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The conference will also feature the popular State of the Conservative Movement panel moderated by Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring, USA and featuring John Gizzi, White House correspondent for Newsmax, Dr. Paul Kengor editor-in-chief of the American Spectator and Jeff Lord of Newsmax.

The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is the premiere gathering of public policy conservatives each year in the Keystone State.  It is the largest and longest-running of the state-based conservative conferences regularly attracting a long list of conservative elected officials, scholars, journalists, and activists for three days of speeches, panel presentations, workshops, and networking.

Registration for the 2025 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is NOW OPEN at www.paleadershipconference.org. The Early Bird discount rate is built into the registration so there is no need to enter a discount code as it will be automatically applied. (The PLC web site also includes a brief video tutorial to help you navigate Cvent

Scott Perry, U.S. Representative, brings a unique background of hard work, small business, military leadership and community involvement to the U.S. House of Representatives.  He earned the privilege of serving as the Congressman from Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District (York, Adams & part Cumberland) in 2013. He earned re-election to the newly-redistricted 10th District (Dauphin, part York, and part Cumberland) in 2018. 2020, 2022 and 2024.

Perry served three terms as a Pennsylvania State Representative, where he established a record for protecting Taxpayers’ interests in Harrisburg.

Perry knows the importance of hard work and dedication. He’s the grandson of Colombian immigrants, and the son of a single mom who fled abuse and worked several jobs to survive and support her children – with whom she finally landed in Pennsylvania in their first home on Berryhill Street in Harrisburg, then in Dillsburg. 

Perry enlisted in the Army in 1980, attending basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Belvoir, VA  as a technical drafting specialist. Perry earned promotion to the rank of Brigadier General in 2014, and served as Assistant Division Commander of the 28th Infantry Division – the Army’s oldest, actively serving Division. After serving in his final position of  Assistant Adjutant General, General Perry retired on 1 March 2019, upon nearly 40 years of military service.

Scott and his wife, Christy, are the proud parents of two daughters.

Please note that admission to the workshops is INCLUDED in the conference registration fee and no additional registration is required. A complete description of each workshop along with information on the workshop presenters is available at www.paleadershipconference.org

Workshops to be presented on

Thursday, April 3rd from 8 AM until 11 AM:

 

Relationship Building, Margot Crouch

Leadership Imperatives, Andrea Raffle

Personal Branding, Heather Sellers

Fundraising Best Practices, Margo Crouch

 

Capozzi Adler PC

Art of the Deal: Winning at Negotiations

Louis J. Capozzi, Jr. Esquire

 

Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania

The Real Nature of Politics

Justin Greiss

 

Heritage Action for America

A Guide to Dismantling the Deep State

Stephanie Kreuz

 

Best in Ed

School Board Leadership: The Right Way

Laura Zorc, Best in Ed

 

Workshops to be presented on

Friday, April 4th from 8 AM until 11 AM:

 

Pennsylvania Family Institute

Truth on Weed: Examining the Harm with Marijuana Legislation

Dan Bartkowiak, Cheryl Allen, David N. Taylor

 

Commonwealth Foundation

Stopping Shapiro’s Energy Tax Hikes

Steve Bloom, Erik Telford, Andre Beliveau, Liz Stelle

 

Americans for Prosperity

Expanding the Liberty Movement:

Building Grassroots Momentum for Economic Prosperity

Mike Sylvester

 

Here are details of 2025 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference panel presentations:

 

How to Create a Better Pennsylvania:

Moderator:     Andrew Lewis, Commonwealth Foundation

Panelists:      Camera Bartolotta, State Senator; David Rowe, State House GOP Policy Chairman; Judy Ward, State Senator

 

Efficiency and Accountability Through Regulatory Reform

Moderator:     Emily Greene, Americans for Prosperity-PA

Panelists:      Dawn Keefer, State Senator; Dallas Kephart, State Representative;

                        Kristin Phillips-Hill, State Senator

 

A New Generation of Conservatives

Moderator:     Joy Johnson, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association

Panelists:      Electra Janis, Washington County Commissioner; Thomas Kutz, State Representative; Joe Picozzi, State Senator