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Student Action Summit 2021

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

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With representation on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide and over 160 full-time staff, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing conservative youth activist organization in the country. At just 26-years-old, Charlie has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, and FOX Business News over 600 times, is a columnist at Newsweek and The Hill and was named to the Forbes “30 under 30” list. Charlie was also the youngest speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention and is the author of two books, and his most recent title, “The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future” is a #1 Best Seller. Charlie is also the Chairman of <a class="sc-bwzfXH sc-bxivhb jAEiZs sc-htpNat duJkyJ" href="https://trumpstudents.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Students for Trump</a>, which aims to activate one million new college voters on campuses in battleground states in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election.
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In 2019, Charlie was granted an honorary doctorate from Liberty University citing his exceptional leadership and energetic voice for conservatives. His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and according to Axios, he is one of the "top 10 most engaged" Twitter handles in the world, behind only President Trump among conservatives. Charlie is the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show”—which regularly ranks among the top 15 news shows on Apple podcast charts—where Charlie delivers in-depth analysis of the modern political and cultural landscape, mixing in philosophy and history with his signature campus activism along with interviews of some of the most influential people of our time.

Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70 th  Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing Kansas’ 4 th  District.
Secretary Pompeo graduated first in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain.  He rose to the rank of Captain, and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Before serving in Congress, he spent a decade leading two manufacturing businesses in South Central Kansas. Mike Pompeo is married to his wife, Susan -- with whom he taught 5 th  grade
Sunday school for many years -- and has one son, Nick.

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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="17qrk-0-0">In addition to new project acquisitions, Donald Jr. actively oversees The Trump Organization’s extensive property portfolio. He is involved in all aspects of the company’s development, from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, branding, marketing, operations, sales and leasing.</div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d6412-0-0">Upon joining the Trump Organization in 2001, Donald Jr. initially worked at Trump Place, the historic West Side Yards redevelopment in New York City, one of the most ambitious and successful large scale development projects in Manhattan. The project spanned several blocks, featured 17 buildings, and created a new community. From there he went on to lead the development of Trump Park Avenue, a conversion of the landmark Hotel Delmonico to an ultra-luxury residential condominium on Park Avenue at East 59th Street, which has been a tremendous success.</div>
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Kayleigh McEnany is the acting Spokesperson for the Republican National Committee.  She previously worked as a CNN political commentator, appearing throughout the network’s primetime and election coverage.  She graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a BSFS in International Politics.  She also studied politics and international relations at Oxford University, St. Edmund Hall.
Before joining CNN, Kayleigh appeared on ABC’s “The View” and was regularly featured on various Fox News and Fox Business programs. In addition to her television work, Kayleigh has a book coming out to be published by Simon &amp; Schuster in January of 2018 called The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement.  She was a contributor for The Hill and a columnist for Above The Law, providing textualist analysis of legal issues.

Rick Scott was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is currently serving his first term representing the state of Florida. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Rick Scott served two terms as the 45th Governor of Florida, working every day to turn around Florida’s economy and secure the state’s future as the best place for families and businesses to succeed.  Scott grew up in public housing in the Midwest as his adoptive father, a World War II veteran and truck driver, and his mother, a store clerk, struggled to financially support their family. After marrying his high school sweetheart, Ann, Scott joined the Navy, where he served active duty as a radar man aboard the USS Glover. He used the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and eventually opened his first business – a donut shop. Scott went on to run the world’s largest healthcare company and continues to fight every day so families across the state can have the same opportunities he had to live the American dream.

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Rick Scott knows firsthand that a good paying job is one of the most important things for a family, and following Florida’s economic collapse ten years ago, he made the decision to run for governor as a businessman with no political experience. During his term as Governor, he successfully championed more than $10 billion in tax cuts and cut thousands of burdensome regulations that led Florida businesses to create nearly 1.7 million new jobs. Under his leadership, the unemployment rate dropped from 11 percent to 3.3 percent, Florida paid down $10 billion in state debt, and record investments were made in what matters most to Floridians – education, the environment, and public safety.

Rick Scott and his wife, Ann, have been married for 48 years and have two daughters, Allison and Jordan, six grandsons, Auguste, Quinton, Sebastian, Eli, Louie and Jude, and one granddaughter, Zelda Ann.

Dan Bongino is an American conservative political commentator, radio show host, author, politician, former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer and former Secret Service agent

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle is an American television news personality who also served as an advisor to Donald Trump. Guilfoyle studied at University of California, Davis, and the University of San Francisco and was a prosecuting attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.

Throughout his life, Ted Cruz has proven to be a passionate and effective fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution.
Ted’s calling to public service has been inspired by his firsthand observation of the pursuit of freedom and opportunity in America. Ted’s mother, Eleanor, was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian
working-class family. She became the first in her family to go to college, graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s.
After being tortured and imprisoned in Cuba, Ted’s father, Rafael, fled to the United States to attend the University of Texas at Austin in 1957. He then started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Ted’s father is a
pastor in Dallas.
As Solicitor General for the State of Texas and in private practice, Ted authored more than 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also won an unprecedented series of landmark national victories that include his defense of U.S. sovereignty against the UN and the World Court in Medellin v. Texas, our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument at the Texas StateCapitol, and the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
In the U.S. Senate, Ted has led the fight to repeal Obamacare, to secure the border, and to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. He has also led the fight to defend life, marriage, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and our entire Bill of Rights. And most importantly, he’s kept his promise to speak the truth and do what he said he’d do.
Ted has proven to be the exact type of courageous conservative we need in the U.S. Senate to restore economic growth, defend our Constitution, and protect the values we all hold dear. Ted, his wife Heidi, their two daughters, Caroline and Catherine, and his entire family have been blessed to live the American Dream — the idea that anyone, through hard work and determination, can achieve anything. And he is committed to ensuring every family has that same opportunity.

Judge Jeanine Pirro is the host of the consistently highest-rated primetime weekend show, Fox News Channel's Justice with Judge Jeanine. Judge is also a legal commentator, author, champion of victim's rights and former District Attorney and County Judge.
Judge Pirro won a daytime Emmy for her daily syndicated court show "Judge Pirro." As a nationally recognized legal expert Pirro appears on television programs such as "The Today Show " on NBC, "Good Morning America" on ABC, "The Early show" on CBS, "60 Minutes," "48 Hours," "Nightline," "Larry King Live," "The View," "The O'Reilly Factor," and other national television shows. Pirro has been profiled in several magazines including the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, More Magazine, New York Magazine and was even named as one of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.
Currently, Pirro hosts Fox News Channel's "Justice with Judge Jeanine". Throughout her tenure with Fox News Channel, Pirro has covered breaking news and has reported live on the Aurora theater massacre shooting, the Casey Anthony trial in Orlando Florida, the Drew Peterson trial in Chicago, Illinois, the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting and the George Zimmerman trial in Orlando, Florida. Her opening statement - a commentary on political as well as pressing contemporary issues garner millions of 'hits'. Her strong reasoned opinions, no nonsense analysis, fearlessness and sense of humor make her a sought after and entertaining speaker.
Pirro is the author of four books: "To Punish and Protect: One DA's Fight Against a System That Coddles Criminals," "Sly Fox," "Clever Fox" and her most recent book, which was the subject of the HBO documentary THE JINX, ""He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice."
Born in the small upstate New York farming town of Elmira, Pirro graduated from Notre Dame High School in three years, earned a B.A. Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Buffalo, and received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Albany Law School where she was an editor of the law review.

Byron Donalds grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and he is also the proud son of a hardworking and loving single mother. His mother dedicated her time instilling in him that greatness requires sacrifice, which drives him as a devoted family man and United States Congressman.

Byron is a graduate of Florida State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance and marketing. Byron's career led him to Southwest Florida, where he worked in the banking, finance, and insurance industries. Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2016, Byron represented Hendry County and east Collier County in the State Capitol. During his tenure in the Florida House, Byron served as the PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee Chair during the 2018-2019 Legislative Session and served as the Insurance &amp; Banking Subcommittee's Chairman 2019-2020 Legislative Session. While serving in the Florida House, primarily focused on elder affairs, criminal justice reform, and ensuring that each child has access to a world-class education.

In January of 2020, Byron Donalds announced his congressional campaign live on Fox &amp; Friends. Byron won the Republican nomination for Florida's 19th Congressional District in August 2020, in a 9-way primary, filled with two self-funders and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. During the general election, Byron received the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump, who called Byron a "rising star" and "a phenomenal Congressman." Byron secured his victory in the general election over a progressive leftist, with over sixty-two percent of the vote. He has been a featured guest on multiple media outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, BBC, the Washington Post, and more. Byron is committed to serving and giving back to the community that gave him so much. He has served Southwest Florida in many ways, including previously serving on the Board of Trustees for Florida Southwestern State College after being appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott. Byron continues to volunteer in his church as a youth leader and a mentor. He also enjoys volunteering as a coach in youth football and basketball leagues.

Congressman Byron Donalds lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, Erika, and their three sons: Damon, Darin, and Mason. Byron has spent his entire adult life serving others, whether it be through volunteering, business, or leadership. He is committed to representing Florida's 19th Congressional District's conservative values in Washington DC to ensure a stronger Florida and a stronger nation.

Jesse Watters currently serves as the host of Watters' World (Saturdays, 8PM/ET) and co-host of The Five (weekdays, 5-6PM/ET) on FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 2002 as a production assistant.
On Watters' World, Jesse takes on compelling guests and top newsmakers with his original style and fun personality. Recently in March 2017, he aired an exclusive interview with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.
On The Five, Jesse is part of a roundtable ensemble of FNC personalities who discuss, debate and even debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.
In 2003, Jesse made his on-camera debut as a correspondent for The O'Reilly Factor. While working with the program, he showcased his popular man-on-the-street interviews, traveling to different locations while quizzing individuals about politics, pop culture, and current events.
Jesse graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

Jack Posobiec is the Senior Editor of Human Events, a political news and analysis outlet founded in 1944. Prior to that, Posobiec served as a Washington DC correspondent at One America News Network. Posobiec is a veteran intelligence officer of the United States Navy with multiple deployments including Guantanamo Bay and East Asia. At Guantanamo Bay, Posobiec served as a HUMINT (human intelligence) analyst in the interrogation cell. In 2014, he joined the Office of Naval Intelligence as an officer at the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center which provided intelligence to Navy Special Warfare and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command .

Posobiec completed his final deployment in 2016 as the Intelligence Director for Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific - Task Force 75. Task Force 75 provides expeditionary intelligence throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as directed by 7th Fleet Commander.

Posobiec has written three non-fiction books: Citizens for Trump: The Inside Story of the People's Movement to Take Back America, all about the 2016 presidential election, 4D Warfare: A Doctrine for a New Generation of Politics, a handbook on political information operations, and Antifa: Inside the Black Bloc, about his investigations infiltrating the Antifa phenomenon in North America and their history. In 2019, Posobiec was awarded a Lincoln Fellowship by the Claremont Institute. Posobiec is also a supporter of Let Them Live, a nonprofit that saves lives from abortion by supporting women in crisis pregnancies. Posobiec's life was the inspiration for the graphic novel 'Agent Poso' by Chuck Dixon and Brett Smith.

After graduating from Temple University, Posobiec spent 2 years living in China working in international business and learning to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Posobiec now resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Tanya and their two sons.

Michael Knowles is the celebrated host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at the Daily Wire, “The Book Club” at PragerU, and “Verdict with Ted Cruz.” In 2017, Michael published the #1 national bestselling treatise Reasons to Vote for Democrats, which President Donald Trump hailed as “a great book for your reading enjoyment.” In late 2020, after an appearance guest-hosting “The Rush Limbaugh Program,” it was announced that Michael’s daily podcast would be syndicated to terrestrial radio.

 

Michael has appeared regularly on Fox News Channel and other major networks, and his writing has been featured on the Daily Wire, the American Mind, Fox News, and the Daily Caller. Michael is a graduate of Yale University and has lectured at colleges and universities around the country.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s ascent could not have been more unusual, or more of a true “American Story.” To find out how it began, you have to go back to the 1950s, to Communist controlled Hungary.

Hoping for freedom after the utter devastation of the Second War, the proud nation of Hungary was instead taken over by a Stalinist dictatorship subordinate to Moscow. One young man, who had suffered under the Nazis, decided to resist and so Paul Gorka created a secret Christian student organization to subvert the Communist stranglehold of his homeland. Paul was eventually betrayed by the British double-agent Kim Philby, arrested by the Secret Police, tortured and then given a life sentence for fighting for democracy and liberty. After two years in solitary confinement, two years down a prison coal mine, and two years in the central political prison in Budapest, Paul was eventually liberated by the brave freedom fighters of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

In 2008 he moved to America with his family where he continued to work for the Defense Department and become a proud American citizen in 2012. He obtained his doctorate in Political Science from Corvinus University in Budapest and was a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In Washington, he served as Associate Dean for Congressional Affairs and Relations to the Special Operations Community at National Defense University and has also taught on the Masters program at Georgetown University.

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A proven fighter, and the youngest elected congressman in modern history, Madison represents the next generation of young Republicans, who won't back down to a mob.

When the Breitbart media empire was just starting, and still being operated out of late founder Andrew Breitbart's basement, Alex Marlow was the first hire. At just 35 years old, he is the editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, the longest-serving employee there -- and a link to the outlet's origins that some conservatives believe have been abandoned.

Benny is the Chief Creative Officer of Turning Point USA. He is obsessed with the intersection of politics, culture and the social web. He believes conservatives deserve a better class of internet and sets out day-to-day creating one. Often times, that involves cooking bacon on a machine gun and making some of the internet's most hated videos. Benny has worked at the tip-of-the-spear in viral publishing. He has previously held the position of Viral Politics Editor at BuzzFeed, Viral Politics editor at TheBlaze, Digital Director of National Review; Creative Director of IJR. Previously, Benny served as a reporter for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller. Benny joined the TPUSA family in 2019 and currently oversees the Productions Department. Benny is based in Washington D.C. and hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is a former Executive Director of <a title="Vets For Freedom" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Vets_For_Freedom">Vets For Freedom</a> and a senior <a title="Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Counterinsurgency_in_Northern_Afghanistan">counterinsurgency</a> instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul with the <a title="Minnesota National Guard" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard">Minnesota National Guard</a>.<a href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Hegseth has made multiple appearances on national television as a military analyst and lost the Republican party endorsement for the <a class="new" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVW5pdGVkX1N0YXRlc19TZW5hdGVfZWxlY3Rpb25faW5fTWlubmVzb3RhLF8yMDEyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012</a> to Kurt Bills. He is currently the CEO of Concerned Veterans for America.

At 24-years-old, Tomi Lahren is the youngest political talk show host in history. She ignited a
firestorm with her “Red, White, Blue and Unfiltered Final Thoughts” following the Chattanooga
terrorist attack that killed three Marines and one Sailor.
Controversy is her specialty. She is best known for her signature “Final Thoughts” on everything
from Beyoncé to President Obama and Hillary Clinton. She has exceeded 550 million views in
the last year, alone. Lahren was previously the host of One America News Network’s “On Point
with Tomi Lahren.” She created, wrote and designed the show from scratch.
Lahren's sassy sense of humor was showcased at the 2015 Conservative Political Action
Conference (CPAC). She destroyed the Republican stereotype of old, rich, white men. Her
Hillary Clinton pantsuit joke won over the CPAC crowd and ruffled a few feathers on the left.
Lahren was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. Her parents, both from ranching
backgrounds, taught her the value of hard work. Her love of political discussion comes from
family table debates centered on the nightly news.
Not one to play it safe, Lahren moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend college at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. She studied broadcast journalism and political science. She also
produced and hosted a political roundtable show The Scramble for UNLV-TV.
Two months before college graduation, Lahren contacted One America News Network for an
internship opportunity. After just one interview with network owner, Robert Herring, she was
offered her own political talk show. On Point with Tomi Lahren was born.
Lahren is not one to pull any punches. Immigration, national security and race relations are her
hot buttons. As a proud South Dakotan, she holds on to her Second Amendment rights, as well.
Truth is, we all want what's best for this country, some just need to be reminded. That's Tomi's
job.

Kat Timpf is a writer, television personality and comedian. She currently works as a Fox News contributor and the co-host of Gutfeld! on Fox News weeknights at 11pm. She was a columnist for National Review for nearly six years, and has also worked at Campus Reform, The Washington Times, Barstool Sports, Total Traffic Network, and of course, Boston Market.

Brandon Tatum, who is a former Tucson Police Officer, has become one of the most exciting personalities on social media after making a Facebook Video that got over 70 million views.Tatum has been featured on Fox Business, Fox &amp; Friends, Headline News, The Alex Jones Show, The James T. Harris Show, and on the radio with Joe Pags, to name a few. Tatum is currently the spokesperson for Conservative Tribune, one of the most popular online media outlets in the country. Brandon Tatum has an avid media following due to his dynamic
personality, authentic message, and his natural ability to relate to the everyday American. Brandon Tatum (got his start as) an All-American high school football player out of Fort Worth, Texas. Tatum was featured in the US-Army All-American Game, which showcases the top 78 high school football players in the nation. Tatum accepted a full athletic scholarship from the University of Arizona in 2005. Tatum played at Arizona for 5 years and entered the NFL Draft in
2010. God had other plans for Tatum, and he joined the Tucson Police Department a year later. Brandon Tatum served 6 years with the Tucson Police Department. During his tenure, Tatum became a SWAT operator, field training officer, general instructor, and a Public Information Officer.
In late 2016, Brandon Tatum became popular from viral videos he made, which dealt with social issues, politics, and law enforcement. In late 2017, Tatum made another ultra viral video that nearly broke the internet. Tatum gave his critique regarding Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the National Anthem and it got as many views as the 2017 NFL SuperBowl! A short time later, Tatum left law enforcement and followed his passion to speak the truth full time.
Tatum holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in Sociology and is actively working on his Masters in Business Leadership from Grand Canyon University.

Rob McCoy, the Senior Pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks (California), is the son of a conservative Naval officer father and a Republican activist mother. An All-American Water Polo player and a National Finalist Swimmer, he graduated from California State University Fresno with a B.A. in History and received his seminary training from The Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California. Prior to entering the ministry, he was a Divisional Manager with Unilever and an Area Manager with Chesebrough Ponds, Inc. He has served as the Senior Pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks for 17 years. He has been a member of the Thousand Oaks City Council since 2015 and is the former Mayor of Thousand Oaks, term starting in December of 2018. He served as a Ventura County Sheriff’s Chaplain for 4 years and on the board of the Conejo Pregnancy Center. He and his wife, Michelle, have been married 28 years and have 5 children and 3 grandchildren

Dr. Ben Carson is an American politician, author and former neurosurgeon. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances. He was the subject of a television drama film in 2009. He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head; pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb; performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins; developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors; and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of national merit citations, and written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is a proud mother, Member of Congress representing CO-03, owner of Shooter\'s Grill, and an American political activist.

Kat Cammack, the Congresswoman-elect for FL-03, will be the youngest Republican woman serving in the 117th Congress.
Kat is a small business owner with grit, who grew up on a cattle ranch. She is a third generation sandblaster, an alumnus of the United States Naval War College, and was the longtime former Deputy Chief of Staff for Florida's 3rd Congressional District prior to her election.
As the 3rd generation in the family business of monuments and commercial sandblasting, Kat learned early on both the value of hard work and the pressures that small family businesses face, ranging from labor challenges to regulations.
In 2011, her family received the devastating news that they lost their small cattle ranch due to a failed Obama-era program, and they were forced to evict. After being homeless for several months, Kat was motivated by her recent personal experience with the failures of big government. She decided to pull herself up by her bootstraps and became a part of the solution to ensure no other family had to endure what she did due to the failures of Washington.
Kat is married to her husband Matt, a Gainesville native, who is a Firefighter/Paramedic &amp; SWAT Medic. Together, they co-founded a non-profit organization called “The Grit Foundation,” whose mission is to support local law enforcement, veterans, and first responders.

An American-born author, mathematician, and political commentator, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. Dr. Lindsay is the Founder of New Discourses, an organization dedicated to shining the objective light in the subject darkness.  Dr. Lindsay is currently promoting his new book "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody." Dr. Lindsay has been a featured guest on Fox News, Glenn Beck, Joe Rogan, and NPR. 

Congressman Andy Biggs is an Arizona native and currently serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's Fifth District. He lives in Gilbert with his wife of 38 years, Cindy. They have six children and six grandchildren.

Congressman Biggs received his bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University; his M.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University; and his J.D. degree from the University of Arizona. He is a retired attorney, who has been licensed to practice law in Arizona, Washington, and New Mexico.

Before being elected to Congress, Congressman Biggs served in the Arizona Legislature for 14 years – the last four as the Arizona Senate President.

Congressman Biggs is a member of the House Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology committees. He is chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, co-chair of the War Powers Caucus, and Chief Regulatory Reform Officer of the Western Caucus.

Stephen Davis is a TPUSA ambassador turned Contributor and bold conservative political activist, who rallies his base and stands on the front lines of both political and cultural issues. Once a former left leaning liberal who was thoroughly manipulated by the mainstream media’s consistent push of leftist ideologies, he is now a staunch conservative who fights the liberalized agenda he once partook in. Stephen is front and center at conservative events, gatherings, and conventions where he regularly challenges the leftist narratives domineering today’s culture.  His missions are simple: to liberate ensnared minds from the clutches of mainstream media, and defeat the widespread narratives that have been destroying America’s minority communities.

Alex Clark is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and host of the first ever conservative pop culture daily show: “POPlitics” from Turning Point USA. She covers entertainment news and “pop culture without the propaganda” with a bonus of wit and humor all through a refreshingly right-of-center lens. Alex spent 7 years in pop radio and recently co-hosted a #1 rated syndicated morning show based out of in Indianapolis, IN, before joining Turning Point USA.
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She is an outspoken young conservative who in 2016 was seen on Mark Burnett’s first reality dating show “Coupled” on FOX, where she proudly spoke about navigating the dating scene as someone on the Right. For several years she woke up listeners by discussing the hottest pop culture stories, dating issues, and lifestyle topics through a Conservative lens. Now she has created the “ Cuteservative movement” with POPlitics.

Seth Dillon—may he live forever—is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, the world's most trusted, factually accurate news source. He also co-founded Not the Bee, a popular humor-based entertainment site, and invests in startups when he's not owning the libs for Jesus. He lives with his wife and two sons in Juno Beach, Florida.

Josh Hammer is opinion editor of Newsweek, a syndicated columnist, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation and counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project. A frequent pundit and essayist on political, legal and cultural issues, Josh has been published by many leading outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, National Affairs, The National Interest, National Review, City Journal, First Things, Public Discourse, The Spectator, The American Conservative, The American Mind, and Tablet Magazine. He has also had formal legal scholarship published in the Harvard Journal of Law &amp; Public Policy and the University of St. Thomas Law Journal. Josh is a campus speaker through Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Young America's Foundation, and the Federalist Society. He previously practiced law at Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP and clerked for the Honorable James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Josh has also served as a John Marshall Fellow with the Claremont Institute. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago Law School.

Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Martin
Luther, If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles.
His latest work is a literary memoir titled Fish Out of Water: A Search
for the Meaning of Life. He has written more than thirty children’s
books, and his books have been translated into more than twenty-five
languages. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New
York Times, and the New Yorker, and Metaxas has appeared as a cultural
commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He is the host of The
Eric Metaxas Show, a nationally syndicated daily radio show heard on
300 stations nationwide and aired on television on TBN. He lives in
New York City with his wife and daughter.

Sohrab Ahmari is the op-ed editor of the New York Post, a columnist for First Things, and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as senior writer at Commentary. In addition to those publications, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Spectator, Dissent, and America.

While most of his peers had their heads buried in comic books, a 13-year-old Chris Buskirk was devouring issues of National Review. It was the 1980s, and the conservative philosophies of Reagan ruled the day. As he became more curious about the writers he admired —postwar conservatives, intellectuals, and university professors—he began reading their works from 20 years prior. What he found animated him.

“This was stuff that was really thoughtful, Buskirk said. “If somebody came up with a policy idea, it was based on a very well developed worldview, based on years of learning.”

Buskirk went on to study political science and government at Claremont McKenna College, in the hopes of joining his heroes at the pinnacle of conservative thought. But as the thinkers he admired passed away, and the level of discourse was lowered, he left politics and went into business, spending the next two decades as an entrepreneur.

Fast forward to 2015, when a new strain of Republican thought was ascendant. “I got this idea,” Buskirk said. “I thought, ‘You know what? This is a unique political moment. A lot of things are up for grabs. I could go back to doing what I really love. There’s actually an opportunity here to move the needle in a positive direction.’” So in 2016, Buskirk created American Greatness.

“I actually started from the premise that most people actually are smarter than media generally gives them credit for. So if you pitch it a little higher, people will respond to that. We thought that legacy of conservative journalism had really descended to a low level … to a point where it was just sort of hyperbolic and outrage porn for the Right. We wanted to resurrect a more serious journalistic enterprise that represented something that was thoughtful.”

Today, Buskirk and his team have created a booming website, a podcast to boot, and a following of readers of all political stripes. Buskirk says that his journalistic endeavor is informed by the “Greatness Agenda,” which, simply put, holds a duty to citizenship before ideology or party.

Jordan Rachel is a Turning Point USA Contributor. She was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington, USA, and began her university studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she studied business and communications. During her second year of college, she was cast as a lead in the Sony Pictures movie ‘Cross Wars’. She had many other roles offered to her at that time and elected to be closer to Hollywood. After moving to Los Angeles, California, she continued <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8060901/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm"> acting</a> and transitioned into the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8060901/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm"> producer</a> role, while finishing her degree at California State University where she graduated with a degree in Sociology and Business. Jordan also got involved in the property development of single-family homes, and is now a licensed real estate agent in the state of California. Jordan has been politically aware and informed for as long as she can remember. Jordan decided to get more politically involved when she believed, after her own consistent research, that the media was shaping the culture. She decided to use her voice to bring truth to this generation. Jordan Rachel now has one of the largest political platforms on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with a combined engagement rate equating to, and sometimes surpassing, major television news networks.

A decorated Iraq War Veteran, Rob Smith served for five years in the United States Army, including two tours in the Middle East. During Operation Iraqi Freedom he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge.

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An activist in the movement to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law which barred open service by gay and lesbian soldiers, he was the subject of a 2018 Daily Mail profile in which he ‘came out’ as a conservative in response to the ‘outrage culture’ of the left.

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As a political commentator, he has been seen on Fox News, NBC News, CNN, HLN, and more. He has spoken about politics and current events at Yale University, Google, Deutsche Bank, Vanderbilt University, and dozens of other colleges, universities, and companies across America.

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Based in Florida, Rob Smith is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and promotes TPUSA's values of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government daily. He holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia University.

Originally known as the Texas Tech cheerleading hunter, Kendall Jones has since elevated her brand as a social influencer in the outdoor industry. With over 1.2 million followers across social platforms she currently works with many brands in the outdoor industry to spread the word of conservation and to educate the public on hunting, the 2nd amendment, and the outdoor lifestyle she lives on a daily basis. Kendall has a love for children and works to create opportunities for children to get involved in the outdoors. Kendall has combated social hate, negative publicity and many obstacles along the way. Her ability to rise above the bullying and attacks is something that has inspired many to step into their fears and reach for their goals.

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<h5>Isabel Brown is a Gen Z conservative voice with degrees from Colorado State University and Georgetown University. She is a Turning Point USA Contributor and the host of a daily show with TPUSA Productions, Freedom Seeds. Isabel is the author of Frontlines: Finding My Voice on an American College Campus, an Amazon bestseller. Isabel speaks regularly on campuses nationwide, has produced content with PragerU, and is also a former U.S. Senate and White House Intern. You'll often see Isabel on national news networks, from Fox News to Newsmax, and you might recognize her from her photo on the cover of Newsweek magazine! You can follow her on Instagram/Facebook/Parler @theisabelbrown and Twitter @theisabelb.</h5>
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Erin Elmore, Esq. is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and the Executive Director of USA Strong, a grassroots organization looking to rebuild America’s middle class. Ms. Elmore is also a contributing columnist at Townhall.comand, a licensed attorney who has worked as a political strategist, and on-air correspondent. Her Commentary has been featured on Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Nation, CNN, MSNBC, YahooNews, Daily Mail, The New York Post and Good Morning Britain. Erin earned her undergraduate degree in both political science and broadcasting from the University of Miami, cum laude,and her law degree from Villanova University School of Law. 

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A history-making woman leader, GOP kingmaker and beloved “Mama Grizzly,” Governor Sarah Palin’s maverick personality, spot-on political instincts and deep connection with “the silent majority” of American voters have made her one of the most influential women in conservative politics. As one of the earliest endorsers of President Trump, Governor Palin injected vital support and game-changing momentum at a critical juncture in the battle for the Republican nomination.
Today, Governor Palin continues to fight for the millions of Americans that are often overlooked by Washington and the mainstream media. As an unforgettable keynote speaker, she shares her own life journey of overcoming challenges by putting family first and finding strength in her deep Christian faith. Drawing full houses and standing-room-only crowds, Sarah Palin calls upon all Americans—of all political persuasions and beliefs—to get motivated, get involved and join together to build a brighter future.

Known for her meteoric rise from first female (and youngest) Governor of Alaska to first woman on the GOP presidential ticket, Governor Palin has captured hearts and minds around the world with her outspoken honesty, fearless principles and passionate personality. Recognized as one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” and Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women,” Governor Palin is also one of only 21 women on Smithsonian’s “100 Most Significant Americans of All Time” list. In election after election, her endorsement and the support of her political action committee, SarahPAC, are considered the gold standard for conservative candidates. A devoted mother and grandmother, Governor Palin has shared her family’s personal experiences raising a Down syndrome child and having a son deployed overseas to advocate for children with special needs, military families and those who serve. Governor Palin is the author of four books. Her memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life and inspirational book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag were immediate bestsellers. Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas called for bringing back the freedom to express the Christian values of the season. Her most recent book, Sweet Freedom: A Devotional applies biblical principles to contemporary issues. An avid sportswoman, known as “First Lady of the Outdoors,” Governor Palin hosted Amazing America with Sarah Palin on the Sportsman Channel and starred in Sarah Palin’s Alaska on TLC. She was also a Fox News political commentator. Governor Palin’s long record of achievement in public office includes two terms as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, two terms on the Wasilla City Council and Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, where she shaped energy policy. While mayor of Wasilla, she was elected President of Alaska’s Conference of Mayors. Governor Palin graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of Idaho and worked as a sportscaster in Anchorage before entering public service.

Speaking from the heart and the heartland, Sarah Palin’s rousing, refreshingly candid keynotes are filled with the homespun stories of everyday Americans, history-making political players and the challenges that she has faced as a leader, mother, wife, public servant and political candidate. With honesty, humor and her signature zingers, Governor Palin celebrates traditional, small town conservative values that are grounded in faith, family and patriotism. Audiences leave motivated, informed, entertained and uplifted by one of the most notable American women of our time.

Marsha Blackburn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018, and is currently serving her first term representing the state of Tennessee. Before her election to the Senate, Marsha represented Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
Marsha’s public service is dedicated to promoting opportunities for women and making America a more prosperous place to live. Marsha’s leadership philosophy is based on her experiences in the private sector as a small business woman and author, as well as being a mother and grandmother.
Marsha went to college on a 4-H scholarship and worked her way through school selling books for the Southwestern Company as one of their first female sales associates, and later as one of their first female sales managers. She then became Director of Retail Fashion and Special Events for the Castner Knott Company, which was a Nashville-based regional department store. Later, Marsha founded her own business, Marketing Strategies, which focused on the retail marketplace, as well as electronic and print media.
Marsha began her career in public service in 1995 when she was named executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission. In 1998, she was elected to the Tennessee State Senate. In the state legislature, she earned a reputation for fiscal responsibility and government accountability by identifying waste and offering realistic solutions to Tennessee’s budget challenges.
While serving in the Tennessee Senate, Marsha led a statewide grassroots campaign to defeat a proposed state income tax. The tax was defeated, and Marsha’s leadership earned her a reputation as an anti-tax champion. In 2014, the people of Tennessee passed an amendment to the state constitution to expressly prohibit a state income tax – a fitting cap to a 14-year battle.
In 2002, Marsha was elected to represent the people of Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District based on her record in the state legislature. She brought her Tennessee values to Washington, DC, and became a leader in the fight for small, efficient federal government that is accountable to its citizens. As a Congressman, Marsha was often selected by her colleagues to lead the charge for principled conservativism. Her congressional career was also noted for her Chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, as well as bipartisan expertise in defending songwriters’ and performers’ rights.
Marsha is a member of numerous charitable organizations and is an active member of her church, Christ Presbyterian.
Marsha and her husband Chuck live in Williamson County, Tennessee. They have two children, Mary Morgan (Paul) Ketchel and Chad (Hillary) Blackburn, and two grandsons. Originally from Laurel, Mississippi, Marsha is a graduate of Mississippi State University.

Cynthia Lummis is the junior senator from Wyoming, and the first female Senator ever elected to represent the Equality State. Born and raised on a ranch outside of Cheyenne, Senator Lummis has dedicated her career to defending Wyoming’s agriculture, mineral and energy resources as well as championing financial innovation. She began her career in the Wyoming State House and Senate, then went on to serve as State Treasurer, and as the at-large member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 to 2016. Now in the U.S. Senate, Senator Lummis serves on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and the Environment and Public Works Committee. She is the founder of the U.S. Senate Financial Innovation Caucus, a bipartisan group committed to promoting responsible innovation in the U.S. financial system, and harnessing technology to make markets more inclusive, vibrant and safe for all Americans. Senator Lummis and her late husband have one daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons, affectionately called Gus and Al.

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Candace Owens is one of the most recognized and influential voices in modern American conservatism. She is a bestselling author, political &amp; cultural commentator, businesswoman and the co-founder and President of the BLEXIT Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to driving conservative principles into urban minority communities in the United States.

Her New York Times bestselling book ‘Blackout: How Black America can make its second escape from the Democrat Plantation’, released in 2020, achieved bestseller status within the first week and has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands copies across the world.

She launched the BLEXIT Foundation in 2018 with the aim of taking conservative American values into communities that have been worst affected by government dependency, particularly inner-city minority neighborhoods. Since then, BLEXIT Foundation has founded over thirty-five state chapters and hosted tens of thousands of minority Americans at events across the United States.

She is also the host of ‘Candace’ on the Daily Wire, a late night political and cultural show that combines current events with Candace’s signature blend of humor and firebrand analysis. Prior to this, she hosted ‘The Candace Owens Show’ on PragerU, a weekly deep dive podcast with a variety of figures across the political and cultural aisle.

With a combined social media presence of over 11 million followers, hundreds of media interviews, two Congressional committee testimonies, speeches at over 60 American and International Universities as well as speeches at events all across the United States &amp; Europe, she has become known as one of the most strident commentators in the modern political and cultural sphere.

Prior to her entrepreneurial pursuits she was Communications Director for the student advocacy group, Turning Point USA and worked at a private equity firm in Manhattan, serving as Vice-President to their administration. She attended the University of Rhode Island and took executive training courses at the NYU Stern School of Business.

Katrina Pierson is an experienced crisis communications and public relations consultant who has represented private corporations, non-profit’s, political campaigns, and multi-million dollar super PACs. Since founding PCG in 2013, she has worked with clients and political candidates the at state, local, and federal level in an advisory capacity.

She has appeared regularly on the Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, and across all major news networks. She has been quoted in every national newspaper along with several international outlets including the countries of China, London, Switzerland and Germany.

She is a well known social media influencer, public speaker, reality TV personality, political analyst, inventor, and broadcast media contributor.

Katrina campaigned for congress in the 32nd district of Texas, becoming Governor Sarah Palin's first endorsement of the 2014 election cycle.

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In 2020, Katrina oversaw the multi-million dollar national coalition program for President Donald J. Trump’s reelection campaign which led to historic support of minorities for a Republican presidential candidate since the 1960's.

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Ms. Pierson was previously appointed to healthcare and transportation boards by local governments that served Dallas County, served on the TTPC Advisory Board to the Texas Legislature, and also served on the Texas Lieutenant Governor's Advisory Board for state issues. Ms. Pierson's accomplishments were formally recognized during the 83rd Texas Legislature.

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Katrina obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Texas at Dallas. She currently resides in Garland, Texas.

Allie Stuckey is a wife, mom, born-and-raised Texan, podcast host, author, commentator, and speaker. She is passionate about helping women build their worldview upon the truth of God's Word.

Kelley Paul and her husband, Senator Rand Paul reside in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where they are members of Broadway United Methodist Church. She and Rand were married 28 years ago this October and have three sons.

Kelley is active in volunteer support and fundraising for Helping a Hero, a wounded veterans charity which has built three homes for severely wounded soldiers in Kentucky. She serves as the Kentucky co-chair of the organization.

Kelley is a graduate of Rhodes College with a degree in English. She has worked as a corporate communications manager for companies in the telecommunications industry, such as Sprint and Nortel Networks, as well as a freelance writer while raising her children. Today she works in political advertising and media consulting.

Kelley is a frequent guest speaker to civic, political and faith-based groups across the country. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The View, The Today Show, Fox and Friends, Morning Joe, Sean Hannity, The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly, and other nationally broadcast television shows.

In April 2015, Kelley published her first book, True and Constant Friends. In the book, Kelley celebrates the inspiration, guidance and love we receive from the women in our lives through essays about her lifelong friendships, her mother, and her grandmother, who immigrated to America from Ireland in 1929. With each relationship crossing different generations and cultures, Kelley explores universal themes of hardship, determination, commitment, family, optimism and love to illuminate the power of the female bond that enriches all of our lives.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Kelley’s uplifting stories are interwoven with classic poetry and beloved literary quotes along with photography and original paintings.



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Lila Rose is a speaker, writer, podcast host, and human rights activist. Lila founded and serves as president of Live Action, a media and news nonprofit dedicated to ending abortion and inspiring a culture that respects all human life. Live Action’s groundbreaking news coverage and compelling videos reach several million people every week.

Lila is the host of the “The Lila Rose Show,” a podcast that tackles faith, relationships, culture and politics.

Lila’s media appearances include Fox News’ Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and the Story with Martha Macallum, CNN, BBC, and many other national television and radio programs. Lila’s investigative reporting on the abortion industry has been featured in most major news outlets, including the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CBS and ABC Nightline. Lila has written for the Hill, Politico, USA Today, and First Things, among others.

Lila also speaks internationally on faith, family and cultural issues, and has addressed members of the European Parliament and the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women. Lila has been named among National Journal’s “25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 35,” and Christianity Today’s “33 under Thirty-Three.”

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Lila and her husband reside in Los Angeles.

Find Lila’s podcast at <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://www.lilaroseshow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.lilaroseshow.com</a>, on Facebook at <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://facebook.com/lilagracerose" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">facebook.com/lilagracerose</a>, Twitter at <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://twitter.com/lilagracerose" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">twitter.com/lilagracerose</a>, and Instagram at <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://instagram.com/lilaroseofficial" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">instagram.com/lilaroseofficial</a>.

Harmeet is a nation leader in civil rights and election litigation at the Dhillon Law Group, headquartered in San Francisco. Harmeet was born in India and came to the United States as a small child with her family. She grew up in rural North Carolina in a farming community where her father was a small town physician. Harmeet went to Dartmouth College where she was editor in chief of the Dartmouth Review newspaper, and where her mentors included Laura Ingraham and Dinesh D’Souza. After working at the Heritage Foundation, attending the University of Virginia Law school, and clerking for a federal appeals court judge, Harmeet has practiced civil litigation for nearly three decades, spending the last 21 years of her career in California. Harmeet founded the Center for American Liberty, a national civil rights litigation organization, two years ago. This year, three of the Center for American Liberty’s lawsuits to open California’s religious institutions in the face of COVID lockdowns, won at the United States Supreme Court. In her role as the RNC Committeewoman from California, Harmeet also plays a national role in election litigation strategy and execution in several organizations including as co-chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association and as counsel for the RNC and prominent conservatives.

Kari Lake stands as a symbol of truth in journalism and represents the growing ranks of
journalists who have walked away from the mainstream media market peddling fake news.
Lake is a former evening anchor for FOX 10 News in Phoenix, who was number one in ratings
for more than two decades at Fox. She was half of the top-rated anchor team of “Hook &amp; Lake”
for 22 years on Fox 10 in Arizona. She and John Hook were the longest running anchor team in
the US. Lake is a household name in Arizona—trusted for her fair coverage of stories affecting
the state since 1994.
She stunned viewers when she resigned in 2021 at the top of her game blowing the whistle on the
dishonesty and bias in the media. Lake walked away from a lucrative and high-profile career.
In a video announcing her departure to Arizona viewers, Lake said she is concerned about how
journalism has changed since she first entered the news business, “I don’t like the direction it is
going. The media needs more balance in coverage and a wider range of viewpoints represented
in every newsroom at every level and in each position.”
Lake said she no long felt proud to be a member of the media and no longer wanted to read
“news copy that [she] did not believe was fully truthful or only told part of the story.” She
decided she had to leave after realizing by remaining she was contributing to the fear and
division in America.
Lake credits her return to her faith for finding the courage to step into the unknown and leave a
safe job saying she seeks guidance each day by asking God to “use her as He sees fit.”
Lake has won Emmy Awards and AP Awards for her reporting and anchoring. Some of the most
memorable are stories took her to the landmine fields of Cambodia, to the White House—twice.
She has conducted three exclusive interviews with sitting U.S. Presidents and covered stories allacross the beautiful state of Arizona, but her favorite stories are those involving regular people
doing amazing things.
Before joining FOX’s Phoenix affiliate, Lake worked as a news and weather anchor and reporter
at NBC and CBS stations in New York, Arizona, and Illinois.
Lake was raised in Iowa, the youngest in a family of nine children: eight girls &amp; one boy. She
received her degree from the University of Iowa.
Kari enjoys reading, swimming, and hiking with her family. After recently taking up golf she is
working diligently on her swing and her patience. She and her husband, Jeff, live in Phoenix
with their daughter and son and three dogs.
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Since 2010, Cissie Graham Lynch has worked as part of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and
Samaritan’s Purse in various capacities, currently serving as a senior advisor and ministry spokesperson.
As host of the podcast Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch: Fearless Faith in a Compromising Culture,
Cissie encourages people to speak boldly on issues including life, family, and faith. Cissie and her
husband Corey, live in Florida, with their two children.

Jenna Ellis is a constitutional law attorney, Special Counsel for the Thomas More Society, Newsmax contributor, and host of “Just The Truth” TV on Real America's Voice and Just The News podcast. She is also the author of “The Legal Basis for a Moral Constitution," which received international acclaim as a vital commentary on American legal philosophy and was showcased at the London Book Fair in 2016. Ms. Ellis served as the senior legal adviser to the Trump 2020 Campaign, a Trump Advisory Board Member, and personal counsel to President Donald J. Trump. A Colorado native and evangelical Christian, she previously taught the legal studies program and founded the award-winning moot court program as a professor at Colorado Christian University. Ms. Ellis holds a B.A. in technical journalism and a J.D. from the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law.

Amanda Bush is a Managing Partner at St. Augustine Capital
Partners, LLC, a Texas-based opportunistic partnership
offering consulting services, client development, and strategic
advice to clients ranging from start-up companies to
established, diversified corporations in industries such as
technology/venture, energy, infrastructure, and financial
services.
She also serves as Of Counsel at Jackson Walker, LLP, where
she serves as outside counsel to her clients, advising them on
corporate and legal strategies, assisting with legal and
business development, and managing a broad array of legal
matters.
Amanda serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Central Texas Chapter.
She also serves on the Host Committee for the 2020 World Golf
Championships- Dell Technologies Match Play tournament.
Amanda is on the Advance Team of The University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and The Chancellor’s Council for
the University of Texas System. She previously served as the
Chair of the 2018 LLS Man/Woman of the Year Leadership
Committee, as the Chair of the MD Anderson Dallas/Fort Worth
Living Legend event in 2012, and as the Co-Chair of the Fort
Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Centennial Gala in 2012. Amanda
also co-chaired the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family
Literacy’s Dallas/Fort Worth’s Celebration of Reading from
2003-2014, an event that raised $1 million annually.
Amanda was named the 2016 National Woman of the Year by
the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society for raising over $490,000 in
10-weeks, a national record. She was also the 2012 recipient of
the Dallas Regional Chamber's ATHENA award. She has been
named a “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters (2007-2014) and a
“Top Attorney” by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. In 2012,
Amanda was named to the Fort Worth Business Press’s
prestigious “40 Under 40” list. She was also featured in the
book Legendary Locals of Fort Worth, which profiled prominent
Fort Worth, Texas residents, as well as in the Fort Worth
Business Press’s cover story Media Savvy in January 2008.
Amanda traveled to Turkey in 2012 and to Saudi Arabia in 2011
in U.S. Congressional-led business delegations. She received
her B.A. degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from
The University of Texas and her J.D. degree from The University
of Texas School of Law.
Amanda lives in Austin with her husband, Texas Land
Commissioner George P. Bush, and their two sons.

George Prescott Bush is a native Texan, born in Houston on April 24, 1976.  He was first elected Texas
Land Commissioner on November 4, 2014 and was overwhelmingly re-elected on November 6, 2018.  He
received the second highest vote total of any candidate running statewide.

As the 28th Texas Land Commissioner, Bush works to safeguard our Texas coastline as well as ensure
Texas veterans receive the benefits they’ve earned.  He hosted 100 roundtables, forums and events in
2016 to highlight issues within the Texas veteran community.  Since September of 2017, Commissioner
Bush and the General Land Office (GLO) have led the state’s housing-related recovery efforts following
Hurricane Harvey, helping more than 60,000 victims of Hurricane Harvey rebuild their homes and their
lives.  In addition, he protected private property rights by joining a lawsuit along with Red River ranchers
and farmers against the Obama BLM which was successfully settled in November of 2017.  He also
oversees investments that earn billions of dollars for public education while managing state lands to
produce the oil and gas that is helping make America energy-independent.  Commissioner Bush is also
working to save The Alamo and preserve the Shrine of Texas Liberty for generations to come.

Commissioner Bush has dedicated his life to public service — working as a public-school teacher after
graduating from Rice University, serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan as an officer in
the U.S. Naval Reserve, and now as the 28th Land Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, the
only state agency that makes more money than it spends.
Prior to running for office, Commissioner Bush was a successful businessman.  He joined Akin Gump
Strauss Hauer &amp;amp; Feld LLP after earning his Juris Doctorate from The University of Texas School of Law.
He subsequently co-founded Pennybacker Capital LLC, a real estate private equity firm, in 2007, and
St. Augustine Partners LLC, a Fort Worth-based investment firm focused on oil and gas transactions and
consulting for private businesses.  He was awarded The University of Texas’ Latino Leadership Award in
2015, the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from The University of Texas School of Law in 2016, and
the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award in 2016.

Commissioner Bush is also committed to helping fellow Texans in his private life.  He co-chaired a $30
million capital campaign for Big Brothers Big Sisters in North Texas and served as the co-chairman of the
Dallas/Fort Worth Celebration of Reading.  He was the Tarrant County chairman for Uplift Education — a

highly successful Dallas-based public charter network focused on closing the achievement gap in inner
city public schools.  He also served on the Board of Trustees for the Bob Bullock Texas State History
Museum in Austin.

Commissioner Bush is the grandson of President George H.W. Bush, the son of former Florida Governor
Jeb Bush and the nephew of President George W. Bush.  He lives in Austin with his wife, Amanda, and
their two sons.

Mary Miller is the Republican Congresswoman for Illinois’ 15 th
Congressional District.
Mary ran for Congress to help local families in her community and
ensure each Illinoisan can pursue their version of the American dream.
Mary understands that until we have a vibrant and growing local
economy, families and businesses will continue to flee our region.
That is why she is focused first on economic development and growth
and improving our business climate. She knows we need to encourage
business growth and creation so that local families can find good-
paying jobs and investments flow to our region.
As part of this, Mary is focused on putting America first and helping develop the 15th District by
promoting farming, supporting regulatory reform, and championing policies that help bring
manufacturing jobs back home.
As a Christian and a mother, Mary recognizes that without the dignity that comes from earning
an honest paycheck and supporting your family, our traditional values will continue to erode.
Drawing from her unique background as a farmer, and business manager, mother to seven, and
grandmother to 17, Mary serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee
on Education &amp;amp; Labor.
Mary graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a B.S. in Business Management. Mary and
her husband Chris have run their Oakland-based family farm for the last 40 years, and in
addition, Mary has been involved in education.
In her spare time, Mary teaches classes at the Oakland Christian Church. Mary and Chris have
seven children and 17 grandchildren.
Illinois&amp;#39; 15 th Congressional Districts is a safe Republican seat and is 21% more Republican than
the country as a whole. In 2020, Mary won her race with 73% of the vote.

Crissy is a graduate from the University of Oklahoma with a Masters in International Relations and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a specialization in forensics. She is an international security specialist and currently pursuing a Doctorate in Public Policy and law degree. She is the founder of cosmetic line, Willow Grace Beauty, which partners with 501c3 organizations for different targeted fundraising ventures. She loves traveling the globe and learning about different cultures and countries but her main passion is serving in her community and tackling domestic issues. Currently, Crissy is partnered with Embrace Grace, Inc, a pro-life movement organization that helps single young women navigate through their unplanned pregnancies. She has also partnered with several Texas women’s shelters to provide funding and day to day essentials for women and children recovering from domestic violence. Crissy also enjoys helping women coming out of the adult industry find hope through recovery to live out a purpose filled life. Please visit <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://www.willowgracebeauty.shop/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.willowgracebeauty.shop</a> for more information about Crissy and her mission.

Morgan Zegers is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and the founder and CEO of Young Americans Against Socialism, a 501c3 non-profit organization using peer to peer communication and firsthand testimony to enlighten young Americans to the dangers of socialism. Morgan is also the owner of Zegers Freedom Flags, a small woodworking business that creates and sells handcrafted wooden American flags across the country.
Morgan has appeared on Fox News, BBC World News, CBS, CNN, Vice News, and more to discuss the growing support for socialism in her generation and engaging young women in politics. She is also a frequent speaker at national conferences and college campuses, including CPAC 2020, Council for National Policy, Eagle Forum, Syracuse University, NYU, and more.

Amy Robbins is an American Entrepreneur, wife, mom, National TV/Podcast host, CEO/Founder of Alexo Athletica, Host of Lawyers, Guns and Freedom for US Law Shield, co-host of the Not Your Average Gun Girls Podcast, TPUSA Ambassador and 2A commentator seen on Fox News, The Blaze, Newsmax and more. Amy has been featured as a leading 2A advocate and disruptor in the activewear space and gun industry in Forbes Magazine, South Magazine, Personal Defense World, Recoil Magazine, Yahoo Finance, What Women Create: Work Magazine, Washington Post Magazine and many more .
Amy created Alexo Athletica in 2015 out of a need she had after being harassed during her marathon training. This allowed her to use her passion to see an uprising of empowered, self reliant women live confidently as they exercise their 2A rights while exercising and wearing Athleisure wear. You can join the movement by following Alexo on social media @alexoathletica and get all your activewear needs at <a class="text-blue underline" contenteditable="plaintext-only" href="http://www.alexoathletica.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.alexoathletica.com</a>

A native East Tennessean, Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger was born in Bloomingdale, a small community right outside of Kingsport, and was the first in her immediate family to graduate from high school and college. Although her parents did not have the opportunity to further their education, they taught Diana the value of hard work at a young age. She attended East Tennessee State University and graduated from Mercer University College of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. After graduation, she returned home to start a business and raise her family.


Diana has been a licensed pharmacist and a successful business owner for over three decades. She brings a no-nonsense, common-sense approach to Washington D.C. Diana is dedicated to fighting for East Tennessee’s priorities, including healthcare reform, economic development, combating the tragic opioid epidemic, and expanding broadband access for rural communities. She currently serves on the House Education and Labor, and House Homeland Security Committees.


Diana is an active member of her Kingsport community, teaching Sunday school, helping with her church’s mission work and other local non-profits. Further, she is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and a former board member of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists.


Diana and her husband, Robert, currently reside in Kingsport when they are not at their farm in Unicoi. Diana has one son and two grandsons.

Paula White-Cain was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and serves as Chair

of the Center for American Values at AFPI. Currently, White-Cain serves as Senior Pastor at City of Destiny. For the past 37 years, White-Cain has worked across the world in almost 200 countries, ministering, fighting for religious freedom, humanitarian rights, and advocating for the voiceless. White-Cain also served as an advisor to President Donald J. Trump in the Office of Public Liaison’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative. Prior to her work at the White House, in 1991, starting with five people, she co-founded one of the fastest growing and largest churches in the nation, with an attendance of over 28,000 members. She served as pastor of this church for 22 years, and during that time, Paula White Ministries was launched and became a global media and outreach ministry. She is married to legendary singer/songwriter Jonathan Cain of the iconic Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame band Journey and recites his daily motto of Don’t Stop Believin’ while riding horses and having the time of her life with her family.

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Joe Mitchell is President and Founder of Run GenZ, a 501(c)4 non-
profit organization dedicated to empowering, recruiting, and
mentoring the next generation of young, conservative leaders as
they step up to the plate and run for public office. Joe, originally
elected at the age of 21, serves the citizens of Iowa’s 84th House
District which is located in the southeast region of the state.
On November 3rd, 2020, the constituents of Iowa’s 84 th House
district overwhelmingly supported Joe’s re-election campaign where
he garnered 71.2% of the vote. In the legislature, Joe serves on the
Ways and Means, Judiciary, State Government Committees as well
as the RIFF Budget Sub-Committee.

Ben is the Programs Coalitions Coordinator at the Leadership Institute.

Prior to working at LI, Ben worked in the UK Parliament as a researcher to the Chairman of the Committee for Arms Export Controls; Hon. Chris White MP, and previously as a caseworker for Paul Uppal MP.

Ben grew up in Halesowen, a small industrial town in the UK.  He studied Political Science at the University of Birmingham. While at University, Ben worked at a movie theater to help pay for internship opportunities.

Gabriel grew up in the San Gabriel Valley in California and graduated from Citrus College in 2015. He is currently enrolled at Northwestern California School of Law and hopes to practice Constitutional Law upon passing the California Bar.

Gabriel first became involved in politics in 2009 as a member of the left and eventually joined the Antifa movement. Disillusioned with leftist politics, Gabriel reached out to conservative organizations, in hopes that they would provide an alternative to the left’s extremist views. Finally, a Leadership Institute Regional Field Coordinator contacted him in 2013, and Gabriel began his career in conservative politics.

Ever since working with the Leadership Institute, Gabriel has fought for the rights of conservative students and in 2016 he was named ‘Gentleman of the Year’ by the Network of Enlightened Women. Today, Gabriel speaks at universities across the country and argues in favor of civility over political violence.

Gabriel has appeared on Fox and Friends, the Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and Varney &amp; Co. on the Fox Business Network.

Stephen Rowe is a Deputy Director at Leadership Institute where he trains thousands on digital and political technology across the country every year.
Before joining LI, Stephen was the Editor-in-Chief of Hypeline where he executed its start-up, website re-design and achieved over 12 million page views in one calendar year.
Stephen has been listed on multiple 30 under 30 awards. His work has been featured on Fox News, Fox Business, The Blaze, The Daily Caller, The Washington Times, Townhall, Breitbart, and The Daily Wire. Stephen grew up in Montana, the "Treasure State".

Tyson C. Langhofer serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with
Alliance Defending Freedom.

Langhofer has represented college students and student organizations throughout the country in defending their freedom of speech, freedom of association, and free exercise of religion. In Young Americas’s Foundation v. Covino, he successfully represented YAF, Ben Shapiro, and California
State University-Los Angeles students in a lawsuit against university administrators for First Amendment violations—when they allowed a mob of professors and students to physically block students from attending Shapiro’s scheduled speech on the campus. In Grace Christian Life v.
Woodson, he successfully represented a religious student group at North Carolina State University in a lawsuit against administrators for violating their First Amendment freedoms when they prevented students from discussing religious topics because they did not acquire the university’s pre-approval.

Before joining ADF, Langhofer was a partner with Stinson Leonard Street LLP, where he worked as a commercial litigation attorney for 15 years and earned Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent® rating.

Numerous media outlets have interviewed or featured Langhofer, including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Townhall, The Federalist, and The Daily Wire, among others.

Langhofer earned his Juris Doctor from Regent University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude in 1999. He obtained a B.A. in international business with a minor in economics from Wichita State University in 1996. A member of the bar in Kansas and Arizona, Langhofer is also admitted to practice in numerous federal district courts.

Turning Point USA would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of the 2021 Southwest Regional Conference

Sponsorship Opportunities: Please contact Alex Seavey at alex@tpusa.com to discuss sponsorship opportunities for your business or organization for SWRC 2021.

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Former Army Staff Sergeant and 12 year Army Combat Veteran, Graham is responsible for one of the fastest growing social media platforms in the country.

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Graham Allen is a Turning Point USA Contributor. In 2017 he was Named in Huffington Post's "22  Veterans To Watch in 2017". Graham is responsible for over 1 BILLION video views, over 5 Million Followers, a Hit TV Show (Rant Nation), and one of the hottest and fastest rising podcast in the Nation (Dear America Podcast)!

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As a rising Entrepreneur, Graham is the founder of Graham Allen Media LLC, Pain is a Liar™, and Editor and Chief at DailyRants.com.

A supporter of the Veteran, Law Enforcement, Firefighter, and First Responder Community, Graham, along with his wife, started the 501C3 Charity The Dear America Foundation.

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For those who can’t...he will say it for you!

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*Graham served in two tours to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Hannah-Catherine Smith is the Correspondent Director at Campus Reform. She is responsible for the recruitment, training, and management of Campus Reform’s student journalists.

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After joining the Leadership Institute in 2018 as the Communications Training and Studios Coordinator, Hannah-Catherine coordinated communications trainings for over a thousand conservative and liberty-minded attendees. She has also personally trained hundreds of activists to successfully navigate today's media landscape.

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Before joining the Leadership Institute, Hannah-Catherine worked as a television news reporter in the D.C. metropolitan area at WDVM-TV covering everything from the Virginia gubernatorial elections to human interest pieces as a one-woman-band.

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Hannah-Catherine has a BA in Communication Studies from Furman University and is currently pursuing her MA in Communication at Johns Hopkins University.

Through leaked documents, this training is hard proof that Critical Race Theory is being used as a POLITICAL weapon specifically targeting Conservatives. 

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Critical Race Theory Training Mandated In Iowa School System 

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Major League Baseball is facing a $1.1 billion lawsuit for moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Georgia.

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MLB Sued For Moving All-Star Game

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Gas Prices Skyrocket Across America

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Benny is the Chief Creative Officer of Turning Point USA. He is obsessed with the intersection of politics, and culture. He believes conservatives deserve a better class of internet and sets out day-to-day creating one.

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