Member Presenters

Brian Benham
National Director
For over 20 years, Brian has assisted thousands of Mid-Western families with taxes and retirement planning. For a large part of his career, he has been focused on serving as a resource for federal employees with their FERS and CSRS benefit plans.
As the National Director of Federal Edge, Brian’s experience and training make him uniquely qualified to conduct educational presentations. He also works one-on-one in his private practice – helping federal employees fully understand their benefits as they plan to retire.
In his role as a Federal Retirement System National Instructor, Brian also teaches CPAs, Attorneys, Insurance Agents, and Financial Professionals. The goal is to make them aware of FERS/CSRS complexities to help them better serve their own clients retiring from federal positions.

Patrick Harkin
Federal Retirement Consultant
Patrick retired from the US Postal Service with over 30 years of government service in many Regional, Headquarters and OIC/Acting Postmaster positions.
Aside from serving in the US Air Force and the Iowa Air National Guard, he wanted more life experience. Patrick studied Accounting and Business Law at both Drake University and Iowa State University.
Upon retiring from the Postal Service, Patrick realized there is a huge resources gap for postal and federal employees to help them understand their benefits. Why was there not a true, legitimate source to get these definitive answers? This is what brought him to F.F.E.B.A.

Calvin Bagley
Federal Retirement Consultant
With over three decades of service, Calvin retired from the US Postal Service in January 2010. Calvin started as a letter carrier and moved up to the highest positions within the Postal Service.
Having served in the US Air Force and his experience as a Police Officer, Calvin wanted to dive deeper into this world. He soon received his BS Degree in Criminal Justice from North Carolina Wesleyan College.
Calvin is presently licensed in 25 states and has spent several years working with federal employees in optimizing their retirement benefits. He has had the pleasure of assisting employees with ATF, Customs Border Patrol, immigration, FBI, Social Security, FSA, and many more federal agencies.