Our Team

 President and Global Economist, Vlad Signorelli

As Director of Global Research at Polyconomics, a well-known, macroeconomic forecasting firm, Vlad worked closely with Jude Wanniski, one of the three godfathers of supply-side economics. Vlad founded Bretton Woods Research, LLC shortly after Jude Wanniski passed away and Polyconomics, became a foundation in 2006.

 Vlad first joined Polyconomics in 1995 as a Global Research assistant and produced analysis around the globe until 1997, when he became global editor. In 2004 he was made Director of Global Research, until he started Bretton Woods Research in 2006. Vlad graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in History.

 Vlad has been quoted in various publications including Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes and Salon, and his Op-eds have appeared in the Boston Globe, Seeking Alpha, Tech Central Station, and the Johnson Russia List.

He can be followed on Twitter @Vladimirth.

Foreign Policy/Global Specialist, Patrick Lawrence

Patrick Lawrence is a writer and columnist. He has published five books and is now at work on his sixth. He served as a correspondent abroad for many years and is also an essayist, editor, and critic. Lawrence has taught at universities in the US and abroad and lectures widely.

He currently produces weekly commentaries for a variety of publications, focused primarily on foreign affairs and the media. Lawrence was a correspondent and subsequently a columnist overseas for more than 25 years, chiefly for the honorable Far Eastern Economic Review, the International Herald Tribune, and The New Yorker. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.

US Politics, Editor-At-Large, John Seiler

John Seiler brings extensive experience and insight into his role. He has been the press secretary to California State Senator, John Moorlach, since 2017. Before that, he was a writer and the editorial manager at the Orange County Register since 1987, following a stint as an editorial writer at the Washington Times. He was also the managing editor for California state government-focused CalWatchdog from 2010-2015.

Mr. Seiler's pieces have appeared in the Los Angeles Daily News, Policy Review, Human Events, and Chronicles. Additionally, he has written political economic analyses for Laffer Associates since 2002. He is a former Russian linguist for the US Army and a graduate of Hillsdale College.

Global Markets Specialist, Kenneth Rapoza

Kenneth Rapoza is a columnist for Forbes, covering business, finance and some geopolitics regarding emerging markets, especially, Brazil, Russia, India and China. Ken often travels abroad and has visited or lived in: Brazil, Russia, India, Colombia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Ken is a former Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones reporter and former Polyconomics contributor. His work has also appeared in the Nation, Salon and USA Today. He has appeared on FoxNewsBusiness and live broadcasts on NPR and the BBC. He is a graduate of Antioch College.

 Managing Director, Chuck Hanabergh

Chuck Hanabergh is the Director of Institutional Sales for BWR. Chuck is responsible for marketing, product development, and client relationship management. He has been serving the institutional investment community since 1998 when he started as a Sales Representative at Polyconomics.

Chuck went on to become VP of Institutional Sales with Rochdale Securities and, in 2003, started his own research marketing group, Hanabergh & Associates. Chuck graduated with honors from Rutgers University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in Economics and received an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall in 2002.