Writer, Rebel, Producer, Poet, Kevin J Palmer

(aka Boy Scout)

Palmer Private Equity, is rooted in Kevin’s Behavioral Economic Research that once set standards for Wall Street brokerage firms. It is now run by Kevin & Gretchen both formally trained at NYSE traded corporations. Its Philanthropic entity invests for the public good in the family’s nonprofit. Kevin is a Financial Freedom Fighter, who as an epigrammatic writer illustrates  how emotional intelligence leads to decision processes that enable economic dignity & improves quality of life. He published two books as well as numerous articles and blogs on economic and financially related topics and his third book will be out in 2023. Kevin has also had radio appearances on NPR’s Market Place, NPR affiliate KJZZ-FM, KXTZ-FM, as well as television appearances on KPNX-TV, KVVU-TV5, KNXV-TV. He currently resides in Scottsdale, AZ

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But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to

come. Get up and make them.

–Madam C. J. Walker

A lonely childhood heightened by poverty and illness defined

Brandon Bartholomew’s early life.

When we first met, I had been focusing on

environmental stewardship as well as child advocacy, helping kids

in group homes who had suffered abuse and abandonment. The

horse therapy program for renegade kids who were wild at heart,

was working. Now, I had the opportunity to turn my desire to

supporting at risk kids in a more financially direct way.

After exploring a financial literacy program, we decided at the

last minute, to set up a small nonprofit. Funded by my company

and other donors, we awarded seed-money grants to community

organizations.

The day I met Brandon Bartholomew it was raining lightly.

His grant request, to improve the human condition, won him an

opportunity to present to our Board of Directors and he was

waiting in the anteroom. I had no idea what to expect when this

handsome, understated man entered the conference room.

* * *

Brandon Bartholomew was dressed in a dark-gray wool suit,

white starched shirt, and purple tie, making it hard to tell he was

a thin man. His tortoiseshell glasses accented the ebony color of

his skin, eyes, and close-cropped graying hair. His demeanor was

serious—until he smiled like a morning sunrise.

Not readily apparent from his façade was what he had

overcome. As I later learned, Brandon’s father had died when he

was eight. His mother raised him on her nurse’s salary, but she also

died early in his life.

Brandon was fortunate to find activities such as science,

academics, and business that bolstered his spirit. He’d preferred

sports but grew to accept his limitations as an athlete. His backup

plan was to become highly educated and use his practical

knowledge to adopt nontraditional alternatives.

The week following Brandon’s presentation, the panel granted

his request for funding, and he was informed by email. After the

long Veterans Day weekend, I went in my office to catch up on a

stack of unread mail that had arrived before the holiday. Among

the credit-card offers, bills, and advertisements was a handwritten

note on personal stationery from Brandon Reddox Bartholomew.

“Thank you very much,” he wrote, “for giving financial support to

improve the way physicians serve impoverished patients in central

Mississippi.” He closed the letter with an invitation to visit him at

his home in Starkville, Mississippi.

The letter struck me as unusual. Most responses of gratitude

are staged and rather superfluous. They arrive on letterheads of the

receiving entity, addressed collectively to the entire panel. Why

had this man reached out with thanks in such a way?

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