The Economic Warrior

Michael Jay Markey

Michael Jay Markey, Jr is a co-founder and owner of Legacy Financial Network and its associated companies. His vision has expanded the organization from one location to three, with the hopes to make Legacy a national company. He attained his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University while playing baseball for the Eagles. Michael’s accolades include being recognized as the trainer of the year for a previous insurance employer, a Million Dollar Round Table; member in 2010, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, & ‘15. He earned Court of the Table honors in ’11, ’12, ’13, ‘14 and ’15 and Top of the Table honors in ’14. MDRT is an exclusive organization designed to recognize those in the top of the insurance services field. In addition to being an investment advisor representative for LFN Advisors LLC, and an insurance agent for Legacy Financial Network, Michael’s main passions are his faith and his family. He shares his faith with his clients and incorporates the values it instills into Legacy’s Four-Step System. For further information please visit www.legacyfinancialnetwork.com

Jeff Deist President of The Mises Institute

Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute, where he serves as a writer, public speaker, and advocate for property, markets, and civil society. He previously worked as a longtime advisor and chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul, for whom he wrote hundreds of articles and speeches. In his years with Dr. Paul he worked with countless grassroots activists and organizations dedicated to reducing the size and scope of government. Jeff also spent many years as a tax attorney advising private equity clients on mergers & acquisitions To find out more about Mises Institute, visit www.mises.org

Will Dyke

William Bruce Dyke has lived in Beijing, China, for more than five and a half years. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 2013, he started his first job teaching English as a second language to Chinese students. From there he parlayed his skill set into a business development role at the education franchise RISE (NYSE: REDU), which was eventually brought public on the NYSE by Bain Capital, a private equity firm based in Boston, MA. He has most recently worked as a supervising editor at online education company 51Talk (NYSE: COE). Will is proficient in both Mandarin and Spanish. He has also lived and studied in Budapest, Hungary, which has added significantly to his global perspective. He has a blog at www.willdyke.com where he shares useful information about China, learning Chinese, and insights behind the giant economic and industrial power of China today.

Michael E. McKinnon

Mike McKinnon is a native of Flora, Illinois. After leaving higher education, Mike opened McKinnon Travel Services. His group travel business allowed him to travel to Europe and the Middle East over 100 times. Mike also became part-owner of the AAA Chicago Lions football team of the Northern States League which won the 1982 championship. In addition, Mike began to buy, restructure and sell numerous pizzerias. Furthering engaging his entrepreneurial side, Mike got involved in the long distance telecommunications industry as it was just expanding. In 1996, Mike founded College Planners of America, Ltd. He brought all his hard-earned understanding of tax law to bear for parents of college-bound students. Mike was on the Board of Trustees of College of DuPage for 12 years, serving four years as Chairman. He is a past member of the Executive Board of the NICCP and a member of the Junior College Football Hall of Fame. He is married to the former Judy Bazelon and resides in Oak Brook, Illinois. Mike has also been featured in Frank Bruni’s 2016 best seller, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania.” In the author’s words: “A conversation with [Mike] McKinnon is an eye-opening, option-diversifying revelation.” (p. 144) “I truly have a passion in working with students and parents. I really feel their pain in trying to navigate a system that changes constantly (and with every change there seems to be a higher cost associated with it!) Nothing beats the satisfaction I feel as I see our students succeed, growing from a teen with no direction into a young, contributing adult.” You can contact Micheal directly at 630-971-2300, www.collegecost.org.

John "Duffy" McCarthy

John "Duffy" McCarthy is a principal for MSA Group, a Hampton NH based sales and marketing firm which has worked successfully in the building supply industry throughout New England and the Northeast for three decades. As well as being a successful businessman, Duffy has been a successful yacht captain traveling throughout the East Coast and the Caribbean. A believer in the underdog, "Duffy" is combating the Big Box and Amazon domination of retail with an online service to serve building contractors and homeowners with a new service to purchase lumber and other building products online. For for more information, contact Duffy directly at duffymccarthy@comcast.net , visit www.lumberyarddirect.com or call 508-803-2570