About
Leadership – Meet the Board
The AADMM leadership is a team of dedicated professionals each directly involved in the growth, services, education and adherence to the ethical standards for DMMs, their clients and the profession.
Lewis Knopf
President
Lewis Knopf created LK Daily Money Management following a successful career in business and technology. He is a skilled manager, financial systems specialist, problem solver and negotiator. But most important, he believes, are his people skills: Lewis knows how to find common ground between conflicting viewpoints and how to help people manage change in their lives and environments.
Robyn Young
Treasurer
Robyn Young joined AADMM in 2005, the same year she founded her daily money management business, Money Care, LLC. She received certification as a Professional Daily Money Manager in 2009, and has served on several AADMM committees. Robyn is a solo-practitioner with a client base comprised both of seniors and busy professionals.
Leah Nichaman
Immediate Past President
Leah Nichaman has been a DMM for 10 years, having established her company, Everyday Money Management, in 2006. She and her team serve seniors and people with disabilities in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. Ms. Nichaman’s background is in management consulting, non-profit management, and health survey research. Ms. Nichaman is a graduate of Brown University and is a member of the Advisory Committees of the Representative Payee and Money Monitors programs in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Alisa Carini
Board Member
Alisa Carini has been a CPA since 1997 and a DMM for over four years. Her San Diego client base includes high net worth individuals, trustees and small businesses. After graduating from San Diego State University, Alisa spent over twenty years in the individual income tax arena before becoming a DMM. She also spent time teaching federal individual income tax with UCSD. In addition to being an AADMM member, Alisa is also a member of the AICPA and CALCPA.
Clare Dubé
Board Member
Clare is a Financial Literacy Instructor, Social Scientist and Money Behaviorist conducting independent research in small business, entrepreneurship, behavioral psychology, and social sciences. Her research focuses on attitudes toward money and practices around money decisions and money behaviors through Financial Therapy.
Lynn Plait
Board Member
Lynn Plait is the founder of Financial Order, LLC. After a career in social work and banking, Lynn found her true passion. An active member of AADMM, she helped start the Atlanta Chapter of AADMM and served on their inaugural board. In 2013, Lynn became a CDMM (PDMM). She served on the AADMM Conference Committee and went on to become chair of the 2016 conference in Tampa. A former longtime resident of Georgia and graduate from the University of Florida, she holds a degree in sociology and a master’s degree in social work. Now residing in Tempe, AZ, Lynn works “virtually” with her high net worth clients in Georgia and South Carolina. She recently established and coordinates the new AADMM regional group in Arizona.
Alison Salisbury
Vice President
Alison Salisbury, Founder of Fiscally Fit, Inc., in Los Altos, CA provides Daily Money Management services for seniors, busy individuals and high net worth families. She and her team specialize in family finances and administration, household payroll, organizing tax paperwork, as well as setting up accounts and filing systems. Alison joined AADMM in 2008, earned her certification as a CDMM (PDMM) in 2011, and currently serves on the Executive Committee on the AADMM Board of Directors.
Sheri Samotin
Secretary
Sheri L. Samotin, CDMM, CLPF is the founder of LifeBridge Solutions, LLC. She is a certified professional daily money manager and a California licensed professional fiduciary. Sheri is the author of Facing the Finish: A Road Map for Aging Parents and Adult Children and serves on the Board of AADMM as well as on the Board of OPICA, a Los Angeles-based adult day program and counseling center. Sheri is a frequent speaker to national audiences on topics related to her areas of expertise.
Barbara Boustead
Board Member
Barbara Boustead, LCSW, started Mary’s Daughter LLC in 2011 providing Daily Money Management services to seniors and veterans. She is a Dementia Friendly trainer and a member of the Dane County Committee on Aging, the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance, Dane Buy Local, NASW-WI, and the Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST) for Dane County, WI. Barbara joined AADMM in 2012 and has been active on several committees including the AADMM Conference Planning committee, Public Relations committee, and is the coordinator for the Southern Wisconsin AADMM regional group.
Amy Carrick
Board Member
Amy holds a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Economics and an MBA in Marketing and Finance. She is the first and only Certified Daily Money Manager in South Carolina. Amy maintains memberships with American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADMM) and the Upstate Senior Network. She was trained as a Senior Advisor and Dementia Specialist.
Amy has participated on the AADMM Conference Committee for 2014 and 2015, Web Conference Committee for 2016 through present, Speaker at 2015 and 2016 conferences and 2017 web conference. She speaks at an average of five seminars each year for local churches and senior groups. Her goal is to share information to keep people financially safe and prepared for whatever their future might hold.
Suzie Marbury
Board Member
Susie Marbury, CDMM, the founder and owner of Checks & Balances for You, has had a varied career. In addition to working for over 30 years as a computer professional, she has also owned her own businesses and kept the books for her companies, as well as for others. In 2013 Susie reinvented herself once again and started her daily money management business. Susie was certified as a CDMM (formerly known as PDMM) in August 2017. A member of AADMM since 2013, she leads the association’s virtual group as part of her commitment to excellence.
Gideon Y. Schein
Board Member
Gideon Y. Schein has worked as a financial organizer and Daily Money Manager for seniors since 1998. Fifteen years, together with Rebecca Eddy, he founded Eddy & Schein In-Home Administrator for Seniors, dedicated to the management and coordination of the personal, financial, legal and health Insurance affairs of Seniors. Gideon has extensive experience and expertise on issues relating to Medicare and secondary insurance for seniors, Financial Abuse and Fraud, Daily Management and he has given numerous lectures and seminars at the national and local levels.