Marcus Kindley Bio
Marcus Kindley is a native of Guilford County.
Mr. Kindley is Co-Founder and CEO of Intercarolina Financial Services, a full service brokerage firm founded in 1986. Beginning with his partner and himself, his firm now has over 60 Registered Representatives throughout the Southeast United States. In addition he is a Co- Owner of the Intercarolina Mortgage Group providing residential and commercial loans. Mr. Kindley was the first President of the North Carolina Association of Securities Dealers, and is a registered General Securities Principal, Municipal Securities Principal, and Registered Representative.
Mr. Kindley received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History with a minor in the Classic Languages (Latin and Greek) from the University of North Carolina at Asheville where he was on the Deans List his junior and senior years and is a member of its alumni board. He also attended the Masters Degree Program at UNC-G in History/ Economics.
Mr. Kindley has served as a THREE term Chairman of the Guilford County Republican Party from 2001 until 2007 and Vice Chairman from 1999-2001 was a precinct Chairman prior to 1999. In addition, he served on the Executive Board of the Sixth Congressional District and the State Executive Committee of the North Carolina Republican Party serving on the State Platform committees and Plan of Organization Committees. He is the founder of the Informed Voters of North Carolina, a PAC dedicated to promoting Republican Candidates. He attended the 2000 Republican Convention where George W. Bush was nominated for President, and was an invited guest to the North Carolina Electoral College of 2001 where the votes were cast to elect George Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
Mr. Kindley was elected a delegate from the North Carolina Sixth Congressional District to the 2004 National Convention held in New York City.
He had the "Straight Talk" Radio show on WGOS 1070am with Dusty Dunn every other Thursday at 9:00am. The show reached over 20,000 listeners and was on the air from 1999.-2007. Currently Marcus is a guest each Wednesday morning on the Big Talker FM in Wilmington with Curtis Wright at 6:30 am
Mr. Kindley served on the Northeast Guilford County Planning Board, the Guilford County Advisory Board on Environmental Quality, and was Founder of the McLeansville Community Association, a group dedicated to promoting the McLeansville area and Eastern Guilford County. He is the Chairman of the Eastern Guilford County Development Association a non-profit organization founded to provide housing for the elderly; He was also a Past-President of the McLeansville Lions Club for District 31-D. Mr. Kindley has beena volunteer counselor with the Drug Action Council as well as a volunteer with the Urban Ministry serving the homeless in Guilford County. In addition Mr Kindley,a former Boy Scout has been an ardent supporter of scouting and recently helped the Rev. Walter King of Reidsville, N.C. form the first scout troop in a predominatley black neighborhood bringing the benifits and principles of scouting to that area.
Mr. Kindley is a member of the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church where he is a certified Layminister, sings in the Chancel Choir, teaches the Ervin Sunday Sunday_School Class, the Disciples Bible Course, and serves on various committees therein. Mr. Kindley also serves on the Board of the Guilford County Jail Ministry, and conducts services at the county prison farm bi monthly.
He is married to Gay Kindley; they have one daughter and a Precious Grand daughter, 5-year-old Cassandra