Ed Martin of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles to Speak at 2019 PLC

Member Group : PA Leadership Conference

(Harrisburg, PA) – Ed Martin, President of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Conservative Case for Trump will be a Saturday morning speaker at the 30th anniversary 2019 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference to be held April 5th and 6th at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal, and author of the best-selling book The Intimidation Game: How the Left is Silencing Free Speech will be the featured dinner speaker. Jimmy Kemp of the Jack Kemp Foundation; Mark Janus, Plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Janus v AFSCME decision, Kay Coles James of the Heritage Foundation, Salena Zito of the New York Post and Washington Examiner, Tim Goeglein of Focus on the Family, Congressman Scott Perry, and Cliff Maloney of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) will also address the conference.

Additional speakers and workshop topics will announced over the coming weeks.

The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is the premiere gathering of public policy conservatives each year in the Keystone State.  It is the largest and longest-running of the state-based conservative conferences regularly attracting a long list of conservative elected officials, scholars, journalists and activists for two days of speeches, panel presentations, workshops and networking.

Registration for the conference is now open at www.paleadershipconference.org.

Enter promo code EarlyBird by March 15th for a discount!

Ed Martin is the President of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, as well as affiliated organizations Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund and America’s Future.

Ed was nominated by Phyllis Schlafly on January 31, 2015 to succeed her as the President of both Eagle Forum organizations. Phyllis Schlafly, whom the Board elevated to Chairman of the Board and CEO, said, “Ed Martin is uniquely qualified and prepared to carry on the essential educational and political leadership of Eagle Forum that has made it the premier organization of grassroots volunteers in the conservative movement. He is fully committed to all the values and principles that Eagle Forum has always espoused.”

Ed is a lawyer who holds advanced degrees in medical ethics and philosophy and was awarded post-graduate fellowships in Italy and in Indonesia. Ed has served as Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party and as a member of the Republican National Committee. He was chief of staff for Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, where he helped Missouri to pass pro-life and school-choice legislation. Having run for office, Ed is well versed in political strategy and tactics, how candidates win and lose, and how legislation is passed and defeated.

In 2016, Ed coauthored with Phyllis Schlafly and Brett Decker the New York Times bestseller The Conservative Case for Trump. He is also a frequent consultant on various media outlets.

Ed and his wife Carol, a physician specializing in geriatric internal medicine, have two sons and two daughters.

Here is a complete listing of panels, moderators and panelists for the 2019 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.

 

  • Whose Money is it, Anyhow? moderated by David Osborne of the Fairness Center with panelists State Representative Kate Klunk, Carl Marrara of the PA Manufacturers Association, Janis Rights lawsuit plaintiff Francisco Molina and Keith Williams of Americans for Fair Treatment.

 

  • Three Cheers for Capitalism moderated by Gordon Denlinger of the National Federation of Independent Business with panelists Gene Barr from the, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, political commentator Kathy Barnett, Mark Hendrickson of Grove City College and entrepreneur Michael Kennedy from the Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania.

 

  • Transformative Power of Free Markets moderated by Steve Bloom of the Commonwealth Foundation with panelists including Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach, State Senator Scott Martin, Donna Partin of Merry Maids, and John Persinger from the Erie Downtown Development District.

 

  • Hot Topix moderated by Jeff Lord of the American Spectator with panelists Kim Kennedy from Conversations on the Culture, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, Jeremy Samek of the PA Family Institute and Kim Stolfer from Firearms Owners Against Crime.

 

  • Winning Hearts and Minds moderated by Beth Anne Mumford of Americans for Prosperity and panelists Matt Batzel of American Majority, Blair County GOP Chair Lois Kaneshiki, Mitchell Snyder from the Pennsylvania College Republicans and Ashley Rich Stephenson from WPA Intelligence.

 

Registration for the conference is now open at www.paleadershipconference.org.

 

Enter promo code EarlyBird by March 15th for a discount!

 

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