Speakers

Speaker: Winsome Earle-Sears
Speaker Winsome Earle-Sears
A trailblazer in Virginia politics, Winsome Earle-Sears was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in New York. In 1983 she joined the United States Marine Corps and was the only woman in her engineering class. Rising to the rank of corporal, Earle-Sears also became an American citizen. She credits …

A trailblazer in Virginia politics, Winsome Earle-Sears was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew


up in New York. In 1983 she joined the United States Marine Corps and was the only woman in


her engineering class. Rising to the rank of corporal, Earle-Sears also became an American


citizen. She credits the Marine Corps with instilling the self-discipline and leadership that shapes


her today.


Earle-Sears settled in the Norfolk area and continued serving her community through her work


in directing a women's homeless shelter and leading a men’s prison ministry. She earned a


bachelor’s degree in English from Old Dominion University (1992) and a master's degree in


organizational leadership from Regent University (2003). In 2001 she won election to a single


two-year term representing a district comprising the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia


Beach in the House of Delegates. Earle-Sears served on the Advisory Committee on Women


Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs. An advocate for the power of education to


improve lives, she was appointed to the State Board of Education in 2011, and was elected its


vice president in 2014.


Winning election in 2021, Earle-Sears became the first woman elected lieutenant governor and


the first Black woman and female veteran to hold statewide office in Virginia.


Earle-Sears is a mother, grandmother, and wife, and lives in Winchester, VA with her husband


Terry.

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Speaker: Katie Gorka
Speaker Katie Gorka
Katie Gorka was director of The Feulner Institute’s Center for Civil Society and the American Dialogue at the Heritage Foundation from 2020 to 2022. In 2016, Katie joined the Trump Transition Team and then served as a senior advisor in the Office of Policy at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 …

Katie Gorka was director of The Feulner Institute’s Center for Civil Society and the American Dialogue at the Heritage Foundation from 2020 to 2022. In 2016, Katie joined the Trump Transition Team and then served as a senior advisor in the Office of Policy at the Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019, where she focused on strategies for prevention of terrorism and targeted violence and combatting use of the internet for terrorism and human trafficking. From June to August 2019, she served as the press secretary for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


As President of the Threat Knowledge Group from 2014 to 2017, Katie provided expertise and training on irregular warfare and terrorism to the FBI, US Army Special Forces, Marine Corps, and law enforcement. From 2009 to 2014, was the Executive Director of the Westminster Institute, which conducted research and education on threats posed by extremist ideologies.


Katie was born in Boston and grew up in various places on the East Coast, from Franconia, New Hampshire, to Asheville, North Carolina. She earned her B.A. in Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She lived in Budapest, Hungary for twelve years, where she worked on aspects of the post-communist transition, including projects to help rebuild civil society.

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Speaker: John Reid
Speaker John Reid
John a lifelong Virginian, award-winning broadcaster, and conservative leader. For eight years, he hosted WRVA’s Morning Show, giving Virginians a clear, common-sense voice on key issues. He founded The Virginia Council to unite parents, educators, and community leaders in defending cultural heritage and civic education. His career includes serving President Ronald …

John a lifelong Virginian, award-winning broadcaster, and conservative leader. For eight years, he hosted WRVA’s Morning Show, giving Virginians a clear, common-sense voice on key issues. He founded The Virginia Council to unite parents, educators, and community leaders in defending cultural heritage and civic education. His career includes serving President Ronald Reagan, working as Communications Director for Senator George Allen, leading national messaging for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and over a decade as a Richmond TV anchor and investigative reporter. Now running for Lieutenant Governor, Reid is committed to restoring trust and defending the values that make Virginia strong.

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Speaker: Ian Prior
Speaker Ian Prior
Ian Prior is a Senior Counselor at America First Legal Foundation, where he focuses on defending the rights of parents, students, and teachers against the woke indoctrination in K-12 education. Ian began his career as an attorney in New England in 2002 after graduating from Boston University School of Law. He transitioned …


Ian Prior is a Senior Counselor at America First Legal Foundation, where he focuses on defending the rights of parents, students, and teachers against the woke indoctrination in K-12 education. Ian began his career as an attorney in New England in 2002 after graduating from Boston University School of Law. He transitioned into politics in 2011, working on various Republican campaigns before serving as a top spokesman at the Justice Department. Ian is the author or the book Parents of the World Unite: How to Save Our Schools From The Left's Radical Agenda.

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Speaker: Phillip Scott
Speaker Phillip Scott

Delegate Phillip Scott, District 63


 

 

A devoted husband and father facing personal health challenges with his daughter, Delegate Scott advocates for quality healthcare access, improving education, and rolling back government restrictions on individual rights.