Jesse Watters and Jason Chaffetz of Fox News to Keynote
(Harrisburg, PA) – Tim Goeglein, Vice President for External and Government Relations at Focus on the Family will speak on Cancelling the Cancel Culture at the 2021 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference to be held Friday, June 11th and Saturday June 12th at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill, PA.
This year’s premier gathering of Pennsylvania conservatives will feature Jesse Watters of Fox News’ The Five and the Jesse Watters Show as the Friday evening dinner speaker. Fox News contributor and former congressman Jason Chaffetz will be the Saturday luncheon speaker. Goeglein will join Jonathan Willliams from the American Legislative Exchange Council, Congressman Dan Meuser, Pittsburgh Radio Host Rose Somma Tennent, Congressman Scott Perry, Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Policy Institute, Jeff Bartos of the 30 Day Fund, Bill McSwain, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; C.L. Bryant of FreedomWorks, John Gizzi of Newsmax, Jason Snead of the Honest Election Project, State Senator Kim Ward, State Treasurer Stacy Garrity and state Senator Doug Mastriano as speakers at the event. Additional speakers will be announced over the coming weeks.
Tim Goeglein is the Vice President for External and Government Relations at Focus on the Family in Washington. He served in high-level government posts for the past two decades. He worked as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, where he was the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison from 2001 to 2008. Also, he has served as a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
Goeglein is the author of the political memoir THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE: FAITH AND POLITICS IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH ERA which was published in September, 2011. His latest book is AMERICAN RESTORATION: HOW FAITH, FAMILY, AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE CAN HEAL OUR NATION (Regnery, 2019), in which he offers a roadmap to national and spiritual renewal by examining American culture.
Tim holds Honorary Doctorate degrees from Concordia University, New York City; and from Faith Evangelical College and Seminary, Tacoma, Washington.
Tim is the secretary of the Coalitions for America Board, a member of the board for the National Civic Art Society, and a member of the board of governors of the Young America’s Foundation which owns and operates the Ronald Reagan Ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Tim also serves on the Institute for American Universities Advisory Board. Goeglein served as Board Secretary of the American Conservative Union Foundation, and five years as a Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Also, he is a member of the Council for National Policy, the Philadelphia Society, and the Capitol Hill Club.
He is married to Jenny and they have two sons.
This year’s PLC panels include:
Re-Opening PA
Guy Ciarrocchi, Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry
Christopher Brooks, East Stroudsburg University
Phil English, Arent Fox
Jennifer Fertenbaugh, Restaurant Owner
Powering PA: Responsible Energy Policy
Greg Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition
Rachel Gleason, PA Coal Alliance
Joe Pittman, State Senator
Health Care Reimagined
Ashley Klingensmith, Americans for Prosperity-PA
Dean Clancy, Americans for Prosperity
Matthew McCoy, Villanova University
TBA
Ensuring Election Integrity
Rebecca Oyler, Former Policy Director PA Department of State
Seth Grove, State Representative
Scott R. Davis, Judge of Elections’
Christopher Wright, Potomac TEA Party
This year’s “conversations” include:
Future of the Conservative Movement
John Gizzi, Newsmax
Dr. Paul Kengor, Grove City College
Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring USA
Empowering Parents Through School Choice
Lenny McAllister of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Cyber Charter Schools
Susan Selby, Immanuel Christian School
Fairness in Women’s Sports
Judge Cheryl Allen, PA Family Institute
Barbara Gleim, State Representative’
Political Power of Labor Unions
David Osborne, Americans for Fair Treatment
Gina Diorio, Commonwealth Partners
Proper Role of Courts
Keith Naughton, Silent Majority Strategies
Russ Diamond, State Representative
Conservative Civility
Joe Watkins, Host, State of Independence
Jeff Coleman, Churchill Media
The 2021 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will include four workshops: Recruiting Friends & Neighbors by Telling Your Story presented by Americans for Prosperity, Critical Race Theory presented by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, Taking Back Your School Board: How to Grow a Parent Lead Movement presented by FreedomWorks, and Election Integrity Training presented by American Majority.
Registration for the 2021 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is now open at www.paleadershipconference.org.