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LAURA INGRAHAM
Laura Ingraham is the most listened-to woman in
political talk radio in the United States. The Laura
Ingraham Show is heard on hundreds of stations
nationwide and has been addicting legions of
listeners since its launch in 2001. Always smart and
entertaining, Laura is a regular Fox News contributor
and the principal substitute host on The OReilly Factor.
Laura is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
five books: The Hillary Trap, Shut Up & Sing, Power
to the People, The Obama Diaries, and new smash hit
Of Thee I Zing: Americas Cultural Decline from Muffin
Tops to Body Shots. A former litigator and Supreme
Court law clerk, Laura is a graduate of University of
Virginia School of law and Dartmouth College. She is
also an avid supporter of our troops and a variety of
military organizations.
Laura lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her three
children.
madison rising
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band is lead by Dave Bray, a USN/USMC Veteran.
With original songs like Right to Bear Hero and Ready
if it Goes There, along with chilling new renditions of
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Bless America, Madison Rising proudly expresses their
love of God, Country and The Constitution.
The band has performed at NFL games, Bowl Games,
NASCAR races, The Professional Bull Riders World
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Blaze, Breitbart, The Fox Files, and Dennis Miller. They
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Jennifer Schubert-Akin
On
behalf
of
The
Steamboat Institutes Board of
Directors, welcome to our 7th
Annual Freedom Conference
& Festival! We are honored
to welcome visitors from all
across the U.S., representing
16 states and the District of Columbia.
It is especially fitting that we welcome this years
keynote dinner speaker, Laura Ingraham. It was Laura
who provided the initial spark of an idea for what
would become The Steamboat Institute. On a summer
morning, back in about 2005, I was listening to The Laura
Ingraham Show and heard Laura comment on having just
returned from the Aspen Institute, where she was the
token conservative. That started me thinkingwhy
couldnt there be a conservative alternative to the Aspen
Institute and why couldnt it be right here in Steamboat
Springs?!
From that initial seed of an idea, The Steamboat
Institute was born, and it has succeeded beyond our
wildest dreams. Our annual Freedom Conferences bring
the nations conservative thought and policy leaders to
Steamboat Springs each August. Past keynote speakers
for these events, which began in 2009, have included
Dr. Ben Carson, former Vice President Dick Cheney, Liz
Cheney, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, Jonah
Goldberg, Karl Rove and Michael Reagan.
Our popular Speaker Series, which began with informal
gatherings of 20-30 concerned citizens in the back room
of a local restaurant, are now held at the Strings Music
Pavilion in Steamboat Springs. Earlier this year, we cohosted our first Speaker Series event at the University of
Colorado campus in Boulder, attracting a standing-roomonly crowd of 200 people to hear Dr. Yaron Brook of Ayn
Rand Institute discuss The Morality of Capitalism.
Watch for more such events at CU and elsewhere,
beginning in October 2015.
Our Tony Blankley Chair for Public Policy and American
Exceptionalism has succeeded beyond anything we
could have imagined when we announced the formation
of the fellowship in 2012. You will be hearing from our
Fellows, Jillian Melchior and Tom Rogan, this weekend.
You can read more about them, and about the late Tony
Blankley, The Face of The Steamboat Institute, in this
program. Be sure to watch for upcoming announcements
about our 3rd Annual Tony Blankley Chair Cocktail
Reception to be held in Washington, DC in October.
Finally, be sure to check out our new Freedom Festival
Tent across the street from the Steamboat Grand at
Torian Plum Plaza. We are thrilled to have a large group
of millennials attending in the Festival Tent and watching
all of our speakers live on two 70-inch video screens. All
conference registrants are welcome to visit the Festival
Tent, where we have vendor booths, a live radio broadcast
and more!
We hope you will enjoy your time in our beautiful Rocky
Mountain setting. Our hope is that you will leave our
Freedom Conference & Festival feeling refreshed, inspired
and hopeful about the future of Americathe last best
hope for mankind.
Jennifer Schubert-Akin
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder
The Steamboat Institute
AGENDA
All sessions in Korbel Grand Ballroom at Steamboat Grand unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, August 27
5:30 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 28
8:30 11:00am
Bonus Session: Principles of Liberty Rich Bratten Spring Creek Room (Steamboat Grand)
9:00 10:00am Bonus Session: Things You Wish You Knew Yesterday award-winning educator
and filmmaker Craig Lindvahl, Midland Institutes CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial
Opportunities) Program followed by book-signing
Location: Freedom Festival Tent located at Torian Plum Plaza, across the street from the
Steamboat Grand at the Steamboat Ski Area base
10:00am
Opening of Registration
*** NOTE: C-SPAN will be recording all Friday afternoon sessions ***
11:45am 12:00pm Welcome & Opening Remarks Jennifer Schubert-Akin, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder
of The Steamboat Institute
*** Pledge of Allegiance led by JACK WALSH, 5th grader at Heritage Christian School ***
*** Featuring Our National Anthem performed by Americas Most Patriotic Rock Band ***
*** MADISON RISING ***
12:00pm - 1:00pm Kick-off Luncheon Featuring Benjamin S. Carson, M.D.
*** NOTE: Questions may be submitted for Dr. Carson on index cards located on your table and via Twitter,
using #SteamboatFreedom. Our volunteers will be gathering index cards from the audience at the beginning
of Dr. Carsons speech.
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AGENDA continued
1:00 1:15pm
1:15 2:30pm CEO Roundtable Managing for Success in the 21st Century: The Impact of Global Security
Threats, Environmental Regulations, Healthcare Mandates, and Economic Challenges
- Pete Coors MillerCoors
- Paul Dietzel Anedot
- Heidi Ganahl Camp Bow Wow
- Jim Neiman Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
Moderator: Bob Beauprez
2:30 3:15pm Peter Wallison Hidden in Plain Sight: What Really Caused the Worlds Worst Financial
Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again followed by book-signing
3:15 3:30pm
Break
Carly Fiorina - Special Video Message recorded for The Steamboat Institute
*** BREAK BETWEEN AFTERNOON AND EVENING EVENTS ***
6:15 6:30pm Sponsors, Speakers and VIP registrants board gondola for scenic ride to keynote dinner on
the mountaintop
6:30 - 7:30pm VIP/Sponsor/Speaker Reception and Photo Opp with Laura Ingraham on outdoor deck at
Thunderhead Summit of Steamboat Ski Area
7:00 - 7:15pm
All other conference registrants board gondola for ride to keynote dinner on the mountaintop
7:30 9:30pm Dinner in Champagne Powder Room, , featuring keynote speaker LAURA INGRAHAM
Special Presentation to award Tony Blankley Chair for Public Policy and American
Exceptionalism
Entertainment during dinner provided by Steamboat String Quartet
Saturday, August 29
7:30 9:00am
8:00 8:10am
8:10 9:00am Breakfast Keynote: Robert L. Woodson, Founder of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise:
Our Founding Principles: Lessons from the Poor followed by book-signing
9:00 9:15am
AGENDA continued
9:15 10:00am
Millennials Look Toward Their Future:
- Ericka Andersen, Digital Director for National Review
- Guy Benson, Political Editor for Townhall.com; host of The Guy Benson Show;
Fox News Contributor
- Charlie Kirk, Founder and Executive Director,Turning Point USA
Moderator: Kevin Jackson, author and founder of The Black Sphere
10:00 11:15am
2:30 4:30pm
Bonus Seminar: Engage to Win (Melanie Sturm and Krista Kafer) Spring Creek One
2:30 4:00pm Bonus Seminar: Screening of Bob Woodsons Comeback video series, sponsored by
Opportunity Lives Spring Creek Two
5:00 7:00pm Post-conference Coyote Gold Margarita Party and Live Concert, featuring MADISON RISING
Steamboat Stage at Gondola Plaza
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ENTERTAINMENT SPONSOR:
Kelsey Alexander
Janet & Tim Borden
Cheri Carsten
NOTEBOOK SPONSOR:
Hagemanlaw.com
Citizens Supporting
Property Rights
Hillsdale College
Independence Institute
Irene Johnson
FOUNDATION SPONSORS:
Adolph Coors Foundation
El Pomar Foundation
Roe Foundation
Strake Foundation
Vernon K. Krieble Foundation
Roe Foundation
Bill & Toni Thomson
Wolters-Althoff Investments
John C. Lamb/
Steamboat Energy Consultants
Latham Marine, Inc.
John Sammarco
Curt & Mary Weiss
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Jean Sagouspe,
host of our
1st Annual
R E S O RT H O T E L
& CONFERENCE CENTER
Bob Beauprez
Bob Beauprez is a Colorado
native. He was raised on a third
generation dairy farm near
Lafayette, and spent 20 years
in partnership with his parents
and brother in that operation
marketing their animals across the
globe. Following his dairy career,
Bob purchased and managed a
community bank growing assets
from $4 million to over $400 million in 12 years. Additionally,
he managed the familys real estate development, creating a
1500 residential unit golf course community.
Bob served as Chairman of the Colorado Republican
Party from 1999-2002. In 2002, Bob was elected as the first
representative from Colorados seventh congressional district,
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GUY BENSON
Guy Benson is co-author of
End of Discussion: How the Lefts
Outrage Industry Shuts Down
Debate,
Manipulates
Voters,
and Makes American Less Free
(and Fun!)
He is a Fox News contributor,
the Political Editor of Townhall.
com, and host of the Guy Benson
Show -- a weekly radio program.
Forbes Magazine named Guy to its 30 under 30 list for
law and policy in 2015. Guy graduated with honors from
Northwestern Universitys Medill School of Journalism in 2007
and resides in the Washington, DC area.
Richard bratten
Richard
Bratten
produces
Principles of Liberty, a Colorado
state legislative analysis group
that reviews legislation based
upon clearly defined principles
of good government. This nonpartisan analysis focuses on
clearly defined principles and can
be summed up as: Free People,
Free Markets, Good Government.
He isalso the Executive Director for the Republican Study
Committee of Colorado, an ad hoc caucus of 25 state legislators
from both the Colorado state House and Senate.
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Benjamin S. Carson,
M.D.
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., had
a childhood dream of becoming a
physician. Growing up in a single
parent home and being challenged
by dire poverty, poor grades, a
horrible temper and low selfesteem appeared to preclude the
realization of that dream, until his
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Peter H. Coors
Chairman, MillerCoors
Vice Chairman, Molson Coors
Brewing Co.
Peter H. Coors is chairman of
MillerCoors and vice chairman of
Molson Coors Brewing Company.
Pete is a native of the state
of Colorado. He was born on
September 20, 1946, in Golden,
Colorado, and remains a resident
of Golden today.
He graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter,
N.H., in 1965, attended Cornell University where he received his
bachelors degree in industrial engineering in 1969. He earned a
masters degree in business administration from the University
of Denver in 1970. He also has received honorary doctorates from
Regis University in 1991, Wilberforce University in 1992, Johnson
& Wales University in 1997, and Colorado State University in
2011.
Petes professional career in the brewing business follows
a Coors tradition that has spanned more than a century and
five generations of Coors family members. He has served in a
number of positions at the company. In 2002, Pete was named
Chairman, Coors Brewing Company and Chairman of Adolph
Coors Company. Currently, Pete is Chairman of MillerCoors.
Petes outside corporate board of director membership
includes Energy Corporation of America and American Enterprise
Institute. He is president and a trustee of the Adolph Coors
Foundation. His numerous and diverse civic responsibilities
include serving as a trustee and member of the executive board
of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and
a member of the National Western Stock Show Association
executive committee.
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Paul Dietzel
Paul Dietzel is founder of Anedot
Inc. a technology company
headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA
and a former U.S. Congressional
candidate for Louisianas 6th
Congressional District. He is a
graduate of Pepperdine University
(MBA, MPP) and Louisiana State
University (BA).
Anedot
Inc.,
the
leading
fundraising software platform for campaigns in the United
States, gives political campaigns, religious organizations and
nonprofits the ability to securely collect donations and manage
donors.
Dietzel is the grandson of LSU football Coach Paul Dietzel
who led the LSU Football team to a national title win in 1959
and became Coach of the Year. He later coached at West Point
Academy, University of South Carolina.
Follow @PaulDietzel on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
for more.
Erick erickson
Erick Erickson is a recovering
lawyer, the Editor of RedState.
com, a Fox News Contributor, and
host of the Erick Erickson Show
on the nations most listened to
news/talk station, WSB Radio out
of Atlanta. Occasionally, Rush
Limbaugh lets him fill in. When
not working or with his family,
Erick is working on his Masters
Degree at Reformed Theology Seminary.
The Atlantic magazine named Erick the most powerful
conservative in America and the Hollywood Reporter called
him the most influential conservative blogger on the internet.
Erick lives in Macon, Georgia with his wife and two children
where hes far more likely to be discussing cooking or bourbon
than politics.
carly fiorina
Carly Fiorina is a passionate,
articulate
advocate
for
conservative
policies
that
advance
economic
growth,
entrepreneurship, innovation, and
effective leadership.
When Carly was recruited to
Hewlett Packard, she became
the first woman to lead a Fortune
50 business and grew HP to the
11th most profitable company in the US. In her six years as
Chairman and CEO of HP, she would double its revenues to $90
billion; more than quadruple its growth to 9%; triple the rate of
innovation to 11 patents a day; achieve market leadership in
every market and product category and quadruple cash-flow.
She currently serves as the Chairman of the American
Conservative Union Foundation, which annually hosts CPAC
(the largest annual gathering of conservatives); the Chairman of
Good360, the worlds largest product philanthropy organization;
and the Chairman of Opportunity International, the largest non
profit micro-finance lender in the world giving out $6 billion at
an average of $150 per loan lifting millions out of poverty around
the world.
In 2014, Carly launched the Unlocking Potential Project, a
new PAC aimed at engaging women voters and refuting the
false notion that conservative ideas and principles amount to
a war on women. The UP Projects grassroots efforts aided
Republican wins in crucial elections across the country, from
Iowa to Colorado.
Carly is currently a candidate for President of the United
States.
Heidi Ganahl
Founder and CEO
Camp Bow Wow
Heidi Ganahl is the founder
and CEO of Camp Bow Wow, the
largest pet care franchise in North
America. Through her personal
and professional tragedies, from
the loss of her young husband to
losing a million dollar insurance
settlement, Ganahl has faced
extraordinary adversity. She responded by turning her life-long
passion for dogs into Camp Bow Wow, the nations largest pet
care franchise company, and created the Bow Wow Buddies
Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving
the lives and health of dogs. Ganahl and her first husband Bion
conceived the idea of starting a doggy day and overnight care
business born out of their love for dogs and the need for a market
alternative to the bleak conditions of the traditional kennel
environment. Unfortunately, shortly after Heidi and Bion
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Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson is a Fellow at
the Robert J. Dole Institute of
Politics, a nationally syndicated
radio host, frequent Fox News
guest, and national speaker. He
is an Amazon best-selling author,
and genuine patriot. In Kevins
role as Executive Director of
The Black Sphere, he and his
team have undoubtedly left an
indelible imprint on the American political scene.
krista kafer
Krista Kafer is aDenver Post
columnist, a radio personality
on 710 KNUS and the co-host of
Head On on Denvers Channel
12. She teaches communication at
Colorado Christian University.
A Colorado native, Krista
returned to Colorado in 2004 after
nine years in the nations capital
where she served as the senior
expert on education policy at
the influential Heritage Foundation. She was regularly cited
in analysis in leading newspapers including The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA
Today, and the Chicago Tribune, and magazines such as
Business Week, Forbes, World Magazine, and The Economist.
She has been interviewed on numerous radio and television
programs including CNNs Live from the Headlines,
FOX News Channels Hannity & Colmes, Studio B with
Shepard Smith, and The Big Story with John Gibson, Chris
Matthews Hardball and Joe Scarborough Country, and
NPRs Talk of the Nation and The Tavis Smiley Show. On
several occasions, Ms. Kafer testified before Congress and
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charlie kirk
CharlieKirkis the Founder
and
Executive
Director
of
Turning Point USA, a national
student movementdedicated
to
educating,
empowering,
and mobilizing young people
behind the principles of fiscal
responsibility, free markets,and
limited government. Since the
inception of Turning Point USA on June 5th of 2012, Charlie
has grown Turning Point USA from nothing to having
representation on over 800 high schools and college campuses
nationwide.
At 21 years old, he has appeared on Fox News, CNBC,
and FOX Business News over ninety times including
frequent appearances on Your World with NeilCavuto,
Varney& Co. and The Willis Report. He is a featured
columnist for The Washington Times and a contributor at
Breitbart.com. In addition to his entrepreneurial political
endeavors,Charlieplays every type ofSaxophone, was captain
of his schools Varsity Basketball and Footballteam, and is a
proud Eagle Scout.
Wayne laugesen
Wayne Laugesen is editorial
page editor of The Gazette
(Colorado Springs), which won
the Pulitzer Prize for national
reporting in 2014. He writes for
the National Catholic Register
and makes guest appearances
on Fox News. Laugesen has
worked as managing editor of
Consumers Research magazine,
assistant editor of Soldier of
Fortune magazine, editor of Boulder Weekly and has written for
Newsweek and most major newspapers throughout the United
States.
Laugesen and his wife, Dede, have six boys and reside in
Monument, Colorado.
Craig Lindvahl
Award-winning educator and
filmmaker Craig Lindvahl has put
pen to paper to share his unique
brand of wit and wisdom in the
new book Things You Wish You
Knew Yesterday.
Lindvahl is the head of an
entrepreneurship
program
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Jillian Melchior
Jillian Melchior writes for
National Review, and currently
is a fellow for the both the
Franklin Center and Independent
Womens Forum. Jillian is the
2015-16 recipient of The Steamboat
Institutes Tony Blankley Chair.
She does investigative reporting
on domestic issues, including
government waste, fraud and
abuse, energy and environment issues, and organized labor. She
has lived in China, reporting on Christianity and persecution,
and has also done foreign correspondence in Iraq, Ukraine,
Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and elsewhere.
She has worked as an editorial writer for The Daily, an online
editor for Commentary, a Robert Novak fellow, and a Bartley
Fellow at the Wall Street Journal Asia. Her writings have
been published in National Review, The Wall Street Journal,
Cosmopolitan, The New York Post, The Weekly Standard,
Commentary, TechCrunch, The Detroit News and other
publications. She is a graduate of Hillsdale College and a native
of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Jim D. Neiman
Vice President and CEO
Neiman Enterprises, Inc.
Jim D. Neiman is the 3rd
generation in his family to work
in the forest products industry.
His grandfather, A.C. Neiman,
started a sawmill in the Black
Hills in 1936, and his dad, James
S. Neiman, is still actively involved
in the familys ranch and timber
businesses at the age of 85.
The Neiman Family now owns four Forest Products facilities:
Devils Tower Forest Products, Hulett, WY; Rushmore Forest
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Tom rogan
In 2014, Tom Rogan was named
the recipient of the Steamboat
Institutes
inaugural
Tony
Blankley Chair for Public Policy
and American Exceptionalism.
In 2015, the Steamboat Institute
extended
Toms
fellowship,
naming him Senior Fellow.
Tom is based in Washington,
DC, and is a columnist for National
Review as well as a TV/radio media contributor, providing
commentary on U.S. domestic politics/foreign policy to various
media outlets, including The McLaughlin Group, Real Time
with Bill Maher, Fox News, CNN, Newsmax TV, BBC News
and many others. He is an honors graduate of Kings College
of London (War Studies) and a graduate of the law program at
The College of Law, London.
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Mason Tvert
Mason Tvert is the director
of
communications
for
the
Marijuana Policy Project, a national
organization working to end
marijuana prohibition at the federal
and state levels and replace it
with a system in which marijuana
is regulated similarly to alcohol.
MPP lobbies in Congress and state
legislatures, supports state and
local ballot initiatives, and carries out public education efforts.
Mason co-directed the successful campaign in support of
Amendment 64, the 2012 ballot initiative to regulate marijuana
like alcohol in Colorado, and he played an integral role in passing
a similar statewide initiative in Alaska in 2014.
Prior to joining MPP, Mason co-founded and directed Safer
Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), a Colorado-based
nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about
the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol. During this
time, he led the local ballot initiative campaign that resulted in
Denver becoming the first city in the world to vote to remove all
penalties for adult marijuana possession.
Mason is a co-author of the book, Marijuana Is Safer: So why
are we driving people to drink?, and he appears frequently in the
local and national news discussing marijuana and marijuana
policy. In January 2013, the Denver Post named him the
Colorados Top Thinker in the area of politics and government.
PETER J. WALLISON
Arthur F. Burns Fellow in
Financial Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
Peter J. Wallison holds the
Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial
Policy Studies and is co-director of
AEIs program on Financial Policy
Studies. Prior to joining AEI, he
practiced banking, corporate and
financial law at Gibson, Dunn
& Crutcher in Washington, D.C., and New York. Mr. Wallison
has held a number of government positions. From June 1981
to January 1985, he was General Counsel of the United States
Treasury Department, where he had a significant role in the
development of the Reagan Administrations proposals for
deregulation in the financial services industry. During 1986
and 1987, Mr. Wallison was White House counsel to President
Ronald Reagan, and between 1972 and 1976, he served first as
Special Assistant to New Yorks Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and,
subsequently, as counsel to Mr. Rockefeller as vice president of
the United States.
Mr. Wallison is admitted to practice before the courts of
New York and the District of Columbia, and he is a member
of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He received his
undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1963 and law
degree from Harvard Law School in 1966.
Mr. Wallison is the author of Ronald Reagan: The Power
of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency, published in
December 2002 by Westview Press. On financial or regulatory
matters, he is the author of Back From the Brink, a proposal
for a private deposit insurance system, and co-author of
Nationalizing Mortgage Risk: The Growth of Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac; The GAAP Gap: Corporate Disclosure in
the Internet Age; and Competitive Equity: A Better Way to
Organize Mutual Funds, all of which were published by AEI. He
is also the editor of Optional Federal Chartering and Regulation
of Insurance Companies, and Serving Two Masters, Yet Out of
Control: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, also published by AEI.
On campaign finance, he is the author (with Joel Gora) of Better
Parties, Better Government, (AEI Press 2009) and Bad History,
Worse Policy: How a False Narrative about the Financial Crisis
Led to the Dodd-Frank Act (AEI Press 2013) . His most recent
book is Hidden In Plain Sight: What Caused the Worlds Worst
Financial Crisis and Why it Could Happen Again (Encounter
Books 2015).
He testifies frequently before committees of Congress, and
is a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of the Wall Street
Journal, New York Times and other print and online journals.
He has also been a speaker at many conferences on financial
services, housing, the causes of the financial crisis, the DoddFrank Act, accounting, and corporate governance, and is a
member of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, the
Council on Foreign Relations, the SEC Advisory Committee
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
OUR STEAMBOAT INSTITUTE TEAM!
Jennifer Schubert-Akin, CEO
Ericka Andersen, Social Media Consultant
Kathleen Chandler, Event Coordinator
Allen Fuller, Digital/Website Consultant
Angela Lieurance, Development Consultant
Morgan McDougald, Email Marketing
******
Jeanie & Rod Durham, Head Volunteers
And our many wonderful volunteers!
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Jillian Melchior,
2015-16 Blankley Fellow
Tom Rogan,
2015-16 Senior Fellow
Steamboat Springs, CO - August 1, 2015 - Today the Steamboat Institute announced the
selection of Jillian Melchior as the 2015-16 Fellow for the Tony Blankley Chair for Public
Policy and American Exceptionalism. Tom Rogan, the 2014-15 Fellow, will become a Senior Fellow.
Jillians impressive work as a journalist is a fitting tribute to Tony Blankleys legacy and
we look forward to collaborating with her, said Jennifer Schubert-Akin, Chairman and
CEO of the Steamboat Institute. Her reporting from around the globe exemplifies the
determination, character and wit that made Tony so special.
Melchior will be honored at a dinner as part of the Steamboat Institutes 7th Annual
Freedom Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colo. on August 28, 2015.
I am honored to join the Steamboat Institute as its second Tony Blankley Chair, Melchior said. The fellowships namesake defended Americas most important values with
nuance, verve and humora legacy that still thrives today at the Steamboat Institute. Im
deeply thankful for this opportunity and look forward to a productive year ahead.
In addition to naming Melchior as the 2015-16 Fellow, the previous Fellow, Tom Rogan,
will continue to work with the Steamboat Institute in a new role as Senior Fellow.
Toms leadership as the inaugural Tony Blankley Fellow has been critical to the programs success, Schubert-Akin said. As the trailblazer for this endeavor, we wanted to
honor his contributions by naming him our Senior Fellow.
Im deeply honored to have the opportunity to join the Steamboat Institute as the Senior Fellow, Rogan said. Serving as the Tony Blankley Chair for the past year has been
profoundly rewarding. Tonys life encapsulates the Steamboat Institutes defining values
patriotism, intellectual rigor and an abiding commitment to the founding ideals that
make America so exceptional. I can think of no better successor than Jillian Melchior, one
of Americas top conservative reporters.
About the Tony Blankley Chair for Public Policy and American Exceptionalism
The Tony Blankley Chair for Public Policy and American Exceptionalism was established by
the Steamboat Institute to provide high-profile recognition and financial support to emerging
conservative thought leaders who share the principles and ideals espoused by the late Tony
Blankley and the Steamboat Institute. Those principles are lower taxes, limited government, free
market capitalism, individual rights and responsibilities, and strong national defense.
Selection Committee members for the Tony Blankley Chair include:
TONY BLANKLEY
(1948-2012)
Lynda C. Davis, Ph.D.
Edwin Meese 75th Attorney General of the United States
Steven Hofman Consultant; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor
Lauren Maddox Principal, Podesta Group; Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Thomas P. McDevitt Chairman, Board of Directors, The Washington Times
John OSullivan British commentator and former speechwriter for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
John Roberts Author and television producer for The McLaughlin Group; veteran of the Reagan White House
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rick Akin
Vice Chairman
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Gary Hofmeister
Treasurer
Most people know Gary Hofmeister
from Hofmeister Personal Jewelers which
he founded 36 years ago and remains
the C.E.O. Prior to entering the jewelry
industry, he was a professional singer/
actor, salesman and health administrator. Though he says
he never had one conservative professor all the way through
his undergraduate studies nor his graduate work at Purdue,
he has been an active conservative most of his life and was
the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in 1998 for the 10th
congressional district.
Garys political beliefs also led him to teach Applied
Economics for Junior Achievement in several high schools for
10 years. Taking it to another level in 1992, he began going to
the former Soviet Union to share Democratic Capitalism and
his experiences as an entrepreneur after the Berlin Wall fell. He
made 18 such trips developing his own curricula and running
seminars from one to three days in various cities. Most trips
lasted about three weeks.
Gary also hosted a political talk show in 1990-91 called
TALK OF THE CITY and another for WFYI from 2004-06 called
BROADWAY MEMORIES: MUSIC AND THE STARS, drawing
on his experiences as a Broadway singer.
He is married to JoAnne and together they share 20
grandchildren.
Anne A. Lowe
Secretary
Anne and her husband Rich have lived
part time in Steamboat Springs for more
than a decade, and have been full time
residents since 2007. Steamboat provides
excellent recreational opportunities for the
sports Anne enjoys such as skiing, hiking, biking and horseback
riding. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Anne earned a BS in
Biology and later a BS in Pharmacy, both from the University
of Utah. She later received her Pharmacy Doctorate (Pharm D)
from the University of Colorado in 2006.
Anne is a Clinical Pharmacist and Anticoagulation
Specialist at Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat
Springs. She also fills in periodically at the locally owned
community pharmacy, Lyons Drug Store. This year Anne
graduated from The Leadership Program of the Rockies, LPR
Class of 2013. She and her husband have three grown children
and two grandkids. Anne claims that becoming a grandma
has been her motivation for involvement with The Steamboat
Institute and LPR in the principled fight for liberty. She realizes
that as Ronald Reagan said, Freedom is never more than one
generation away from extinction.
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Matthew Spalding
Associate Vice President and Dean of
Educational Programs Hillsdale College
Allen Fuller
Cheri Carsten
(Ex Officio)
Cheri Carsten is an active and
enthusiastic volunteer for conservative
causes and candidates in Colorado, and
nationally. She is a native of Colorado and
an avid horsewoman. She had a first career
as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army serving
in Asia, Europe and the U.S. and then as a civilian with the
Department of Defense in Germany and Washington DC with a
specialty in Organizational Development. Cheri holds a degree
in psychology from the University of Maryland. In her second
career, Cheri was a senior Human Resources Management
executive for several large corporations including Prudential
and a subsidiary of Air Canada. Cheri is a graduate of the
Leadership Program of the Rockies.
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Khristine Brookes
Vice President of Communications
Cato Institute
Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow for National Security
Affairs Heritage Foundation
Debra Burlingame
Attorney and expert on the threats
of terrorism. Ms. Burlingame is the
sister
of Captain Charles F. Chic Burlingame,
III, pilot of American Airlines flight 77,
which crashed into the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001.
Bill Friesell
Founding Board Member of Indian
River Tea Party (Vero Beach, FL); former
CEO of a number of domestic and
international consumer businesses of
Citibank/Citigroup, including Diners
Club International
Steve Hofman
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary
of Labor; Former Guest Scholar at
Brookings Institution; Former member of
Council on Foreign Relations; Currently,
Steve has consulting practice, advising
CEOs on their business strategies, as
well as writing on economic issues for
major newspapers and magazines
Kevin Jackson
Author of Sexy Brilliance and Other
Political Lies; founder of BlackSphere.net
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Rich Lowe
Bill Thomson
Ginni Thomas
Special Correspondent for the Daily
Caller; Founder of LibertyCentral.org
Ed MacArthur
Kate Obenshain
Grace-Marie Turner
Evangeline HidalgoVanderhyden
Michael J. Williams
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