Larry Anders serves as chief executive officer and chairman of Summit Alliance Financial, an independent financial services firm in Dallas, Texas. He first started with the parent company, Mass Mutual and Transamerica Occidental Life, in 1979, and was promoted to brokerage director of the Dallas branch in 1989. He later served the branch as general manager. In 1997, when the branch was converted to Summit Alliance Financial, he took on his current role. Larry Anders is a chartered life underwriter and a member of the Dallas Estate Planning Council and the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters. He is also a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table and a 20-year qualifier for the prestigious Top of the Table. In addition to his work at Summit Alliance Financial, Larry Anders serves as partner and chief executive officer of Advisors Equity Group, an advisor-owned distribution group. He spent 12 years on the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents and served as vice chairman and chairman for the Texas Tech University system.