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1st Gen Entrepreneur

C. L. Brown

It all started, a long time ago, when a young man set out to find his fortune. Captain C.L. Brown was 19 years old with a sixth-grade education, and his family were junk dealers in Baltimore, Maryland. He heard about an oil boom in Mexia, Texas; so he went there, and spent his lifetime in the oil field learning skillsets and working hard. One skill he learned was to lower nitroglycerine into the well-bore and blow it up, causing the wells to come in better and be more productive. Because of this skillset, he gained the nickname “Torpedo Brown.” Naturally, he had no competition because of the risk involved. When he was in his 60s, the Pure Oil Company asked him if he would like to buy the Mexia field.

He had saved money his whole life. So, with a handshake and a loan, Captain Brown purchased the field. He fracked all the wells (an improving technology back then) and they came in like new. He paid the bank off in a little over a year, and bought oil fields in West Texas (The Permian Basin) as well. He took his family from poverty to riches, but it took a whole life-time of hard work and risk. TRADEway teaches people all across America to become the “Captain Brown” of their family, through stock trading! Hard work, yes, and some risk, but at least you don’t have to deal with torpedos!

C. L. BROWN
Torpedo Brown

2nd Gen Investor

E.G. Hall

Many years later E.G. Hall married Captain Brown’s daughter, Virginia – his favorite child. Elvis and Virginia were the first in the family to have business degrees!

He was hired by Humble Oil (now Exxon) to maintain oil leases. It is now the largest producing field in the U.S. stock and bond markets. The family drilled the second oil well in that field, and he passed all these skillsets down to their daughter Joye.

E.G. HALL
Skillsets Passed

3rd Gen Diversifier

Fred & Joye Mitchell

Elvis and Virginia’s daughter, Joye, married Paul Parker, a WWII veteran who had flown more than twenty bombing raids over Germany. He had become a geologist after the war, and his team discovered the Permian Basin oil field in West Texas. It is now the largest producing field in the world. Because of Paul, our family purchased leases in West Texas, and Paul drilled the second oil well in the Permian Basin. Unfortunately, Paul passed away in his 30s.

Some time later, Joye married a Special Agent in the F.B.I. named Fred Mitchell (pictured here with young David). Fred was a remarkable man of many talents. He quickly learned the family skillsets passed down to him and Joye, from Elvis and Virginia. He used oil funds to start the Van Zoren Pipe Organ Company in Portland, Oregon with his son, David. They later sold the pipe organ company to the CBS Television Network. Fred and Joye taught all the skills they had learned from Captain Brown, and Elvis and Virginia Hall, to David and his wife, Charlotte.

4th Gen Multiplier

David With Family, 2001

Fred and Joye’s son, David, went to Baylor University and studied pre-med for two years before being asked by Fred to change his major to business. David had been managing the oil company office since High School, and knew more about stock trading than his professors when he entered Baylor Business school. David married the love of his life, his child-hood sweetheart, Charlotte Black, and then graduated in 1978 with two business degrees–a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, and an MBA.

Two weeks before his Master’s comps, while driving 40 miles East from Baylor to work in the oil office in Mexia, David’s life suddenly took a vastly new direction. He asked the Lord Jesus Christ to come into his life and, in his words, “be my boss rather than me being my boss.” He was an entrepreneur at heart and he believed strongly in the idea of the family business, and now he saw this as an avenue to serve the Lord.

David Teaching

David felt called into the ministry about five years later and studied theology under his beloved mentor, Dr. Irwin “Rocky” Freeman. David continued running the oil company, but also served as Associate Pastor under the founder of a new church (Park Meadows Church in Corsicana, Texas), and then under the next two Pastors as well. Later, he became the Senior Pastor of the church, and is still serves and leads in this position today, some forty years later. David never took a salary from the church because God blessed his business skills; in fact, he was able to give to the Lord’s work through the years because of his background in business. 

When David and Charlotte’s five children were grown, they all realized the power of the skillsets passed down from Captain Brown, to Elvis and Virginia, to Fred and Joye, then to David, and now his children and grandchildren. They thought it would be great share the idea of the power of the family business and Stock Trading skill sets with brothers and sisters in Christ around the country. So, David and his five children, and their spouses (all ten together), developed the TRADEway system and began to teach it in every major market in the country.

David’s daily radio show, The Word on Investing (now a popular Podcast) reached hundreds of thousands of people, teaching business principles from the Bible. TRADEway grew into a mid-sized Registered Investment Advisory Firm along the way. By sharing how his family went from poverty to wealth through passing down skillsets and working together, David has helped thousands of families across America learn how to take control of their finances, inspiring them to pursue their own American Dream, chasing their biggest goals, by taking small steps.

 

5th Gen Expander

Katie Huber

Before taking the reigns of the family business as CEO, Katie served as COO for 18 years helping build TRADEway with her Dad, David Mitchell, and her husband, Dave Huber.  Starting from Katie and Dave’s garage (yes, a literal garage based business), with only a handful of students, to now serving more than 100,000 students across the United States, and building a team of 40+ Christian families to serve in every capacity, Katie has truly had the grit and “roll up her sleeves” attitude it took to reach this level of expansion.  The future for TRADEway, now entering it’s 6th generation with Katie’s own children, is brighter than ever!  Katie and her team look forward to helping each and every student pursue their biggest goals as we expand our mission of reaching Christian families with the message of hope and impact.

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Our Team

Meet the TRADEway Team

Our Team

Having a professional, knowledgeable, Christ-centered team to support you in your trading journey is what you’ll experience at TRADEway! These folks will do everything they can to help you reach your biggest goals.

David Mitchell

David Mitchell

Founder, President,
Chairman of the Board

Katie Huber

Katie Huber

Chief Executive Officer

Colin Calvert

Colin Calvert

Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technical Officer

Ben Mitchell

Ben Mitchell

Chief Compliance Officer
Team Manager & Precious Metals Operations Manager

Ross Querry

Lead Investment Adviser Representative

Geoffrey Nance

Geoffrey Nance

Executive Director of AMPT & Investment Adviser Representative Director

Dave Huber II

Chief Sales Officer
Investment Adviser Rep

Blair Nightingale

Blair Nightingale

Investment Adviser Rep

Jared Russell

Investment Advisor Rep

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Casin South

Investment Advisor Rep

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Caleb Pritchett

Investment Advisor Rep

Jenny Taylor

Jenny Taylor

Investment Adviser Rep
Event Director

Dave Huber Sr.

Dave Huber Sr.

Investment Adviser Rep

David Verbruggen

David Verbruggen

Investment Advisor Rep

Pete Breidt

Pete Breidt

Investment Adviser Rep

Denny Foster

Denny Foster

Investment Adviser Rep

Matt Mitchell

Director of Sales
Personal Strategist

Paul Mitchell

Sales Analyst
Personal Strategist

Pamm Romines

Pamm Romines

Assistant Team Manager & Payment Account Advocate

Misty Feller

Misty Feller

Assistant Team Manager
Marketing & Event Coordinator

Shawn Glenn

Personal Strategist

Tiffany Wilburn

Support Specialist
Trading Accountability Partner

Andrew Wilburn

Andrew Wilburn

AMPT Client Engagement Manager
Support Specialist

Rachel McCants

Rachel McCants

Lead Engagement Manager
Trading Accountability Partner

Debbie Calvert

Debbie Calvert

Executive Administrative Assistant

Maria Collins

Maria Collins

Support Specialist & Special Projects Manager

Noah Hernandez

Noah Hernandez

Lead Engagement ReP
Trading Accountability Partner

Brandy Nance

Marketing Strategist

Nathan Russell

Personal Strategist

Julia Mitchell

Julia Mitchell

Marketing Strategy Specialist

Glenda Davis

Assistant to CCO

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Tyler Swartzentruber

Video & Production Specialist

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Matt Shaw

Personal Strategist

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Diana Blood

Trading Accountability Partner

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Ben Butler

Trading Accountability Partner

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Caitlin Nightingale

Personal Strategist

Kyle Ballard

Kyle Ballard

Contractor for Accounting

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Yannick Rice

Personal Strategist

jamey foster

Jamey Foster

Marketing Consultant

Family Based Leadership

TRADEway is truly a family based business — strong values, solid leadership, and a heart for making sure you have everything you need to reach your biggest goals.

David Mitchell

David Mitchell

Founder, President, & Chairman of the Board

Charlotte Mitchell

Charlotte Mitchell

Vice President

Katie Huber

Katie Huber

Chief Executive Officer

Dave Huber II

Chief Sales Officer

Colin Calvert

Colin Calvert

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Ben Mitchell

Ben Mitchell

Chief Compliance Officer, Team Manager & Precious Metals Operations Manager

Paul Mitchell

Sales Analyst
Personal Strategist

Matt Mitchell

Director of Sales
Personal Strategist

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