Our luncheon meetings feature engaging and informative speakers and we invite you to come listen
and learn with us. * Denotes speeches available for members to listen to on this site.
2013 SPEAKERS
Carol Hadley, President, California Federation of Republican Women
David Wolf, Legislative Director, Howard Javis Taxpayers Association
2012 SPEAKERS
Kevin McGary, President, Frederick Douglass Foundation of California
Janie Johnson, Author, Don't Take My Lemonade Stand
Catharine Baker, of Counsel at Hoge Jones & Appel in Pleasanton, CA
Jacqueline Berger, The "First Ladies Lady"
Tom Del Becarro, California Republican Party Chairman
Alan Olsen, Managing Partner, Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co.
Connie Conway, California Assembly Minority Leader
Brian Jones, California Assembly Republican Caucus Chairman
2011 SPEAKERS
Dr. Michael Babich, visiting professor at UC Davis Dept. of Internal Medicine, Vice-President of Mission Therapeutics
Patrick McNeil, Tax Specialist and Senior Partner, McNeil, Silveira, Rice, Wiley and West
Gary Johnson, 2012 Presidential Candidate
Leslie Peterson Schwarze, Co-Founder, Citizens for Balanced Housing
Michelle Steel, Vice-Chair, California State Board of Equalization
Deke Welch, Citizens for Sustainable Public Pensions
Luis Buhler, CFO, The Lincoln Club of Northern California, publisher of www.BayAreaGOP.com
Mariann Headstrom, President, California Federation of Republican Women
2010 SPEAKERS
Melanie Morgan, co-founder of Move America Forward
James McDermott, Acting Chief of Voluntary Service at San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center
Tyrus Cobb, Special Assistant to Ronald Reagan *
Neil Hennessy, President and Portfolio Manager of Hennessy Funds *
Candidate Forum, CD 8 Race: John Dennis and Dana Walsh
Tom Del Beccaro, Vice-Chairman, California Republican Party *
Brandon Middleton, Pacific Legal Foundation
Katy Grimes, CalWatchdog.com
Yoela Palkin, Student Activist
2009 SPEAKERS
Eric Golub, Political Humorist and author and blogger *
William Wagner, President, Olivet University, San Francisco *
John R. Graham, Director of Health Care Studies, at the Pacific Research Institute
Dr. James Kelley, Oceanographer with 45 years of research experience on the oceans of the world. Dean of College of Science & Engineering, SF State University; President of the California Academy of Sciences
James Fisfis, President, Chariott LLC, Republican polster *
Liz Froelich, President Northern Division, California Federation of Republican Women
Chuck DeVore, California State Assemblyman, Candidate for U.S. Senate 2010 *
Laurie Firestone, Social Secretary for George H.W. Bush
Michael Lotito, Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP, expert in employment law *
2008 SPEAKERS
Barbara Simpson, broadcast journalist & radio talk show host *
Brad Dacus, President, Pacific Justice Institute
Larry Greenfield, Director, Republican Jewish Coalition California Region
Tom Del Becarro, Vice-Chair, California Republican Party
Deke Welch, Editor/Publisher of Elephant Talk
Paul Mamalakis, Marin County free-lance journalist
Sashi McEntee, Candidate State Senate
Paul Lavery, Candidate State Assembly
Michael Halliwell, Candidate U.S. House of Representatives
SAMPLING OF SPEAKERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
Abraham D. Sofaer, George P. Schultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Fred LaCosse, television news anchor, reporter and talk show host
Ward Connerly, Founder and Chairman of American Civil Rights Institute
William Wagner, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
John Clark, Chapter Leader, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
Joel Fay, San Rafael Police Department, President, Forensic Mental Health Association of California and President, West Coast Post
Trauma Retreat
Dr. Charlie Self, PhD., also known as Dr. History
Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
LTC Michael N. Wells, Commander of the 250th Military Intelligence Battalion from San Rafael
Michael DeNunzio, San Francisco City and State Commissions on Aging and Adult Services
Tom MacDonald, Novato Citizens' Budget Committee, and Advisory Board of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility
Jennifer Lahl (R.N., M.A.), Founder and National Director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture
Debbie Skolnik, Family Assistance Network Coordinator in the Family Readiness Program of the California National Guard