In Chapter 3 of 21 in his 2011 interview, Phil McKenzie answers "What Makes Your Work Meaningful?" McKenzie finds meaning and purpose creating and growing a conference that connects the next frontier of leadership, the creative class. He sees the artists, the entrepreneurs, the philanthropists, and the technologists as the next wave of change makers and sees a need to bring them together. By connecting them and creating value, McKenzie finds personal reward in return. McKenzie is the founder of Influencer Conference, an international event series bringing together tastemakers across the arts, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and technology. He is also managing partner of influencer marketing agency FREE DMC. Previously he worked in Domestic Equity Trading at Goldman, Sachs, & Co. He earned his BA from Howard University and MBA from Duke University.