Guest Speakers
L. Brent Bozell III | Host
Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, author, publisher and activist, L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today.
Founder and President of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media watchdog organization in America. Since its launch in 1987, the MRC has developed the largest video archive in the world; the popular NewsBusters.org blog site; the CNSNews.com internet news service; MRC Business; MRC Culture; MRCTV; MRC Latino; and most recently, Free Speech America. The MRC has nearly 650,000 members nationwide, with over 12 million fans on Facebook, and over 7 million video views per week online.
In 2010, Mr. Bozell founded ForAmerica, an organization committed to restoring America to its founding principles. ForAmerica has grown to over 7 million Facebook followers with the most engaged social media army in the conservative movement. ForAmerica was declared, “One of the greatest unexpected influences on the [2016] election,” by the New York Times. In 1998, Mr. Bozell founded and was the first president of the Parents Television Council, the largest group in America dedicated to restoring decency to Hollywood. He founded the Conservative Victory Committee PAC in 1987. Before founding the MRC, Mr. Bozell was the finance director and later the president of the National Conservative Political Action Committee and the National Conservative Foundation.
Mr. Bozell's bi-weekly column (with Tim Graham) was syndicated by Creators Syndicate to over 50 media outlets nationwide. His writings have also appeared in numerous other outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, FoxNews.com and USA Today. He is the author of six books, including And That’s the Way It Is(n’t) (with Brent Baker), Weapons of Mass Distortion, Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election (with Tim Graham), Whitewash (with Tim Graham), Unmasked: Big Media’s War Against Trump (with Tim Graham), and Stops Along the Way.
He has been a guest on numerous television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, The Today Show and Good Morning America. He appeared weekly on the "Media Mash" segment of Hannity, on Fox News, as well as regular appearances on The Kelly File, Your World with Neil Cavuto and Varney & Co.
Named the 1998 Pew Memorial Lecturer by Grove City College, Mr. Bozell is a frequent speaker on school campuses and for civic and political organizations around the country.
Mr. Bozell received his B.A. in History from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 Alumnus of the Year. In 2015, he received an honorary PhD from UD. He is married, with five children and sixteen grandchildren.
David Bozell
David Bozell is President of ForAmerica, the largest-of-its-kind, award-winning, national grassroots organization championing American exceptionalism. ForAmerica, with its 9-million-member army, is dedicated to using social media to advance freedom, prosperity, and virtue in all public policy debates, and was labeled by the New York Times, "One of the great unexpected influences of the [2016 Presidential] election."
David regularly appears in print and on broadcast as a conservative pundit as well as an expert on the intersection of social media and politics. He has been quoted in the nation's leading publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, National Review, New York Times, TIME, and Huffington Post, and his columns have appeared in numerous outlets including Fox News, the Hill and the Daily Caller.
Joe Concha
Born and raised in the great state of New Jersey, Joe Concha is currently a columnist for the Hill and a Fox News Contributor.
The father of two and husband to an ER doctor, Joe can be seen on Fox News programs from morning until night, including on Fox & Friends, Mornings with Maria, Varney & Co., America's Newsroom, Outnumbered, The Story, Kudlow, Hannity and Fox News @ Night.
Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley is a prominent news analyst on multiple television, radio, digital and print platforms and is the Host of the Monica Crowley Podcast. Previously, she served in the Trump administration as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs at the United States Department of the Treasury. During her tenure, she and the team she led conceived, developed and executed the policy and communications strategies for the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasury Department, and the Trump Administration more broadly. For exceptional service to the Treasury Department and the Nation, she received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Department. Prior to her government service, she was a popular television anchor and political and foreign affairs analyst for the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, ABC News, NBC News, and other national networks. For several years, she was a regular panelist on the legendary The McLaughlin Group. On radio, she was the host of the nationally syndicated program, "The Monica Crowley Show". She is also the author of The New York Times bestseller, What The (Bleep) Just Happened? The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback. While at the Washington Times, she was the Online Opinion Editor and Senior Opinion Columnist. Earlier in her career, she served as Foreign Policy Assistant to former President Richard Nixon in his final years, and wrote two bestsellers about her experiences, Nixon Off the Record and Nixon in Winter. She has also written for many national publications, including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek, and has lectured at Yale, Columbia, and MIT. Dr. Crowley graduated from Colgate University and holds two Master's degrees and a Doctorate in International Relations from Columbia University.
Dr. Alveda King
Evangelist Alveda C. King, PhD is Chair of the AFPI Center for the American Dream. She is a guardian of The King Family Legacy and a graduate of Aidan University. She is the founder of Alveda King Ministries and co-founder of She Leads Georgia and Speak for Life.
Alveda is also an acclaimed author, television host, blog contributor, and co-producer of The Vision TV Show. Alveda was twice elected to the Georgia State House, a presidential appointee, the recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, Senior Advisor at Priests for Life, Senior Advisor of Coral Ridge Ministries, Founder of King Legacy Farms, a lifetime member of the Cooking Club of America and Optimist International, a former college professor and school principal; and a film and music veteran.
Larry O'Connor
Larry O'Connor is a radio talk show host on Washington, D.C.'s WMAL, where he hosts the morning drive-time show O’Connor & Company. He also hosts LARRY, a daily streaming video show and podcast for Townhall Media, and is seen on Townhall, Hot Air, PJ Media, and Red State, as well as Townhall's social media platforms, reaching several million viewers.
He has been a regular guest on Fox News and Newsmax and has also been seen on ABC News, PBS Newshour, and MSNBC. Larry was a frequent guest host for nationally syndicated hosts Mark Levin, Dennis Miller, and Hugh Hewitt.
Prior to joining Townhall, Larry's writing has appeared on Hot Air, The Federalist, Washington Free Beacon, IJ Review, and Andrew Breitbart's trailblazing original websites Big Hollywood, Big Government, and BreitbartTV.
While at Breitbart, O'Connor became a trailblazer himself by creating one of the first live, daily internet radio programs/podcasts, which quickly attracted a large and loyal following. The online program led to his high-profile guest-hosting appearances and, eventually, his current job on WMAL—one of the highest-rated and most influential talk radio stations in America. He was the first online radio host to successfully transition to a major-market radio career.
During his theatre career, Larry worked with Sir Ian McKellen, Kelsey Grammar, Christine Baranski, Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Lambert, and, regrettably, Val Kilmer.
Larry is married to journalist Meredith Dake-O'Connor, and they have four children: Quinn, a UCLA graduate and theatrical stage manager/producer; Veronica, an ensign in the United States Navy and graduate of the Naval Academy; Christian, a sophomore at UCSD; and EJ, a special needs high school senior.
Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo received international stardom when he booked the lead role in "Hercules, the Legendary Journeys" (1993-1999) the most watched TV show in the world, airing in 176 countries. Following that success, Sorbo had the lead role as "Captain Dylan Hunt" in "Gene Roddenberry's, Andromeda." Andromeda debuted as the number one, hour-long show in first run syndication and remained at number one for its entire run from 2000-2005.
Notable movies include "Kull, the Conqueror," "Walking Tall, the Payback," "Avenging Angel," and "Meet the Spartans." The independent film "What If" was nominated for Best Family Movie of the Year 2011 by the Movie Guide Awards. Sorbo also received the Movie Guide Award for Most Inspirational Performance of the Year.
Some of his many television credits include "Just Shoot Me," "Two and a Half Men," "Dharma and Greg," "According to Jim," "Gary Unmarried," "Psych," "Hawaii 5-0," "Murder She Wrote" and a recurring role in the final season of "The OC."
Sorbo also starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt in "Soul Surfer." 2014 saw the release of the faith-based movie, "God's Not Dead". The $2 million dollar budgeted movie became the most successful independent faith based movie ever with over $75 million US Box Office.
More movies include "Let There Be Light," which Kevin directed/acted in. In the "Reagan" movie he plays the late President's pastor. That movie releases in theaters in the Fall of 2023 along with his movie, "Miracle in East Texas" which is another movie he directed and acted in. His latest movie he also directed/acted in, "Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ" released in theaters in January of 2023.
In the documentary world, "Before the Wrath", "Against the Tide", and "Climate Hustle 2" all made a big splash in 2021/22 with "Before the Wrath", holding the number one ranking for documentaries on Amazon for five months. The Fall of 2023 will see the release of two other documentaries: "Eating With the Enemy" and "The Quest for the Throne".
Kevin released his memoir in 2012, "True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life." The book chronicles his near death experience when he suffered three strokes and the battle back to regain his life. Kevin and his wife, Sam, released a follow up book, "True Faith: Embracing Adversity to Live in God's Light", released in 2021.
In real life, Kevin leads "A World Fit for Kids," a successful mentoring model that trains inner-city teens to use school, fitness, sports and positive role models for themselves. World Fit is the number one after school program in the state of California.
Sorbo resides in Florida with his wife, Sam, and three children.
Sam Sorbo
As an education freedom advocate, Sam's mission is to help parents and their children emancipate from our modern school system. A successful Hollywood film actress, writer, and producer, Sam stepped back from her own career to immerse herself in the home education of her three young children for over a decade. Recognizing the brokenness of our institutional system led Sam to understand there is much more to education than academics. As a prolific author, podcast and radio host, international public speaker, and home education mentor, Sam is dedicated to teaching families how to educate… differently.
Allen B. West
Allen B. West is National Center for Policy Analysis Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Lt. Col. West joined the NCPA because he believes it will be policy, not politics that secures a sound economic future for Americans – with growth, opportunity and returning the promise of the American dream for this generation and those to come.
He is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. During his 22 year career in the United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel West served in several combat zones and received many honors including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, three Army Commendation Medals and a Valorous Unit Award. In 1993 he was named the US Army ROTC Instructor of the Year.
In November of 2010, Allen was elected to the United States Congress, representing Florida's 22nd District. As a member of the 112th Congress, he sat on the Small Business and Armed Services Committees and was instrumental in passage of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.
He is a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, a Fox News Contributor, author of Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Family, Faith and Freedom.
West is an avid distance runner, a Master SCUBA diver, and a motorcyclist, and in his spare time he enjoys cheering his beloved Tennessee Volunteers.
Lt. Col. West is a legacy life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, life member of the Association of the United States Army, life member of the National Rifle Association. He has recently been appointed by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission. He is married to Dr. Angela Graham-West and they have two daughters, Aubrey, a graduate student pursuing her master’s degree and Austen, a college freshman.