Session 1
February 9th, 10:30 -4:30 PM
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Pollster, Author, and Political Commentator
Kristen Soltis Anderson is a pollster, speaker, commentator and author of “The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America”. Through Anderson’s extensive research on Millennial polling trends, she possesses unique insights into Millennial attitudes that will shape the coming decades of American politics. Kristen is the co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research and analytics firm, a Former Fox News Contributor, and the host of Sirius XM’s “The Trendline with Kristen Soltis Anderson”.
Charlie Kirk
Founder and CEO of Turning Point USA
Charlie Kirk is the Founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rallying, organizing, and empowering students to advocate for principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government. With a presence on more than 3,500 high school and college campuses in all 50 states, and supported by over 350 full-time staff members, Turning Point USA stands as the nation’s largest and fastest-growing conservative youth activist organization. In addition to Turning Point USA’s on-campus presence, it also operates a massive online outreach initiative that garners billions of video views annually and reaches millions of Americans every day with conservative, pro-America content.
Candace Owens
Author, Speaker, and Host of the Candace Owens Show
Candace Owens is the founder of the BLEXIT foundation, an organization dedicated to driving conservative principles into urban communities. She is also a published author, speaker, and host of the weekly “Candace Owens Show.” Owens exploded onto the scene in the summer of 2017, gaining notoriety through her political vlog series on YouTube. With over 250 Fox News appearances, Owens has substantiated herself as a leader among the growing youth conservative moment.
Session 2
February 9th, 6:30 -9:00 PM
Mike Pompeo
70th Secretary of State and 6th Director of the C.I.A.
Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing the Fourth District of Kansas. As our nation’s most senior diplomat in the Trump Administration and President Trump’s chief negotiator, Mike helped to craft U.S. foreign policy based on our nation’s founding ideals that put America First. His new book, which released in January 2023, includes stories from his heart detailing his time as Secretary of State and C.I.A. Director.
Mike Allen
Co-founder of Axios
Mike Allen is a co-founder of Axios, a news and information platform focusing on business, tech, politics and other topics shaping the future. Mike was a co-founder of Politico, where he created the Playbook franchise and helped build the company for its first decade. He is also an alumnus of TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The (Fredericksburg, Va.) Free Lance-Star. Allen is from Orange County, Calif., and graduated from Washington and Lee University.
Jonathan Haidt
Social Psychologist at NYU Stern’s School of Business
Johnathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He Received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. Haidt’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultural and political divisions. Haidt is the author of the NYT bestsellers The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind. He has given four TED talks. Since 2018 he has been studying the contributions of social media to the decline of teen mental health and the rise of political dysfunction. His next book is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. It will be published March 26, 2024.
Chris Miller
Former Secretary of Defense
Miller was a public servant for 34 years in the Army and the national security apparatus of the United States. His service culminated as the Acting Secretary of Defense of the U.S. where he oversaw the military’s $720 billion budget and successfully led its two million service members and 700k civilian employees through one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. He is currently the CRO for DZNYE Technologies and advises the private equity firm, Highlander Partners.
Session 3
February 10th, 10:00 -12:30 PM
Glenn Youngkin
74th Governor of Virginia
After earning an engineering degree at Rice University and his MBA at Harvard Business School, Governor Youngkin and his wife Suzanne moved to Northern Virginia. As a newcomer to politics, he ran, won, and now shapes policy on commonsense solutions to kitchen table concerns. So far, he’s passed the largest education budget in Virginia’s history, facilitated waves of economic investments and business expansions to reinvigorate job growth and opportunity and has totally transformed the way government works for its citizens.
Donald Trump, Jr.
Executive Vice President at the Trump Organization
Donald J. Trump Jr. is an innovator and leader in today’s young business world. As an Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization, Donald Jr. works to expand the company’s real estate, retail, commercial, hotel and golf interests. He is involved in all aspects of the company’s development, from deal evaluation, analysis and predevelopment planning to construction, branding, marketing, operations, sales, and leasing. In addition to his real estate interests, Donald Jr. is an accomplished and sought after speaker.
Brian Kemp
83rd Governor of Georgia
On November 8, 2022, Governor Brian P. Kemp was re-elected to serve a second term as Georgia’s 83rd governor. Governor Kemp ran on a record of success in the Peach State and a plan to help Georgia families fight through 40-year-high inflation, strengthen public safety, and ensure Georgia’s children can overcome learning loss due to the pandemic and succeed in the classroom. Throughout Governor Kemp’s first term, Georgia has consistently broken economic records with jobs and investment coming to every corner of the state in communities large and small.
Wesley Hunt
U.S. Representative for Texas’s 38th Congressional District
Wesley Hunt was born and raised in Houston, TX in a military family and is a proud alumnus of St. John’s School. Wesley’s service included one combat deployment to Iraq and two deployments to Saudi Arabia, where he served as a Diplomatic Liaison Officer. Wesley is a lifelong conservative and is an active member of the community who has dedicated his time in military service and volunteer work to protect our country and improve the Houston area.
Session 4
February 10th, 3:00 -6:30 PM
Asa Hutchinson
46th Governor of Arkansas
Governor Asa Hutchinson is a former Republican candidate for President of the United States. He served as the 46th Governor of the State of Arkansas and in his last election, he was re-elected with 65 percent of the vote, having received more votes than any other Republican candidate for governor in state’s history. As a candidate for President, Hutchinson distinguished himself as an advocate for balancing the federal budget, energy production, and enhanced boarder security.
Ruthless Variety Podcast
Josh Holmes, John Ashbrook, Michael Duncan, and Comfortably Smug
Ruthless is a popular conservative podcast hosted by prominent political strategists Josh Holmes, John Ashbrook, Michael Duncan, and Comfortably Smug. With decades of experience at the highest levels of U.S. politics, the ‘fellas’ offer listeners an insider’s perspective on how news is made, laws are created, and elections are won. Boasting over 3 million unique listeners, Ruthless has been called one of the “right’s most influential outlets” by Axios and has ranked as the #1 political podcast in the United States on numerous occasions.