The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference 2023


Penn Harris Hotel

Agenda is Subject to Change

Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Thursday, March 30

9:00 AM

Workshop

Local Leaders Workshop hosted by Leadership Institute

 

Presenter

Robert Arnakis, Leadership Institute

 

Presenter

Margot Crouch, Leadership Institute

 

 

 

9:00 AM

Workshop

Reclaim Pennsylvania's Elections hosted by Conservative Partnership Institute

 

Presenter

Heather Honey, Verity Vote

 

Presenter

Lynn Taylor, Election Integrity Network 

 

 

 

12:00 PM

Break for Lunch (not included)

 

 

 

1:00 PM

Workshop

School Board Campaign Workshop hosted by Leadership Institute

 

Presenter

Marnia Rogerson, Moms for Liberty

 

Presenter

Bridget Ziegler, Leadership Institute

 

 

 

1:00 PM

Workshop

How the Left Does It: Ballot Out/Ballot In hosted by American Majority

 

Presenter

Lonny Lietner, American Majority

 

 

 

4:00 PM

End of Pre-Day

 

 

 

 

Friday, March 31

8:00 AM

Workshop

Worldview and the Backfire Effect hosted by Americans for Prosperity

 

Presenter

Mike Sylvester, Americans for Prosperity

 

 

 

9:00 AM

Workshop

Why the 'Ostrich' Strategy on Abortion Doesn't Work hosted by Pennsylvania Family Institute

 

Presenter

Sue Liebel, SBA Pro-Life America

 

Presenter

Alexis Sneller, PA Family Institute

 

Presenter

Cheryl Lynn Allen, PA Family Institute

 

 

 

10:00 AM

Workshop

Parental Empowerment and Gearing up for 2023 School Board Elections hosted by FreedomWorks

 

Presenter

Laura Zorc, FreedomWorks

 

 

 

11:00 AM

Conference Opens: Welcome

 

Speaker

Lowman Henry, PA Leadership Council

 

 

 

 

Opening Prayer

Stephanie Borowicz, State Reporesentative

 

 

 

11:10 AM

Kick off Speaker

C.L. Bryant, Freedom Works

 

 

 

11:30 AM

Speaker

Scott Martin, State Senator

 

 

 

11:45 AM

Panel

Empowering Parents and Students

 

Moderator

Michael Geer, PA Family Institute

 

Panelist

Rob Shearer, St. Joseph's Catholic Academy 

 

Panelist

Christina Brussalis, Pine-Richland School Board

 

Panelist

Kenneth Stacuzzi, Independence Law Center

 

 

 

12:15 PM

Topic

How the White House is Weaponizing Government Agencies

 

Speaker

Mike Howell, Heritage Foundation

 

 

 

12:30 PM

Conversation

Playing Offense for Conservative Principles

 

Panelist

Victoria Coates, Heritage Foundation

 

Panelist

Charles Mitchell, Commonwealth Foundation

 

 

 

12:50 PM

Speaker

Daniel DiMartino, Venezuelan Freedom Activist

 

 

 

1:05 PM

Speaker

Lourdes Ubieta, Americano Media

 

 

 

1:20 PM

Panel

Building a Hispanic Coalition

 

Moderator

Jaime Florez, Republican National Committee

 

Panelist

Dr. Marcela Diaz-Myers, PA Republican Party

 

Panelist

Jacqueline Rivera, Community Leader

 

Panelist

Michael Rivera, Berks County Commissioner

 

 

 

1:50 PM

Speaker

Tim Defoor, PA Auditor General

 

 

 

2:05 PM

Panel

Playbook for Protecting Pennsylvania and Preserving Public Safety

 

Moderator

Ashley Klingensmith, AFP-PA

 

Panelist

Ja'Ron K. Smith, Former Trump Deputy Assistant

 

Panelist

Greg Glod, Americans for Prosperity

 

Panelist

Mike Jones, State Representative

 

 

 

2:35 PM

Speaker

Stacy Garrity, PA State Treasurer

 

 

 

2:50 PM

Speaker

David McCormick

 

 

 

3:05 PM

Conversation

The Perils of Legalized Recreational Marijuana

 

Panelist

David Taylor, PA Manufacturers

 

Panelist

Cheryl Lynn Allen, PA Family Institute

 

 

 

3:25 PM

Speaker

Dan Meuser, U.S. Representative

 

 

 

3:40 PM

Conversation

Regulatory Reform Lifts All Books

 

Panelist

Dustin Chambers, Mercatus Center

 

Panelist

Frank Gamrat, Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

 

 

 

4:00 PM 

Presentation

Climate Change and the 'Great Reset'

 

Speaker

Marc Morano, ClimateDepot.com

 

 

 

4:15 PM 

BREAK

 

 

 

 

5:00 PM

Pre-Dinner Reception with KellyAnne Conway (Ticketed Separately)

 

 

 

6:30 PM

Liberty Dinner

 

 

Presentation of the Frederick W. Anton, III Patriot of the Year Award

 

Speaker

KellyAnne Conway, Fox News

 

M.C.

R.J. Harris, WHP

 

Invocation

Dann Caldwell, U.M. Pastor

 

Pledge

Frank Ryan

 

National Anthem

Carol Sexton

 

Music

Joe Trojcak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

7:00 AM

Freedom Breakfast

 

Speaker

John Gizzi, Newsmax

 

M.C.

Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring USA

 

 

 

 

Conversation

State of the Conservative Movement

 

Panelist

John Gizzi, Newsmax

 

Panelist

Paul Kengor, Grove City College

 

Panelist

Jeff Lord, American Spectator

 

 

 

8:30 AM

Speaker

Scott Parkinson, Club for Growth

 

 

 

8:45 AM

Panel

Winning & Serving as a Liberty Conservative

 

Moderator

Justin Greiss, Citizens Alliance of America

 

Panelist

Jarrett Coleman, State Senator

 

Panelist

Wendy Fink, State Representative

 

Panelist

Joe D'Orsie, State Representative

 

 

 

9:15 AM

Speaker

Scott Perry, US Representative

 

 

 

9:30 AM

Conversation

Building a Bench

 

Panelist

Andy Roth, State Freedom Caucus Network

 

Panelist

Dawn Keefer, Pennsylvania State Freedom Caucus

 

 

 

9:50 AM

Keynote

Guy Benson, Fox News

 

Interviewer

Rose Tennent, Rose Unplugged

 

 

 

10:20 AM

Speaker

Trent England, Save Our States

 

 

 

10:35 AM

Conversation

Conservative Media - What's Next?

 

Panelist

Lynda McLaughlin, Sean Hannity Show

 

Panelist

Rose Tennent, Rose Unplugged

 

 

 

11:00 AM

BREAK

 

 

 

 

12:00 PM

Leadership Luncheon

 

 

Special Guest

Hon. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida

 

M.C.

Keith Rothfus, Former U.S. Representative

 

Invocation

Tammy Falcsik, U.M. Pastor

 

 

 

 

PA Straw Poll Results

Scott R Davis, PA Leadership Council

 

 

 

2:00 PM

Conference Concludes