Professor Lydia Ortega earned her doctorate in economics from George Mason University in 1987. She is an economist, an educator, a businesswoman, a public speaker, fundraiser, and an innovator. Wheth...

Professor Lydia Ortega earned her doctorate in economics from George Mason University in 1987. She is an economist, an educator, a businesswoman, a public speaker, fundraiser, and an innovator. Whether in the classroom, the boardroom, or on a stage, she aims to make a difference by promoting strategic thinking about the vital role of free markets and the sanctity of individual liberty. She served for 15 years as the Chair of the Department of Economics at San Jose State University and in that time created the only free market department on the West Coast. She has served on several public boards, including as founding member of the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley and of the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley. She is currently on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Silicon Valley. In 2018, she ran for California’s office of Lieutenant Governor with the goal of applying her insider knowledge to bring real change to academia as the taxpayer’s representative on the University of California Board of Regents and California State University Board of Trustees. Her economic expertise positioned her to effectively consider benefits and costs on the Commission on Economic Development. Professor Ortega is currently developing education materials to reawaken the questioning mind and to effectively teach complex problem-solving. She is politically active at the grassroots level and is the incoming Treasurer for the Hispanic Republican Club of Northern Texas.

Dr. Lynn K. Wilder, Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, is a former Mormon and once tenured Professor at Brigham Young University, now a biblical Christian. With a doctorate in education, emph...

Dr. Lynn K. Wilder, Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University, is a former Mormon and once tenured Professor at Brigham Young University, now a biblical Christian. With a doctorate in education, emphasis in emotional/behavioral disorders, Lynn is a researcher, scholar, journal editor, and author of more than 60 refereed publications and five books in both her professional field and that of faith. Unveiling Grace: the Story of How We Found Our Way Out of the Mormon Church (Zondervan, 2013) is her best-selling book. Michael (husband) and Lynn founded the ministry Ex-Mormon Christians United for Jesus (www.unveilingmormonism.com). Featured in Christian publications and radio, the Wilders frequently speak in churches. It is their passion to introduce the many Mormons currently questioning their faith to the biblical Jesus. Many have come to trust Him. Her newest book is entitled Leaving Mormonism: Why Four Scholars Changed their Minds (Kregel Publications, November 2017).

LYSA TERKEURST is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 20 books. Lysa has sold more than six million copies of her books. Her latest book, It’s Not...

LYSA TERKEURST is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over 20 books. Lysa has sold more than six million copies of her books. Her latest book, It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way is still on national bestseller lists almost two years after publication. In her brand-new book, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memoires, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again. Lysa helps readers know how to stop suffering from what others have done to them while exploring what forgiveness is, what it isn’t, and how to deal with difficult relationships. As president of Proverbs 31 Ministries, Lysa and her team have led thousands to make their walk with God an invigorating journey through daily online devotionals, radio programs, online Bible studies, speaker/writing training, and more. Each year, Lysa is a featured keynote presenter at more than 40 events across North America. Lysa’s personal adventure of following God captured national media attention when she and her husband, Art, adopted two teenage boys from a war-torn orphanage in Liberia, Africa. A mother of five and grandmother of three, Lysa writes from her gray farm table and lives with her family in North Carolina.

Kittle is a 25-year veteran of radio, newspaper and online journalism. In July 2011, Kittle joined Watchdog.org as bureau chief for Wisconsin Reporter. He has spent much of the past three years coveri...

Kittle is a 25-year veteran of radio, newspaper and online journalism. In July 2011, Kittle joined Watchdog.org as bureau chief for Wisconsin Reporter. He has spent much of the past three years covering the seismic political changes taking place in the Badger State. Last year, Kittle joined Watchdog’s national reporting team, covering everything from energy policy to governmental assaults on civil rights. Beyond being published in Wisconsin’s daily newspapers and in multimedia news outlets, Kittle’s work has appeared on Fox News, and in Human Events, Reason Magazine, Newsmax and Town Hall. His special investigation into a politically charged John Doe probe, “Wisconsin’s Secret War,” was the basis of a 2014 documentary on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze. Kittle has made several appearances on Fox News, including “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. He serves as weekly politics commentator for Lake 96.1 FM in Lake Geneva, and WRJN-AM 1400 in Racine. His resume includes multiple awards for journalism excellence from The Associated Press, Inland Press, Wisconsin Broadcast Association and other journalism associations.

M.D. Perkins is a director and producer with American Family Studios. Having studied filmmaking at Savannah College of Art & Design, M.D. has worked as a producer on feature films, documentaries and v...

M.D. Perkins is a director and producer with American Family Studios. Having studied filmmaking at Savannah College of Art & Design, M.D. has worked as a producer on feature films, documentaries and video bible study curriculums including Logic on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask About Christianity: DVD Curriculum with Alex McFarland. M.D. is a student of both film and theology and tries to create video projects that stir audiences to think deeply about the beliefs they hold. He has been happily married to his high school sweetheart for 15 years and they live in Tupelo, Mississippi with their two little girls.

Maggie Steber is an internationally known documentary photographer, educator and photo editor whose work has appeared in major magazines, newspapers and book anthologies as well as national and intern...

Maggie Steber is an internationally known documentary photographer, educator and photo editor whose work has appeared in major magazines, newspapers and book anthologies as well as national and international exhibitions. She has worked in 68 countries specializing in telling the stories of underrepresented people. Best known for her photo essays in National Geographic Magazine and her humanistic documentation of Haiti, she published Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti with Aperture. Her nine-year project on her mother’s melancholic voyage through memory loss was made into a multimedia presentation by MediaStorm and won a Webby award. In her career Steber has worked as a picture editor for Associated Press, a contract photographer for Newsweek, and as the Director of Photography at The Miami Herald. Steber is a member of VII Photo Agency. Her photographs are included in the Library of Congress and she exhibits internationally. She has received three grants for her work and numerous awards. Her clients are found all over the globe.

MAINA MWAURA is a freelance writer and journalist who has interviewed over 500 influential leaders, including two US Presidents, three Vice-Presidents, and a variety of others. He has learned what it...

MAINA MWAURA is a freelance writer and journalist who has interviewed over 500 influential leaders, including two US Presidents, three Vice-Presidents, and a variety of others. He has learned what it takes to not only lead well, but to mentor well. Maina and his family attend High Point Church in the Kennesaw, Georgia area.

Pete Hegseth is the author of the highly-acclaimed new book—IN THE ARENA—as well as a FOX NEWS CHANNEL contributor, appearing regularly as a correspondent and guest co-host for the network's morning s...

Pete Hegseth is the author of the highly-acclaimed new book—IN THE ARENA—as well as a FOX NEWS CHANNEL contributor, appearing regularly as a correspondent and guest co-host for the network's morning show, FOX & FRIENDS. He also appears frequently on THE KELLY FILE, OUTNUMBERED, AMERICA'S NEWSROOM, and HAPPENING NOW. Pete is also a frequent contributor on FoxNews.com and National Review Online. Pete is an Army veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was also a guard at Guantanamo Bay. He holds two Bronze Stars and a Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2012, Captain Hegseth deployed to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard where he was the senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. Before that, First Lieutenant Hegseth deployed to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their 2005-2006 tour, serving as an Infantry Platoon Leader in Baghdad in 2005, and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in Samarra in 2006. A year before that, Second Lieutenant Hegseth served in Guantanamo Bay (JTF-GTMO) with his New Jersey Army National Guard unit from 2004-2005. Pete was recently promoted to the rank of Major, and is currently in the Individual Ready Reserve. Pete graduated from Princeton University in 2003 with an undergraduate degree in Politics. While at Princeton, Pete was also a member of the varsity basketball team, an Army ROTC cadet, and the publisher of the campus conservative publication—The Princeton Tory. A decade later, Pete completed a Masters in Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, graduating in 2013. Pete and his wife Samantha live in Minnesota and have three young sons—Gunner, Boone, and Rex. They attend Eagle Brook Church and proudly send their kids to Liberty Classical Academy.

Manuel Miranda has a long and distinguished career working for the state department, the US Congress and aiding many other organizations, like Families First Coalition, Family Research Council, & The...

Manuel Miranda has a long and distinguished career working for the state department, the US Congress and aiding many other organizations, like Families First Coalition, Family Research Council, & The Heritage Foundation. He received his BS from Georgetown University. He graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Working all over the world, Manny has received many awards as a staunch conservative and a patriot.

Marc Levin is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Based in Austin, Texas, Levin is an attorney and an accomplished author on legal and public policy issues...

Marc Levin is Vice President of Criminal Justice Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Based in Austin, Texas, Levin is an attorney and an accomplished author on legal and public policy issues. In 2014, Levin was named one of the “Politico 50” in the magazine’s annual “list of thinkers, doers, and dreamers who really matter in this age of gridlock and dysfunction.” Levin served as a law clerk to Judge Will Garwood on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Staff Attorney at the Texas Supreme Court. In 1999, he graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Plan II Honors and Government. In 2002, Levin received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law. Levin’s articles on law and public policy have been featured in national and international media outlets that regularly turn to him for conservative analysis of states’ criminal justice challenges.

Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Prior to Climate Depot, Morano served for three years as a senior advisor,...

Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Prior to Climate Depot, Morano served for three years as a senior advisor, speechwriter, and climate researcher for U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), and managed the award-winning communication operations of the GOP side of the EPW Committee. Morano joined the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as the majority Communications Director in June 2006 after a decade and a half as a working journalist, documentary maker, radio talk show host, and national television correspondent. Morano's Senate website won the coveted 2007 Gold Mouse Award for being the "Best of the Best." The award was made possible by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the National Science Foundation. Morano's website got so many readers in January of 2007 that the volume shut down the entire Senate website, including every Senator's personal websites. Morano spearheaded the 2007 groundbreaking report of 400-plus dissenting scientists and the follow-up 2008 report of 650-plus scientists dissenting from man-made global warming fears. In 2010, a new 321-page "Climate Depot Special Report" featured over 1,000 international scientists who had turned against the UN IPCC. Morano released his "A-Z Climate Reality Check" report at the UN COP17 conference in South Africa in December 2011.

Marcie Gourley is a licensed professional counselor with a master’s degree in professional counseling. Her lifelong love of people, history, America, and faith began in childhood, when her father intr...

Marcie Gourley is a licensed professional counselor with a master’s degree in professional counseling. Her lifelong love of people, history, America, and faith began in childhood, when her father introduced her and her sisters to historical sites and political events. Marcie has coordinated the Pennsylvania chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers and co-founded a women’s ministry, contributing articles, radio spots, interviews, and speaking at events. Her stories and devotionals have been featured on radio programs and college campuses nationwide. In her counseling work, she applies her clinical research to provide support, develop curriculum, and prepare court reports. Marcie and her husband, Ed, live in Pennsylvania and have five adult children.