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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 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.

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.

Alex Clark is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and host of the all-new daily show “POPlitics” from Turning Point USA where 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.

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She was recently co-host of the #1 rated pop radio morning show in Indianapolis, IN, “The Joe and Alex Show”. Before joining Turning Point USA you may have also heard her in Houston, TX (Plus anywhere you get your podcasts). She is an outspoken young conservative, who worked in mainstream radio for 7 years. You also may recognize her from IG as @realalexclark and Twitter as @yoalexrapz! Her 1 minute video series called “#Triggered” showcased her passionately giving an opinion on many hot button issues.

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She was the September 2018 cover girl for “Expressions” Magazine, the first ever magazine for Conservative women, and 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.

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For several years she woke up listeners by discussing the hottest pop culture stories, dating issues, and lifestyle topics through what’s seen as a “controversial” Conservative lens.

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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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

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.