Russell Hamlin has been in public accounting since 1964 working in the areas of income and estate tax planning. Russell's experience includes 15 years with two international CPA firms in their Baltimore, Maryland and Orlando offices, and for the Internal Revenue Service in Washington. D.C.

Born in Tampa, Florida, Russ was raised in the Washington, D.C. area and became a resident of Central Florida in 1973. He graduated from Wake Forest College in 1961 and served in the U.S. Army until 1964.

Russell is a member of the American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants and is the former Treasurer of Give Kids the World, and a member of the advisory board of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, two non-profit organizations.