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2010 PENNSYLVANIA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Taking Back our State and Nation

Agenda

Friday, April 16, 2010
 
9:00 AM   Campaign School: Running for Local Office (East Park Room)

Panel Details ...
Workshop Leader:
Ryan Shafik, Rockwood Strategies
Panelist:
Ned Ryun, American Majority
12:00 Noon   Break
1:00 PM   Welcoming Remarks
Frederick W. Anton, III,
Chairman, PA Leadership Council
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1:15 PM   Opening Speaker
Introduction:
Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring, USA
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Speaker:
Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
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2:00 PM   Polishing the Apple: Improving Public Education

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Moderator:
Simon Campbell, Stop Teacher Strikes, Inc.
Panelists:
Todd Rock, State Representative
Rick Dreyfuss, Commonwealth Foundation
Jeff Piccola, State Senator
Jenny Bradmon, PA Families for Public Cyber Schools
3:00 PM   State Spending: Going for Broke

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Moderator:
Gene Barr, PA Chamber of Business & Industry
Panelists:
Ralph Pontillo, Manufacturer & Business Assoc.
Keith Charles, PA Right to Work
Kathryn Zuberbuhler Klaber, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Charlie Gerow, Quantum Communications
4:00 PM   Break
5:00 PM   Dick Morris Reception (East Park Room)
(Ticketed separately)
6:30 PM   Liberty Dinner
MC:
R.J. Harris, WHP Radio
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Pledge/Invocation:
TBA
Speaker:
Pat Toomey, candidate for US Senate
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Featured Speaker:
Dick Morris, political consultant
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8:30 PM   Dick Morris Book Signing
9:00 PM   Student Reception (East Park Room)
Hosted by Young Conservatives of PA and Commonwealth Foundation
(meet other students who care about liberty, get information on internships, and learn what YCoP and the Commonwealth Foundation are doing to advance liberty in Pennsylvania)
9:00 PM   Student Activism: How you can change Public Policy in Pennsylvania

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Moderator:
Matthew Brouillette, Commonwealth Foundation
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Panelists:
Tom Shakely, Penn State
Samuel Settle, Young Americans for Freedom
Pericles Niarchos, Drexel University
 
Saturday, April 17, 2010
 
7:00 AM   Freedom Breakfast
MC:
Matthew Brouillette, Commonwealth Foundation
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Speakers:
John Gizzi, Human Events
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Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity
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8:00 AM   Keynote Panel – Building a Coalition that Wins

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Moderator:
Gary Sutton, WSBA Radio
Panelists:
Greg Wrightstone, PA Coalition for Responsible Government
Tom Shakely, Penn State Student Activist
Kevin Kelly, The Loyal Opposition
Patrick Gleason, Americans for Tax Reform
Diana Reimer, Tea Party Patriots
9:00 AM   Keynote Speech
Introduction:
Lowman Henry, The Lincoln Institute
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Speaker:
Kellyanne Conway, the polling company™, inc.
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9:30 AM   Beyond Corruption: Transparency, Accountability and Reform

Panel Details ...
Moderator:
Chris Freind, Columnist
Panelists:
Joe Sterns, Citizens Alliance of PA
Curt Schroder, State Representative
Doug Reichley, State Representative
Lyndsay O’Herrick, Citizen Activist
10:30 AM   Marriage and More

Panel Details ...
Moderator:
Michael Geer, PA Family Institute
Panelists:
John Eichelberger, State Senator
Patrick Fagan, Family Research Council
Randy Wenger, Independence Law Center
11:30 AM   Break
12:00 Noon   Leadership Luncheon
MC:
David Taylor, PA Manufacturers' Association
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Pledge:
TBA

Invocation:
TBA

Speakers:

Dick Thornburgh, Former Governor or Pennsylvania
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Mike Turzai, State Representative
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Sam Rohrer, candidate for PA Governor
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Tom Corbett, candidate for PA Governor
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Keynote Speakers (recent conferences)Keynote Speakers (early conferences)

Past PLC Keynote Speakers included:
Michael Reagan (2009), Michelle Malkin (2008), Laura Ingraham (2007),
Joe Scarborough (2006), Ann Coulter (2005), David Horowitz (2001), Walter Williams (1999),
Robert Walker (1996), Rick Santorum (1995), Armstrong Williams (1994), Lynn Cheney (1993),
Robert Novak (1992), William Bennett (1991), M. Stanton Evans (1990) and Newt Gingrich (1989).