Ian Walters is the ACU Communications Director. He is responsible in large part for CPAC’s rise as an important voice for conservatism throughout the past two decades. He met his wife--CPAC & Events Director, Carin Walters--at CPAC 2009. He is the father of two wonderful daughters and is an accomplished working musician.

He has served as executive vice president for both the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and the Freedom Foundation, and was a legal policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation. Trent was a Publius Fellow of the Claremont Institute in 2008. He is the author of Why We Must Defend the Electoral College and a contributor The Heritage Guide to the Constitution and One Nation Under Arrest. Trent earned a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law and a B.A. in government from Claremont McKenna College.

Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He is author of many books, including most recently A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century. He’s also a longtime columnist for The American Spectator.

Beauprez was the representative for Colorado’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2003 to 2006.