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Robert Mayes is the Chief Executive Officer of Keel Point. Mayes was the CEO and a founding partner of BlueCreek Investment Partners, and joined Keel Point through the BlueCreek/Keel Point merger.
During his 20 years with the firm, he also worked as a Portfolio Manager and Branch Officer from 1996 to 1999. Robert began his career in financial planning and asset management with Merrill Lynch in 1982.
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Robert is a globally recognized authority in the Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) movement, author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book “Biblically Responsible Investing” and is the Founder and CEO of Inspire Investing, the world’s largest provider of faith-based ETFs.
Robert is a frequent contributor on FOX Business, Bloomberg, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Christian Post and other major global media for his thought leadership in the faith-based, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing marketplace.
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Ross is Founder and Institutional Advisor for Oak City Consulting. Oak City was started by Ross Roggensack, who has resided in Raleigh, North Carolina for nearly 30 years. Ross earned his CIMA designation from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and also has his AIF designation (Accredited Investment Fiduciary). He was most recently a Senior VP and SIMC at Morgan Keegan, and before that at Citi Institutional Consulting/Smith Barney for 17 years. Ross is married, and has two daughters and one son in law. He is involved at his church, Providence Baptist, Meals on Wheels, and various other Christian ministries. He is past president of Faith Ministry in McAllen, Texas.
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An entrepreneur and real estate developer for the last 30 years, Roy Goble grew up working in his father’s junkyard, where he learned to take apart absolutely anything and to evaluate everything for the value of its parts. After studying economics and business at Westmont College, and marrying his high school sweetheart, D’Aun, he joined his family’s growing real estate business. Today he runs a real estate investment company based in Silicon Valley, leads the ministry PathLight International, and serves on multiple boards—while still finding time to visit and learn from friends and ministry partners around the world.
Roy is the author of Junkyard Wisdom: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts (Deep River Books, 2016). His second book, Salvaged: Leadership Lessons Pulled from the Junkyard, was published by NavPress in January ‘2019.
Life:
Following Jesus has turned out to be harder and better than he ever imagined, and sometimes he misses the simplicity of selling parts in the junkyard. After thirty-five years of marriage, however, D’Aun tells him he already owns too many old cars.
Russell Bjorkman is the founder of Lighthouse, a church real estate consultancy that answers the three big questions a church faces with the largest financial decision of its life: What are its mission and goals, what will cities allow to be built on church land and what can be funded?
Prior to founding Lighthouse, Russell’s work experience spanned across Europe, Asia, Africa and the US. As an investor and advisor, Russell has invested in businesses across Africa, Asia, South America and the US. As an attorney, Russell worked for Skadden Arps and Freshfields in London and Hong Kong for ten years, guiding significant IPOs and high-yield offerings, including that of Telkom South Africa, KazmunaiGas in Kazakhstan, FIFA in Europe, and Chinese real estate companies. His transactional experience spans over 20 different countries. He is also a Venture Partner with Sovereign’s Capital (since 2015), after serving as an advisor to Sovereign’s first fund for several years.
Russell has a JD/MBA from the Wharton School / University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a Bachelor’s in Accounting and Psychology from the University of Southern California, where he played football and was a Rhodes Scholar semi-finalist. Russell and his wife were married in 2013 and live in Los Angeles, California.
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“What if my interpretation of the Bible is wrong and the Bible really does give Christians the freedom to invest in anything without raising questions on the ground of conscience?”