Ben Mancini served as President of the World Business Academy from 1997 to 2000. He concurrently held the positions of President and CEO of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Ben has also served as Executive Vice President/Director of the National Council for Self Esteem; Personal Chief of Staff for Assemblyman John Vasconcellos; President and CEO of the Bank of Beverly Hills Qualified Plans, Inc; President of the California Pension Administrators, Inc; Founder, President and CEO of the Trust company of California; Senior Vice President/Head of Trust Division for the North America, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank; and Vice President, Pension Operations and Sales at the Beverly Hills National Bank. He is a board member of the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, and has been a guest lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ben graduated from the University of California in San Jose with a B.S. in Industrial Relations/Business Management.