Michael Marchand is a preacher, teacher, and innovator who is focused on serving his (second) favorite group of people on the planet: Catholic youth ministers. After years of working in parish youth ministry, Michael co-founded ProjectYM to do just that. Since then, his ministry has taken him across the country and around the world, training, equipping, and supporting thousands of youth ministry leaders, and letting them know that they matter! Michael's resume also includes preaching gigs at events and conferences around the world, a Catholic theology degree, authoring a book on Catholic evangelization, years of training and consulting with parish/diocesan leaders on technology and social media, countless online projects, building multiple successful brands, launching several membership sites, and lots of wins in Monopoly. Michael is blessed to be part of an amazing missionary family. Michael, his beautiful wife (Crystal) and four kids serve the local Church in Chattanooga, TN.