Civitas Institute presented their Conservative Leadership Conference for 2016 on March 4 and 5 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, North Carolina.
Civitas was founded in 2005 and is committed to creating a North Carolina whose citizens enjoy liberty and prosperity derived from limited government, personal responsibility and civic engagement. To that end, Civitas develops and advocates for conservative policy solutions to improve the lives of all North Carolinians.
The following photos were taken at the event. Nancy
Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas InstituteNorth Carolina Lt. Governor Dan ForestLt. Colonel Allen West, Executive Director, The National Center for Policy AnalysisFrancis DeLuca and Lt. Colonel Allen WestLt. Governor Dan Forest and Howard SchultzLt. Colonel Allen WestAnn McElhinney, Journalist, Firm Producer and Director – Frack Nation and soon to be released movie, GosnellDinesh D’Souza, Filmmaker, Author & commentator, soon to be released Hillary’s AmericaDavid Limbaugh, Author, Columnist & CommentatorHeidi Cruz, wife of Senator Ted Cruz
Heidi CruzFrom the left: Jim Duncan, candidate of U.S. House of Representatives and Sean MoserFrom the left: Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein, candidate, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Schools and Emily Walker, Durham GOPFrank Roche, candidate, U.S. House of Representatives and Nancy Clark, founder, Conservative Women’s ForumOn the right: Mark Harris, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Charlotte, NCRobert Knight, candidate, North Carolina House, District 91 and Mary Lou DrakeFrom the left: Donna Willimas, past Chair, Wake County GOP, Ron Margiotta and Ann Marie Calabria, Judge, North Carolina Court of AppealsFrom the left: Terry Johnson, Francis DeLuca, President, Civitas Institute, and Patricia JohnsonFrom the right: Ted Hicks, Johnathan Riches, and Peter LipsettDinesh D’Souza and his fiancee and Mary Lou DrakeCenter, Ken McClendon, The Best in Urban Conservative TalkFrom the left: Robert Knight, Mary Lou Drake, Ann McElhinney, and Felice PeteLt. Colonel Patrick Testerman, Civitas Guest Speaker and Nancy Clark, Conservative Women’s Forum. Lt. Col. Testerman’s talk was Reversing the Leadership Crisis in our Armed ForcesJimmy Kemp, son of Jack Kemp, Civitas Guest SpeakerFrom the left: Zan Bunn, President, North Carolina Federation of Republican Women, Felice Pete, past President, Wake County GOP and Emily Walker, Durham GOPFrom the left: Dave Carter, Sean Moser and Janie Wagstaff, President, ICON Lecture SeriesFrom the left: Meg Gresham, ICON Board Member and Jane Hogan , ICON Advisory Board MemberDinesh D’Souza and Nancy ClarkICON Lecture Series table at Civitas CLCFrom the left: Meg Gresham and Nancy Clark, ICON Lecture Series Board MembersFrom the left: Betty Ann Guidry, ICON Treasurer, Karin Nemetz, LIberty Lunch and Meg Gresham, ICON Board MemberFrom the left: Colonel (Ret) Jay Stoobs, Ranger, US Army, Mary Lou Drake and Jay DeLancy, Voter Integrity ProjectMary and Dave CarterFrom the left: Janie Wagstaff and Betty Ann GuidryFrom the left: Karen Nemetz, LIberty Lunch, Andrea Rock, ICON Board Member and Lee Green, Vice Chair, Durham GOP