AARS BOARD MEMBERS

Kathy is the expert Facebook, newspapers and TV shows, congressional staff, and multiple international agencies call on for information about online romance scams. She has logged over 4,000 volunteer hours helping those whose identity has been stolen, as well as the women and men who have fallen victim to the scammers.  She has traveled numerous times to Washington DC for meetings with congressional and senate staff, the Federal Trade Commission, and the pentagon, plus, she is one of the only people to meet with the Facebook, Inc. safety and security team regarding her data collection, reports, and findings.  Her passion started after a friend of her mother’s sent money to someone posing as a military general.  Kathy tracked down the gentleman whose identity has been stolen, Col. Bryan Denny (Ret.), and together they formed this coalition Advocating Against Romance Scammers (AARS) to bring awareness to this lucrative scam and the devastation it causes.  

Bryan Denny is a founding member of Advocating Against Romance Scammers, and Chairman. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army for 26 years, retiring at the rank of Colonel. In 2016, Bryan’s photos were stolen and used to build thousands of fake profiles. From mainstream social media sites to obscure dating services, he became the face of a military romance scam. Now, he is directly involved in the fight to expose scammers by educating potential victims and changing legislation to keep organized crime off of the Internet.

Bryan has appeared on Four Corners Australia, Nightline, The Mell Robins Show, Inside Edition and countless newspapers including the New York Times. His work in bringing attention to romance scams has reached thousands. Bryan, and his partner in this endeavor, Kathy Waters, are dedicated to making a difference in this fight! 

Jan Hart is an experienced senior manager with a demonstrated history of strong advocacy and passion for making an impact in her community. She held the positions of Policy Analyst as well as  Assistant City Manager for External Programs
for the City of Las Cruces in New Mexico. Before her service in the public arena, she worked in juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention for eighteen years.  Currently, Jan is the Digital Marketing Director for Electronic Caregiver, Inc., a health
technology and innovation company. The CEO’s identity was first stolen and used in romance scams over four years ago, and she has been in this fight from her discovery of the very first fake profile. 

Mr. Roger L. Campbell has been a law enforcement officer since 1991 and has a broad-based investigative background.  He began his law enforcement career as a police officer for the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  In 1996, Mr. Campbell was promoted to a detective where he served as lead investigator, specializing in violent crimes committed by juveniles.

In 1997, Mr. Campbell entered on duty with the FBI as a Special Agent.  After graduating from the new agent’s training in Quantico, Virginia, he was assigned to the Washington, D.C. Field Division.  While there, he investigated a wide variety of crimes, and specialized in complex fraud investigations.  Mr. Campbell was also a member of the Washington Field Division's Evidence Response Team.  While serving in this capacity, he was involved with evidence collection at the Pentagon following the September 11 attacks. 

Mr. Campbell moved into a Supervisory Special Agent position at FBI Headquarters in 1997 where he managed terrorist financing and cyber intrusion investigations.  In 2014, he then returned to a field assignment and investigated ATM skimming cases, fraud scams to include romance fraud and business email compromises.  He retired from the FBI’s Norfolk, Virginia Field Office in October 2019. 

Mr. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Penn State University and pursued a Master’s degree in Business Administration at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. He served three years active duty in the U.S. Army and eight years with the Pennsylvania National Guard as an Intelligence Officer.  Mr. Campbell has been married for 27 years and is the father of two teenagers. 

April is a radio news anchor and reporter at 102.3 KRMG news and talk station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She started out as a reporter in television news and has covered crimes like scamming for 20 years. With her experience, she never imagined that her own mother would become the victim of a romance scam. Her mother battled ovarian cancer while April tried to figure out how to stop scammers from taking all of her money. April’s mother sent scammers $350,000 before her death in March of 2020. Advocating Against Romance Scammers was one of the first places she turned to and was able to get answers. She now interviews experts and victims on the Scammer Stories podcast trying to help educate others.