BRENDAN BARNICLE is the rector at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church in Wilsonville, Oregon. Barnicle began working in finance as a corporate finance attorney, specializing in cross-border transactions. Subsequently, he moved to investment banking, and went on to serve at Vice President of Business Development and Chief Financial Officer at two Internet start-ups. He spent the majority of his investment banking career as Managing Director of Equity Research at a major bank. He has appeared on CNBC and Bloomberg News and in The Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Now, as a priest, he brings that familiarity with money and financial systems to the Episcopal Church. He lives in Portland, Oregon.