Brent Hamachek, author of Dissidently Speaking: Change the Words. Change the War, is the VP & Associate Publisher for Human Events Media Group. He is the author of numerous books and essays, including collaborating with Charlie Kirk on his first book, Time for a Turning Point. He has been a featured speaker for the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He also spoke at a United Nations Conference in 2018.

He earned a BS in Finance & Economics from Lake Superior State University; a post-graduate degree from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, and he also did his master's studies in theology at Loyola University Chicago.