Foster Friess launched Friess Associates in 1974 to invest in lesser known, rapidly growing, well-financed American growth equities. Forbes Magazine named the firm's flagship Brandywine Fund one of the decade's top mutual funds as a result of its average 20% annual gains in the 1990's.

Business Week heralded Friess as "the longest surviving, successful growth stock picker" and CNBC's Ron Insana dubbed him as one of the "century's greatest investors." He increased the American holdings of Stockholm’s Nobel Foundation 129 fold in the quarter of a century he managed it.

Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin in 1940, Foster is a first generation college graduate, earning a Business Administration degree at the University of Wisconsin, where the Iron Cross Society honored him as one of the university's most outstanding senior men. His father bought and sold cattle and his mother managed the home.

Michael P. Farris is president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom. In January 2017, he became only the second person to occupy that position in the organization’s 23-year history. He brings to the role a remarkably diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, public advocate, pastor, and communicator, and wide recognition for his successful work on both the national and international stage.

Farris was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as chairman of the board of HSLDA and chancellor emeritus of PHC.

He graduated from Western Washington State College, magna cum laude, with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, followed by a Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University (with honors). At Gonzaga, he was articles editor of the Law Review and winner of the Linden Cup Moot Court Competition. He also earned an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of London.

Farris has specialized in constitutional appellate litigation. In that capacity, he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts of appeals, and in the highest courts of 13 states. He is also the author of numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jerry E. Tuma, a Certified Financial Planner®, is president and founder of Cornerstone Financial Services, Inc. (CFS), a Registered Investment Advisor. Jerry is a Registered Principal with Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG), a registered broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. CFS and IFG are not affiliated entities.

Education: As a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington (BBA, 1979), Jerry studied under one of the nation's top economic forecasters, a disciple of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman.

Organizations: A founding member of Kingdom Advisors, Jerry has been a vital part of this nationwide Christian Financial planning organization. Jerry also sits on the board of Heritage Alliance, a non-profit organization designed to return America, through the political process to its Godly roots and General’s International a global prayer and reformation network.