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Rick Akin
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Rich Lowe
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Akin & Almanza, Attorneys & Counselors
J&S Audio Visual
El Pomar Foundation
Fedewa & Associates Consulting
Hofmeister Personal Jewelers
Marathon Accounting Services

TIMBERLINE CLUB ($1,000-$2,499)

Kristine L Bensler
Roger Burton
Patricia Creekmore
Fred Duckels
Curt Grina
Charlie MacArthur
Ed MacArthur
Pete Vanderhyden
Vangie Vanderhyden
F.M. Light & Sons

BREAKFAST SPONSOR

FRIDAY LUNCHEON SPONSOR

The Institute for Physical ArtA National

Health Care Educational Organization
And
John and Johnson Physical Therapy

Bob and Claudia Beauprez

BASE CAMP CLUB ($400-$999)

Kelsey Alexander
Michele Austin
Cheri Carsten
Kelly Cook
Scott Cook
Don Griffin
Gregory Hermann
Michael Jude
Karen Korins
Lee Korins
Betty Lockhart

Jim Makens
Bob McConnell
Carol O'Hare
Toby Spikes
Bill Stuart
Kay Stuart
Eric Weissmann
Shari Williams
David Wilson
Kelly Wilson

2009 INAUGURAL
FREEDOM CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH
STEAMBOAT GRAND HOTEL
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO

DIRECTORS
Jennifer Schubert-Akin, Chairman
Rick Akin, Vice Chairman
Gary Hofmeister, Treasurer
Kirsten Fedewa
Matt Aljanich
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Peter Brookes -- The Heritage Foundation
Dan Mitchell The Cato Institute
William M. Gray Colorado State
University
Marc Morano -- ClimateDepot
Patrick J. Michaels The Cato Institute
Grace-Marie Turner The Galen Institute

It does not take a majority to prevail...but rather an irate, tireless

minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
- Samuel Adams

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD

Awapa Lodge at Storm Mountain Ranch
(10 minutes east of Steamboat Springs on U.S. Hwy. 40)
6:00 pm

Congressional Update:
Sponsor Reception for Congressman Mike Pence, Congressman from
Indiana and Chairman of the House Republican Conference

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH

11:001:00 pm

Check-in and Registration

11:451:00 pm

Welcome Luncheon

2:153:30 pm

Obama Budget Policies: The Road to Serfdom

Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute, and nationally
recognized expert on tax policy and tax reform

Grace Marie Turner, founder and president of the Galen Institute to

promote a discussion of free market approaches to health care reform.
Changing Demographics:
Analysis of 2008 Elections and Future Hispanic Trends
Mario M. Carrera, Vice President/General Manager, Entravision
Communications Corporation (including Univision Denver)
Marcelo Gaete, Vice President, Public and Governmental Affairs,
Entravision Communications Corporation
4:455:15

VIP Cocktail Reception with Michael Reagan

includes photo opportunity with Mr. Reagan

7:30 pm

Dinner with keynote speaker Michael Reagan

following dinner, Mr. Reagan will be signing copies of his book,
Twice Adopted

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH

7:45 am

Doors open for Breakfast

8:009:00 am

Breakfast Current Legislative Trends and a Healthcare Reform

Update: Congressman Michele Bachmann, Member of the U.S. House
of Representatives from Minnesotas 6th Congressional District

9:1010:10 am

Climate Change Panel Discussion: Does the Science Add Up?

Patrick J. Michaels, Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies, The Cato
Institute, and author of Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science
They Dont Want You to Know

John Fund, Wall Street Journal, writes the weekly On the Trail column
for OpinionJournal.com. He is author of Stealing Elections: How Voter
Fraud Threatens Our Democracy

J. French Hill, CEO of Little Rock-based private banking company, Delta

Trust, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under
President George H.W. Bush

3:454:45 pm

6:307:30 pm

Jennifer Schubert-Akin, Chairman

Robert L. Woodson, Sr., founder and president of the Center for

Neighborhood Enterprise. He is a leading reformer, promoting
enterprise, home ownership, and workfare not welfare.
1:152:00 pm

Hazies Restaurant (at top of Steamboat Ski Areas gondola)

Session Wrap-up
Tony Blankley, Executive Vice President of Edelman Worldwide public
relations in Washington D.C., and co-host of syndicated radio program
Left, Right and Center
Patrick Henry, delegate to the Second Virginia Convention

William M. Gray, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science, Colorado

State University
10:2011:20 pm Inside the Environmental Movement & Todays Unique Political
Climate from the Press Perspective
Marc Morano, Executive Editor/Chief Correspondent for Climate
Depot, Former Communications Director for Sen. James Inhofe (Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee) and Producer for the Rush
Limbaugh Television Show (1992-96)
Kirsten Fedewa, former National Communications Director for 2008
Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee, the Republican Governors
Association (1996-2003) and the National Republican Congressional
Committee. Like Morano, she also worked for a U.S. Senator and
House members. Her specialty is how to get earned media.
11:30-12:20 pm The Veteran of Communication James Humes,
Presidential Speechwriter for five Presidents and author of
The Wit and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan
12:302:00 pm

Luncheon with keynote speaker Grover Norquist, Founder and

President of Americans for Tax Reform

5:00 pm

Leadership Program of the Rockies Night at The Steamboat

Institute Featuring Tony Blankley, former Congressman Bob Schaffer,
and Coyote Gold Premium Margaritas!
***Casual event poolside at the Steamboat Grand***