Winter Summit – November 22, 2025

On Saturday, November 22, 2025, we will be holding our winter summit at the Richmond Airport Sheraton Hotel. Mark your calendars and come spend the day with like-minded Virginians!

Jenny Beth Martin is one of the original organizers of the Tea Party movement. In 2009, she co-founded Tea Party Patriots. Jenny Beth and Tea Party Patriots Action now use their network to reach millions of Americans every week with education and information about fiscal responsibility, free market principles, and constitutionally limited government. Jenny Beth Martin is a frequent guest on almost every major television, radio, print, and online news outlet in America. In 2010, Time Magazine listed Jenny Beth Martin as one of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in the World. Her first book, “Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution”, was published in 2012. She is a native Georgian and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia. Jenny Beth is the mother of boy-girl twins.

Emily DeYoung is the Commonwealth College Field Representative for Turning Point USA. She is originally from Southern California but moved to Virginia to pursue a degree in Event Planning from Liberty University. Emily graduated from Liberty in May of 2025 and began working at Turning Point shortly thereafter in July of 2026. She first became involved in the Conservative movement in 2020 and believes that Gen Z is moving in the right direction and will save America one college campus at a time.

David Poole is the founder of VPAP  providing great political intel basically free of charge. David Poole is a former statehouse reporter who, 28 years ago, founded the Virginia Public Access Project.  VPAP’s biggest accomplishment has been its fiercely nonpartisan approach, which has won the trust of conservatives and liberals — and everywhere in between. David is the author of a recently-published book, TRUSTED SOURCE, which tells the VPAP story and includes his unique insight into modern Virginia politics.

Christine Dolan is a veteran broadcast and print journalist, who has worked for four U.S. networks. Ms. Dolan served as Political Director of CNN where she created Inside Politics. She had led investigations on human trafficking and is recognized as one of the most experienced human trafficking investigators in the world. She is the Author of a trilogy on human trafficking – Shattered Innocence – A Shared Global Shame; In the Name of God – Who Knew What When?; Urban Legends – The Distillation of Evidence for Medical Trafficking. She is a graduate of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and while in law school at Georgetown, she trained as a criminal investigator.

Commander John Hooper has spent his adult life as a national security practitioner and educator. He is currently a Sr. Defense Strategist/Planner for the National Guard Bureau’s J55 staff. He holds three graduate degrees in Military Studies and National Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College, American Military University, and the Royal Military College of Canada. Since 2008 he has been an Adjunct Professor for the U.S. Naval War College of Distance Education, teaching “Strategy and Warfare”, “Joint Maritime Operations” and “Maritime Homeland Defense/Security”.