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Matthew K. Harnest

Consultant

(682) 216-0697

MattHarnest@Gmail.com

SKILLS

Professional Salesmanship and Sales Manager.  Entrepreneur, Real Estate Broker, and Developer of Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and all manners of Real Estate.  Licensed Securities Dealer.  Licensed Insurance Salesman and Sales Manager.  Local, State, National, and International Philanthropist, Volunteer, Good Samaritan, Follower, Leader, Soccer Coach, Black Belt Karate and Rape Prevention Instructor, Advocate for The Less Fortunate, Counselor At Law, and Therapist.  Practioner of “PsychoSomaticSpiritual Medicine .”

EXPERIENCE

Southwestern Co.,  Nashville, TN – Worked 90 Hours a week as a Professional Salesman and Sales manager

May 1976 – August 1983

  • Sold Bibles and other books door-to-door on straight commission.
  • Managed 110 Sales People and helped 62% improve their sales from one week to the next while maintaining his own high-level record Sales production.
  • Earned enough money each summer to buy a brand-new car and support himself through College for each year.  Top 1% in the Nation in Sales & Management

TLC & Associates, Dallas, TX – Salesman and SalesManager

December 1977 – March 1978

  •  Door-to-door Sales of Insurance, Top 1% in the Nation in Sales, over $2,000 per week in 1978 or about $20,000+ per month in current-day dollars.  Won cash prizes and “All-Expense Paid Trip for Two To Europe.”

DJT Investments, Abilene, TX – Associate, My Mentor Dennis J. Turnbull taught me how to become a Multi-Billionaire with my CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) Education from The National Associate of Realtors.

March 1978 – December 1979

  • Learned all aspects of Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Investment Real Estate Development.

Common-Law Marriage to Leslie Williams, Grand-Daughter of Multi-Billionaire M.J. Neeley of Fort Worth, Texas, Abilene, TX – As a Wedding Present M. J. Neeley gave me 350 acres free of debt right on Highway 35 E. South of Dallas, Texas where the City was growing.  One acre is worth over $1,000,000.  With my newly gained knowledge of a CCIM and ability to borrow against the land to finance the developments, I was set for life!

I decided to give up the pursuit of Making Money and Become a Philanthropist instead and use my entrepreneurial skills to Analyze The Needs of Society and Create Solutions, Programs, and Charities to meet those needs.  Austin, TX – I decided to break it off with Leslie and move to Austin to finish my Degree.

Servants of God, Inc. (sGa,) Austin, TX – Founder, Director

January 1980 – Present

  • Founded a unique organization by uniting together all the Christian denominations and organizations for the first time in history in coordinated prayer and action.  Highly successful in radically changing The University of Texas campus by voting in 82% of the Student Government, The Student Body President, The Student Body Editor, and the Head Cheerleader.  It caught the attention of Newsweek magazine.
  • I elected “Paul Begala” Student Body President of The University of Texas, Austin, Texas – Who later went on to Get President Clinton Elected Twice and he’s one of the most sought-after Democrat Consultants!
  • I met Ralph Reed at KC 83’ a Campus Crusade for Christ National meeting, worked with him all over the Nation, starting “Students For America” chapters, and Baptized his wife, “Jo” Reed.  Ralph used the term that I coined in 1984, “Christian Coalition Director” when he was the National Director for the Christian Coalition which was on the cover of Time Magazine being credited for voting in a Majority in the House of Representatives and The U.S. Senate in 1995!

“Hunt For The Hungry TM,” Austin, TX – Founder, Director

January 1982 – Present

  • Gathered Over 60 Tons of much-needed Protein for Food Banks in Texas in the first two years!

“Building A Better America” (BABA), Austin, TX – Founder, Director

June 1982 – Present

  • Organized Volunteers to fix up poor widows’ homes and take orphanages to college football games among other things.

Nominated for “Thousand Points of Light” by President George H.W. Bush, Austin, TX – Founder,

January 1982 – Present

Freedom Council, Austin, TX –

December 1983 – May 1984

  • Worked with Pat Robertson, The Founder of the First Christian Television station called, CBN or “The Christian Broadcasting Network.”  My tasks included traveling to Churches around the 10th Congressional District of Texas, the Austin, Texas area, registering people to vote, and motivating them to be responsible citizens.

Victory 84’, Austin, TX – ORIGINAL Christian Coalition Director

June 1984 – January 1985

  • Worked with a “Non-Partisan” Organization called “Victory 84” designed to get President Ronald Reagan re-elected.  President Reagan came down to where I was to launch his re-election in Austin, Texas, the home of “The International Atheist Association” and Madalyn Murry O’Hair.
  • Traveled all over the USA meeting with the Top Christian Leaders of that age and doing voter registration drives and educating Christians about their responsibilities.

NPC (Nash, Phillips, Copus) Commercial Investment Broker, Austin, TX – Commercial Real Estate Investment Broker

January 1985 – May 1985

Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, TX – Chairman of Small Businesses Committee

April 1985 – May 1985

Fellowship Foundation, Washington, DC – Associate

June 1985 – April 1986

U.S. Senator Paul Trible of Virginia, Washington, DC – Closest Aide

December 1985 – April 1986

U.S. House of Representatives 10th District of Texas – Candidate for Congress

April 1986 – October 1986 

“Heart for Honduras” Austin, Texas – Volunteer Dentist and EMT, Positioned 3 miles from Nicaragua During The Sandinista War

April 1986 – May 1986 

Texas Senate 14th District of Texas, Austin, Texas – Candidate for Texas Senate

December 1987 – October 1988

Lobbyist For The Texas Homeschool Coalition, Austin, Texas – Successfully helped make Texas one of the Best Places in the USA to Homeschool.

March 1987 – April 1987

Deputized Sheriff for Hays County Texas, San Marcos, Texas – Para-Military in Texas

December 1988 – January 1989

Dell Computers, Austin, Texas – Top Salesman in Home, Business, Government, Medical Sales

January 1989 – April 1993

“Coalition For A Safer Society,” Austin, Texas – Founder and Director of the Largest Coalition of this type in Texas History.  Endorsed by the Young Texas Lawyers Association among others.

May 1992 – Present

Pro Se’ Litigant and Counselor At Law, Fort Worth, Texas – Attempted to rescue my three children from their mother’s Satanic Ritual Abuse and Step-Father’s rape and torture.  Practiced Law all the way to the Supreme Court of Texas.

April 1993 – Present

Victim of “Lawfare, Injustices and Ex-wives Lies, Fort Worth, Texas – Legally filed for a Restraining Order against my ex-wife, but instead her expensive lawyer threw me in jail, took my hearing I had set, and terminated my parental rights and kept me in Jail for 7 months.  Future ex-wife would learn from that and use the same and similar “Lawfare,” “Weaponized Legal System” thing against me.

Personally Homeless, Fort Worth, Texas – My 3 children, ages 2, 4, and 5 were being tortured by being forced to “eat poo-poo and drink pee pee,” and being raped and sexually assaulted for over 7 years.  Their mother and her pedophile husband subjected my Precious 3 children to “Satanic Ritual Abuse!!” I tried Repeatedly to get Child Protective Services, Law Enforcement, my Family members, The Denton, Dallas, and Van Zandt District Attorneys, and the Courts, Everyone Refused and FAILED to do ANYTHING about it, even though I filed the correct legal paperwork for a Restraining Order!  I was falsely accused and sent to jail for about 7 months.  After all that, I had a nervous breakdown.  My family left me on the streets, refusing to give me food or shelter, rationalizing their behavior by quoting “Psycho-babble like, “We do not want to encourage him in this behavior by ‘enabling’ him.”

April 1993 – 1995

“Coalition For A Safer Society,” Fort Worth, Texas – Endorsed by George W. Bush, Flown all over the State of Texas doing personal speeches with a Team of District Attorneys endorsing Mr. Bush for Governor

March 1994

Knowles Publishing, Fort Worth, Texas – Top Salesman of the Year

December 1997 – December 1998

Volunteer For The United Nations, Darwin, Australia – Supported a Multi-National Effort to protect East Timor, Indonesia

January 1999 – March 2000

Education USA, Fort Worth, Texas – Professor of Advanced Computer Networking

March 2000 – August 2000

AT&T and Charter Internet, Fort Worth, Texas – Professional Sales

August 2000 – January 2005

Founded 4MH Telemarketing, Inc. “One Call Does It All” Call Center – A Virtual Call Center Primarily Centered in the Philippines

January 2001 – Present

Founded “Loving LOVE and Loving Others.org, Fort Worth, Texas – A 501 (C) (3) Not-For-Selfish Self-Centered Profit Umbrella for ALL of our Charitable, Non-Profit Organizations, Programs, Joint Ventures, Businesses, Companies, etc…  

January 2012 – Present

EDUCATION

National Association of Realtors (NAR), Abilene, Texas – Successfully passed all the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) Courses.

March 1978 – December 1979

Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI), Abilene, Texas – Successfully completed GRI Designation and obtained my Realtor’s License

August 1975 – December 1977

Texas A&M University, Bryan-College Station – Pre-Medicine, Double Major in Biology & Psychology

Studied “PsychoSomatic Spiritual Medicine.”

August 1975 – December 1977

The University of Texas, Austin, Texas – Finished Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

August 1981 – December 1983

Microsoft Certified Professional with a specialty in TCP/IP, Novell & A+ Certified, Fort Worth, Texas

MENTORS

Zig Ziglar, Dallas, Texas – Master Sales Professional, Sales Manager, Public Speaker, Author, and Personal Friend.

January 1979 – Until his passing in 2012

Brigadier General Robbie Risner, Austin, Texas – Highest Ranking Officer in the “Hanoi Hilton.” He served in 3 wars and flew 163 fighter jet missions and was shot down twice.  Breakfast Buddy every Tuesday, Personal Friend.

January 1985 – Until his passing in 2013

Allen Clarke, Austin, Texas – Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Breakfast Buddy every Tuesday, Personal Friend.

January 1985 – Present

U.S. Senator Paul Trible, (VA) Washington, D.C. – Spent all day and night together for several months as his closest Aide.  He always left the back door open with coffee waiting for me.

December 1985 – Present

Dennis J. Turnbull, Abilene, Texas – Owner of DJT Investments.  Taught me how to prevent millions and millions of dollars of mistakes in the real estate development business.

March 1978 – Present

Doug and Jonathan Coe, Washington, D.C. – Loved me like a very special brother and introduced me to great men and women from around the world like the “Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher of England.

June 1985 – February 2017

David Chavern, Falls Church, VA – My brother by marriage.  David Chavern is president and CEO of the Consumer Brands Association, the trade association for America’s $2.1 trillion food, beverage, and consumer products industry. Chavern joined the Consumer Brands Association in January 2023 after a seven-year tenure as president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, the news industry’s leading trade organization, where he rebranded the association and broadened its print focus to include digital media. Chavern also oversaw a merger with the Association of Magazine Media.

Chavern has built a career spanning 30 years in executive strategic, operational, and legal roles. Before his time at the News Media Alliance, he spent a decade at the United States Chamber of Commerce. From 2014-15, he served as the President of the Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation. He was also the Chamber’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer between 2007-14. In this role, he was responsible for day-to-day operations and long-term planning for the 500-person organization. Chavern managed numerous national and international advocacy efforts and guided the organization through periods of intense media attention.

A proud alumnus, Chavern also serves on the board of trustees of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, and is as Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Chavern is a founding investor in several innovative companies including Column – an organization striving to improve the utility and distribution of public interest information – and Starling Trust Sciences.

Chavern has been named in The Hill’s “Top Lobbyists” and was one of the Washingtonian’s “250 Most Influential People.”

David was Deputy General Counsel for the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. in 2003.  Currently the new President and CEO of the “American Council of Life Insurers” as of June 27, 2024.

A graduate of Villanova University’s School of Law, Chavern went on to receive his MBA from Georgetown University, where he was valedictorian. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Chavern lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife and children.

Robert Flowers, Houston, Texas. – Cousin and Owner of a Construction Company specializing in building Top Quality Hospitals like M.D. Anderson in Houston, Texas

Steve Flowers, McAllen. Texas – Cousin who Specializes in Agriculture.

Pamela Harnest Bucy Pierson – Sister and former U.S. Attorney General, Law Professor, and Author.

WON THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH, SALES TRIPS TO MAZATLAN MEXICO, BRECKENRIDGE COLORADO, AND ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIPS FOR TWO TO EUROPE.