directors for Impact 100 and Childcare Resources. She was president of the Women’s Exchange of the Treasure Coast for five years. Currently she is a member of the board of Trustees of Riverside Theatre. Baerbel earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida, College of Business. She holds the Certified Private Wealth Advisor, and Certified Financial Manager designations. Baerbel and her husband Sean reside in Vero Beach and have three children.

John was born and raised in the New York City suburbs. He received his BS in Engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. After graduating he travelled the world on merchant ships for three years before returning to New York University to get his MBA. In 1967 he married Charlotte DeWilde who he had met in The Netherlands, and he simultaneously started a 25 year career with IBM. In 1992 he joined Digital Equipment Corporation as a Corporate Officer managing a $2B worldwide business. He stayed in the Software/Services industry and moved to London, England to become CEO of MDIS, a publicly listed global firm. Since returning to the US John has served on several boards and recently retired in March of 2020 as Chairman of Cognizant Technology Corporation, a $16B global firm with 290,000 employees. From a charitable point of view he has served on the local boards of United Way, YMCA, Preservation Trust, Morikami Museum, Opera New England, Urban League and others. For recreation he enjoys racquet sports, sailing and other events with his wife, three children and four grandchildren.

Brian Rubin is one of the foremost experts on change in the financial services industry, known for orchestrating and implementing the redesign of Bank of America’s foreclosure process during the great recession in 2008-2009.  This included rewriting over 3000 processes, holds and issues across more than 20 locations in 9 states.  He did this for the largest mortgage servicer in the country, during historically high inventory levels and in the midst of constantly changing regulations.  This allowed Bank of America to convert tens of millions of dollars in foreclosed real estate into revenue and satisfied regulatory requirements from more than 10 different government regulators.

He has strategized, designed and implemented full scale transformations of sales and service organizations, post-merger integrations, project management offices and engineered multiple regulatory responses at Bank of America, Wirbicki Law Group, Let’s Talk Counseling, and Bank of America Merchant Services.

Brian also holds certifications in all major change methodologies including the Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Scrum Product Owner and Customer Experience Champion designations.

This deep, real world change management expertise, allows Brian to help any board design and guide a full scale transformation, company turnaround, venture into new business categories or launch strategic growth initiatives.

Brian has over 20 years in entrepreneurship experience, starting his first business, The Old Dominion Student Guide magazine, before graduating with a finance degree from Old Dominion University.  He has experience as a founder/operator, investor, CEO consultant and board member in industries including construction materials, real estate, technology, and financial services.

Currently, Brian is Senior Vice President and Process Engineering Director at Wells Fargo and sits on the Corporate Board of Directors at Untied Against Poverty.  At United Against Poverty he spearheads succession planning and is leading a strategic plan to expand the St. Lucie campus.  At Wells Fargo, he owns all process and is a leader of the major growth initiative occurring in the Credit Card and Merchant Services groups.  He manages a worldwide team of process engineers responsible for the digital transformation of workflow and process in that organization.

He is a graduate of Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a panelist and presenter at various change and process strategy events.  He is a 2 time winner of the Bank of America Community Service award and in 2010, he took home a gold medal in Karate at the North Carolina State Games.

Based out of South Hutchinson Island, Florida, Brian is an avid scuba diver that can often be found at the reefs of the coast of Ft. Lauderdale and Key West.  He is a strong supporter of and teaches financial life skills at United Against Poverty Ft. Pierce. As an ice hockey fanatic, he tries to catch as many Florida Panthers games as he can.  He also enjoys travelling and attending live music events with his wife Laura.

Don Drinkard was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He received bachelors and masters degrees in engineering from Auburn University. After serving in Korea as an officer in the U.S. Army, he completed an MBA from the University of Alabama. He then began a career in the oil and gas industry, spanning 27 years, during which he managed drilling, production and construction projects in Louisiana, Texas, Alaska and California in the U.S, and overseas in the Republic of Yemen, Colombia, Malaysia and Africa. Since retiring to Vero Beach, Florida in 2004, Don has enjoyed precious time with his wife, three children and five grandchildren. He loves First United Methodist of Vero Beach where he is involved in education and outreach. He is a committed supporter of United Against Poverty where he serves on the Board of Directors. He also enjoys golf, art and reading.