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.

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and Executive Director of The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University.
Mark is the primary author of the celebrated Becoming a Contagious Christian training course (with Lee Strobel). This course has been translated into more than twenty languages and has helped nearly two million people share Christ in natural ways. He also co-authored the Becoming a Contagious Christian book, followed by his leadership-oriented Becoming a Contagious Church which presents an innovative blueprint for church-based evangelism.

Mark was the original evangelism director at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He led in that role for seven years, and then served as Executive Vice President of the Willow Creek Association. He was also an editorial consultant and periodic guest for Lee Strobel’s television show, Faith Under Fire. He and Strobel have been ministry partners for more than thirty years.

After receiving an undergraduate degree in business, Mark earned an MA in Philosophy of Religion, graduating magna cum laude from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark and Heidi live near Denver, Colorado, and are the parents of Emma Jean and Matthew, both of whom serve in full time ministry roles.

Jacki Deason is a Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the host of The Jacki Daily Show, airing on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, on the dial in Texas, and podcast on iHeartRadio, iTunes, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music.

Previously, Jacki served as General Counsel to an engineering firm specializing in energy, national security and environmental cleanup. She served many years as legal counsel on Capitol Hill to the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and the former Ranking Member of the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, advising on the oversight of federal agencies. Prior to her career in Washington, she worked as a corporate litigator, and as an Assistant Vice President for a national bank.

She entered public life at a young age, as a finalist in the Miss Teen of America pageant. She also served as the Public Relations Director for a statewide political organization.

Mike Beeson attended The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive background in business development, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. He has a passion for sharing the gospel and mobilizing the church, and has led dozens of mission teams into the field to 14 countries on five continents.

His professional background includes senior executive positions with various corporations, as well as similar positions in a number of non-profit organizations, including a member of the senior leadership team for 13 years at Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas.

Mike currently serves as the Minister of Missions for Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, and continues to serve in leadership roles for various non-profit organizations.

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