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Matt Walsh

Host, The Matt Walsh Show at The Daily Wire

Matt Walsh is a popular writer, speaker, and one of the Right's most influential voices. He is the host of “The Matt Walsh Show,” and author of the best-selling children’s book Johnny the Walrus. His documentary “What is a Woman?” has become a cultural phenomenon and one of the most talked-about documentaries of 2022.

Kristan Hawkins

President of Students for Life of America

Kristan Hawkins is a Christian, wife, mother, grassroots activist, author, speaker, and a human rights advocate. President of Students for Life of America, she was recruited in 2006 to launch Students for Life of America’s full-time operation. Since then, she has built up a small organization made up of a few dozen student groups scattered around the country to a coordinated national team serving more than 1,200 Students for Life chapters in all fifty states. Under her leadership, Students for Life exists to abolish abortion by transforming our culture by recruiting, training, and mobilizing this pro-life generation, who are the direct targets of today’s abortion industry. A frequent speaker and media analyst, Kristan’s expertise includes abortion, feminism, disability advocacy and healthcare, as she navigates the social conditions and public policy that impacts the human rights issue of our day.
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Shawn Carney

President & CEO of 40 Days for Life

Shawn began as a volunteer in the pro-life movement while still in college. During this time, he helped lead the first ever local 40 Days for Life campaign. After graduating from college, Shawn was asked to serve as the executive director of the Coalition for Life, a local pro-life organization in Texas, made up of more than 60 churches. From its beginning, Shawn has been instrumental in growing 40 Days for Life nationally and then internationally to 1,500 cities in 64 countries.

Shawn is a regular media spokesperson, and his work has been featured on hundreds of outlets, including Fox News, The Laura Ingraham Show, The Drudge Report, The Guardian, USA Today, The Glenn Beck Show, The Wall Street Journal, and Christian media including The Christian Post, National Catholic Register, Sirius XM Catholic Radio, EWTN Radio, and Focus on the Family.

Shawn is one of the most sought-after pro-life speakers, addressing audiences coast-to-coast and internationally. Shawn and his wife Marilisa were portrayed in the 2019 major motion picture Unplanned, which tells the story of Abby Johnson's conversion as a Planned Parenthood director. Shawn is also the author of four national bestselling books.

Michael Kenney

President of Pro-Life Partners Foundation

A writer, producer, educator, and lawyer, Michael serves as President of Pro-Life Partners Foundation and is an ex officio member of the Board of Advisors. He has spoken out in support of preborn human beings and their mothers for more than forty years. He practiced law for 13 years before serving in various cabinet-level roles in Catholic education for nearly 25 years. His film credits include Unplanned and PRAY: The Story of Patrick Peyton. He is the co-author of In God We Trust: Morally Responsible Investing, the story behind a pro-life mutual fund with more than $2.5 billion under management. Michael holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Notre Dame and a masters of law from George Washington University.
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Abby Johnson

Founder and Director of And Then There Were None and ProLove Ministries

Abby Johnson worked for Planned Parenthood for eight years, working her way up through the ranks to become the clinic director in Bryan, Texas. She was Planned Parenthood's Employee of the Year in 2008 but she walked away from her job after witnessing the abortion of a 13-week-old fetus during an ultrasound-guided abortion. She left Planned Parenthood and instantly became a national news headline for her defection, which led to a pro-life speaking career. In 2012, she founded And Then There Were None, the only ministry in the nation that helps abortion workers leave their jobs and find new ones out of the industry. To date, she has helped over 650 abortion workers quit. She also founded ProLove Ministries and LoveLine in the fall of 2019. Her bestselling book, Unplanned, was made into a feature film that debuted in theaters nationwide March 2019 under the same name and she is the host of the podcast Politely Rude. She is also the author of Fierce Mercy, released in March 2022, and co-editor of Life to the Full, released in April 2023. She and her husband, Doug, have eight children.

Lauren Muzyka

Founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life

Lauren Muzyka is the founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life, the nation’s largest sidewalk outreach training program. Lauren is a licensed attorney with more than 20 years of experience in sidewalk outreach.

Lauren participated in the very first 40 Days for Life campaign, and she went on to serve as their campaign strategist, advising their 300+ campaigns in North America. Inspired by the transformative power of prayer and peaceful outreach on the sidewalk, Lauren founded Sidewalk Advocates for Life in 2014.

Sidewalk Advocates for Life has grown to more than 235 locations worldwide and, through God’s grace, has witnessed more than 22,000 babies saved, 55 abortion-facility closures, and 88 abortion workers leave the business.

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Leigh Wambsganss

Chief Communications Officer for Patriot Mobile

As CCO, Leigh focuses on internal and external strategic corporate communications, public relations, media, investor and employee relations, corporate messaging, and media presence at Patriot Mobile. 

Named 2022 Top 5 Power Player in North Texas by Axios, Leigh has been a tireless leader in conservative politics for over 30 years. She co-founded, serves as President and Board Member of the Southlake Families PAC, which brought awareness to a nationwide issue of Critical Race Theory (CRT). She is a founding Board Member and Executive Director of Patriot Mobile Action, a Texas PAC focused on keeping Texas red. Leigh serves on Texas’ Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee. 

Leigh has been featured on Fox and Friends, The Shannon Bream Show, John Solomons "Just the News" talk radio, Steve Bannon’s War Room, The Charlie Kirk Show, in the National Review, the Daily Caller and a speaker at Turning Point USA, the NRA and the Center for National Policy and quoted in multiple news media stories. Leigh is a speaker and trainer on how to organize and defeat cultural Marxism and is a leading campaign strategist from federal to local elections.  

Prior to joining Patriot Mobile, Leigh has held multiple leadership positions, including founder & CEO of Southlake Realty, Co-founder & COO WXP Holdings, and has served on the board of multiple nonprofits. Leigh started her professional career as a television news anchor, reporter, and producer and served as congressional campaign and district office staff during the early 90's Republican Revolution.  

She holds a B.A. in Communications from the Universal of Central Oklahoma and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from Dallas Baptist University.