WHO WE ARE
Freedom of Commerce Staff and Personnel
We are an organization that employs people of rare and valuable talent. Freedom of Commerce staff consists of doctors, research scientists, lawyers, businessmen, veterans, and broadcast media specialists. Below you will get to know just some of these outstanding individuals and their history of defending America and its Christian roots.
Our Message to Members
While most groups are defining problems; Freedom of Commerce will be solving problems. Christianity must prosper for our Christian Nation to prosper.
FREEDOM OF COMMERCE CHRISTIAN DECLARATION OF FREEDOM
We the people of the 50 free states of “The United States of America do hereby proclaim freedom as a gift from God almighty as all rights are derived only from God and do bind all Government bureaucrats and elected officials to their sole purpose of being a servant to the sovereign people that comprise this great nation; and do declare that our nation was at its greatest freedom at its inception when our only laws were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights because laws and regulations can only restrict or modify freedom, therefore; we agree to have a moratorium on new laws and regulations and begin eliminating the more than five million laws on the books because they are so convoluted they only confuse rather than clarify and have become a burden to the people to follow because no one can easily navigate through the maze of laws and regulations; we do further declare that because the people are the sovereigns of this nation that all Government bureaucrats and elected officials must have the people's permission in conducting their business and that all said business be solely to benefit the people and that their inalienable rights are derived only from God and never derived from Government and that said Government bureaucrats and elected officials that act against the people in any way may be recalled by referendum with a majority vote and bureaucratic positions or authority may be eliminated by a majority vote, and special favors given or received by said officials be declared illegal and punished more severely due to the violation of the sacred trust between the servant and the people; and as a candidate for office you agree with the entirety of the above we the “Freedom of Commerce” encourage you to submit your candidate profile to “favored candidates” for recommendation.
National President
Eugene Yu
"Freedom of Commerce”
Faces Of FOC
Eugene Yu
National President - Freedom of Commerce
Brought up in Augusta, GA to hard-working Korean immigrant parents. His father was retired Korean marine officer. His mother was a dedicated homemaker. He graduated George P. Butler High School in 1974. Studied criminal justice at Augusta College while working for Augusta FD as a firefighter. Joined the U.S. Army in 1976 and served as an enlisted Military Police Soldier, with a deployment to Korea. Honorably discharged from Ft. Bliss in 1980, when he then went to work as a deputy sheriff for the Richmond County Sheriff's Department. Beginning in 1987, Eugene began his private sector career for Cummings Engine Company as a road patrolman. In 1993, he caught the entrepreneurship bug and started his own contracting company, the Commercial and Military System Corp. He successfully ran this business, growing it to 450 employees with annual revenues around $100 million, until 2013. He ran for U.S. Senate in 2013 and ran multiple times for U.S. Congress, running on an America First platform. He has been a loyal Republican since 1984. He has additional continuing education training from Harvard Business School. Eugene is a tireless fighter against Communism and relentless defender of freedom with the belief that every American is the author of their own destiny.
Dr. Christina Jeffrey
Chairman of the Board -
Freedom of Commerce
Dr. Christina Jeffery was born to a career Army man whose plan, prior to meeting her mother, was to be an Episcopalian Priest. However, after their first child, Christina, 7 more followed in quick succession. When her father realized the church was not going to be his vocation, he settled his family in St. George, SC, and became a farmer. These were the post-war years and farmers were hurt badly. So he rejoined the Army and took his growing family to Germany. The Army was great for her and her siblings. They traveled a lot and met people from all walks of life. Christina graduated from St. Helen’s School in Dayton, Ohio, at the top of her class and at the age of 18 she was awarded a full scholarship from Vassar College. She left Vassar to marry. The couple then attended and graduated from Plano University, a very conservative and innovative college in Texas. Next, they attended the University of Alabama, which hired her husband and awarded her a 3 year National Defense Act Fellowship where they both received degrees. Christina earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Political Science with a minor in Sociology. While studying and then teaching, she was also raising five children, four of which married and have children of their own. After graduation from University of Alabama in 1984, she took a job with the U.S. Air Force as a Professor of Public Administration, employed by Troy State University. She took her children with her and they benefited greatly as they were enrolled in German schools and also enjoyed four months in Turkey, where they had many opportunities to travel. In 1994, she was appointed Historian of the United States Congress - by which, she was immediately canceled after packing up the family, taking a leave from Kennesaw State University, and moving to D.C. Upon return, Christina and her husband, Robert Jeffrey, decided to move to Adairsville, GA. They loved their life in Georgia, but Rob’s dream job became available and they moved to South Carolina where he has now been teaching for more than 20 years and she has been an adjunct professor at several area colleges. Dr. Christina Jeffrey has been a lifelong advocate for Christian principles that have guided and formed our nation. A few years ago, she co-founded the U.S. Allegiance Institute, a 501-C3 nonprofit for the purpose of educating people about the constitution. This institute not only informed citizens of what is in the text but the very purpose and spirit of that text so that its truth and value would be extended through those who learn of it. - see www.usallegiance.org
Thank you Dr Christina Jeffery for lending your moral backbone, your excellent example, and your courage in declaring American independence from Communism, and remaking America and the world for the preservation of freedom for all of humanity and with a doable/workable plan to preserve Christianity and defeat Communism.
Charles Stoker
Managing Director
Freedom of Commerce
Charles Stoker AKA “The Campaign Animal” has been fighting Communism since 1951 when the Communist fighter Joseph McCarthy came to Rome, GA and explained the “Iron Curtin” to 7 year old Charles. Charles' grandfather, Marion Johnston, was an entrepreneur and son of a Baptist Minister. He was black balled from a job in Alabama because the Communist Franklin Delano Rosevelt Democrats were outraged when he paid his poll tax and voted Republican. As a student at Wayne County Community College, he organized a “Model National Legislation” and a debate between seven political parties in the state of Michigan; Democrat, Republican, Conservative, American Independent Party, Socialist Workers party, Socialist Labor Party, Human Rights Party. The White Panther Party refused to participate (John Sinclair’s off shoot of Black Panther Party; on U. Michigan Campus). As a journalist, Charles covered the 1972 Democrat National convention and subsequent riots. Charles faced off against violent movements as a student in college and managed to save lives while studying at Kent State University when the Communist SDS riots cost four lives, “4 dead in Ohio”student deaths; by preventing a radical Communist professor from rallying students to risk their lives against armed National Guardsmen, with his rallying cry “Let’s go take back our Campus”. Charles' cry was “you either get down or I will take you down”, “you will not get any more people killed”. Not long after this Charles once again confronted Communists in downtown Detroit who were displaying a banner that read: PEACE & COMMUNISM. The banner came down and was replaced with a banner that read: PEACE YES COMMUNISM NEVER. He is a life member of Ronald Reagan’s organization “Republican Assembly”, now the “Georgia Republican Assembly” (GRA) known as the conservative wing of the Republican Party. Chairman of “Take Back Our Christian Nation”. Former Chairman of "Empower the Youth Leadership Now" and CAB "Citizens Against Busing". Former Chairman of "Michigan 15th Congressional District Conservative Caucus". Honor Graduate Army Drill Instructor School of Ft McCellan Alabama. Top gun Police Forsyth Georgia. Top qualifier Army automatic Rifle Team from 82nd Airborne Firearms Instructor and in service training instructor GEORGIA Prison system American by birth Southern by the grace of God.
Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao
Board of Directors - Freedom of Commerce
Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao serves a mathematics professor at Mercer University. Her areas of specialty are elementary education, reading, math, science, social studies, English language learners, and educational leadership. Prior to her appointment to Mercer University's Tift College of Education in 2003, she was an elementary-level teacher in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, a visiting assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University, and an associate professor at St. Thomas University in Miami. She written and managed several Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology grants from the U.S. Department of Education. Today she lectures and works to protect our children from the evils of common core, critical race theory and social engineering, agenda 21 and now agenda 31. Possibly her biggest contribution in the fight for life and liberty in this nation came from when she submitted the Amicus brief to U S Supreme Court that made it into majority opinion overturning Roe vs Wade.
Pastor James Daniel Shinn
US Korean Association of Washington - President
Virginia Director - Freedom of Commerce
James Shinn arrived in the USA in the state of Washington, DC in 1979. James graduated from Mt. Vernon High school and studied and graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University. James is also on the Board of Directors for the Asian American Coalition for Education. Also, former Chief Secretary Officer of the Federation of Korean Association USA, James is currently the Senior pastor at Washington John Baptist church in Fairfax, VA.
Jayre Jones
Georgia Freedom of Commerce -
Chief of Staff and Medical Science Advisor
Jayre Jones, 35, is a research scientist currently studying the effects of sickle cell anemia on autoimmune disorders in children. His work has been ongoing for seven years now in the hopes of providing a cure for the children suffering from this disease along with the pain and complications it causes them along with autoimmune dysfunctionality. Jayre has been a resident of Georgia since the age of five and is a strong advocate for various issues including 2nd amendment rights, bodily autonomy, border control, elimination of the state income tax, and school choice as well as an overhaul of the state education program. Jayre is currently running for State Senate in District 41 encompassing mostly Dekalb county as well as a portion of Gwinnett county. Jayre is a graduate of Emory University and also serves as chief of staff, medical science advisor, and Dekalb county director for Freedom of Commerce.
Marshall Rawson
Florida Director of Freedom of Commerce
Marshall Clayton Rawson, 30, is a Christian, a Florida native, husband and father of three. A former collegiate decathlete, and a liberty advocate who, during undergrad, helped lead many initiatives, such as campus carry which soon later spread in several states across the South.
Marshall has been a strong advocate across Florida and elsewhere for numerous issues including as a taxpayer advocate, heritage defense, 2nd Amendment, immigration reform, state sovereignty and our environment.
Marshall currently serves as the Chairman of a four county Republican Liberty Caucus chapter in North Central Florida. He is the owner of Free State Growers, a multi-county agricultural business located in North Florida, and is currently a JD Candidate in his last year of law school where he plans to specialize in Corporate, Tax and Land-Use law. Marshall is a graduate of Jacksonville University.
Dave Rittenhouse
Vice Chairman Board of Directors - Freedom of Commerce
Dave Rittenhouse is a chemist and lead research scientist on further developing the efficiency of Lithium Ion batteries.