Annual Christmas Luncheon & Auction
Join us Friday, December 12th at Carmel Country Club for the CMRW Annual Christmas Luncheon and auction. Keynote speaker Joe Concha.
All are welcome! Members & Non-Members
VIP Information
Table Sponsor includes VIP benefits and up to 8 guests at a table
VIP Includes VIP Reception and Photo with Joe Concha
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CMRW Speakers & Honorary Members
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Kellyanne Conway
Political Consultant and Former Senior Counselor to President Donald Trump
For nearly 4 years, Kellyanne served as Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor to the President at the Trump White House, working on a range of issues affecting domestic and global policy. She also served as Campaign Manager of the come-from-behind victory of Trump-Pence 2016, making her the first woman in U.S. history to helm a presidential campaign successfully. She is the Founder and former President of The Polling Company, Inc./WomanTrend, a privately held, woman-owned corporation she operated from 1995 to 2016. She has appeared on various media outlets, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, and Fox News Channel. Most recently, she started a new business, KAConsulting LLC, which provides clients advice, polling, and media training. Her memoir “Here’s The Deal” was published in Spring 2022. She is a mom to four amazing kids.
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Tulsi Gabbard
US Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard currently serves as director of national intelligence in the second administration of President Donald Trump. Her political career started in 2002 when she became the youngest person ever elected to Hawaii’s House of Representatives. In 2004 she left the state House to serve in Iraq, where she was assigned to a medical unit. She returned to the United States in 2005 and was awarded a Combat Medical Badge. Gabbard then studied at the Accelerated Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy, graduating in 2007. From 2008 to 2009 she trained counterterrorism units in Kuwait. She left the National Guard in 2020 to join the Army Reserve. Gabbard then represented Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–21). Gabbard approaches every issue, foreign and domestic, with a focus on ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people. She is committed to securing the nation, upholding the Constitution, and serving the American people.
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Alina Habba
Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney to the United States Attorney General for the District of New Jersey
Alina Habba is an American lawyer and political advisor who has served as the acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey since March 2025. Habba previously served as a counselor to the president. From 2021 to 2025, she was a legal spokesperson for President Donald Trump, and a senior advisor for MAGA, Inc., Trump's super PAC. She is also a managing partner of Habba, Madaio & Associates, a law firm based in Bedminster, New Jersey, with an office in New York City. In December 2024, Trump named Habba as his counselor to the president.
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Ralph Reed
Chairman - Faith & Freedom Coalition
Ralph Reed is the founder and chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition. Reed served as a senior advisor to George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004 and chaired the Southeast Region for Bush-Cheney in 2004. As chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, he led the GOP to its biggest victory in history, helping to elect the first Republican governor and third U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Reed is chairman and CEO of Century Strategies, LLC, a public relations and public affairs firm. As executive director of the Christian Coalition from 1989 to 1997, he built one of the most effective public policy organizations in recent political history. He is the best-selling author and editor of five books, including his latest novel, “The Confirmation” (2010).
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Tim Moore
U.S. Congressman - NC District 14
Attorney and politician who was formerly the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 - 2024. Tim Moore has represented NC District 14 in Congress since 2025.
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Mark Harris
US Congressman - NC District 8
American Baptist pastor and politician from North Carolina. Mark Harris has represented NC Disrict 8 in Congress since 2025.
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Dan Bishop
Attorney, Past Congressman
American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Dan Bishop has been nominated to be Trump’s deputy director for budget at the Office of Management and Budget.
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Michael Whatley
Chairman of Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee appointed Whatley as its general counsel in February 2023. Donald Trump endorsed Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as chair of the RNC.In March 2024, Whatley was elected as the new chair of the RNC. Before this, he was chair of the North Carolina Republican Party for five years
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Jason Simmons
Chairman of NCGOP
Jason is an experienced campaign operative, having worked on multiple presidential campaigns – to include as the North Carolina state director for the Donald J. Trump for Presidential Campaign in 2016, and in 2020 as Regional Political Director for Trump Victory overseeing campaign operations across several states. Most recently he served as the Executive Director of the NCGOP.
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John Amanchukwu
Pastor, Preacher, Author & Activist
John graduated from North Carolina State University where he played football under Coach Chuck Amato. From the battles on the football field to the current-day culture wars, John is a fearless defender of biblical justice.
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Alveda King
Former state representative in the Georgia House of Representatives
American activist, author, and former state representative for the 28th District in the Georgia House of Representatives.
She is a niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and daughter of civil rights activist A. D. King and his wife, Naomi Barber King. She is a Fox News Channel contributor. She once served as a senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank. She is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and the founder of Alveda King Ministries.
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Greg Kelly
Television Anchor & Host
Kelly is an American conservative television anchor, television host, and retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is the host of Greg Kelly Reports, on Newsmax TV. He was previously the co-host of Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW, with Rosanna Scotto, from 2008 to 2017.
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Tricia Cotham
NC House of Representatives
Cotham represented the 100th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017 as a Democrat. She was elected as a Democrat in 2022 to represent District 112. Cotham formally changed her affiliation to the Republican Party
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Kimberly Fletcher
Founder of Moms for America
Kimberly is an author, columnist and the president and founder of Moms for America. She is the wife of a retired Air Force officer and mother of 8 children, who has made it her personal mission to educate and inspire the mothers of America to realize their immeasurable worth and powerful influence on society simply by being who they are.
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Ray Kelly
Former NYPD Commissioner
Ray Kelly is one of the world’s most well-known and highly esteemed leaders in law enforcement. A 43-year veteran of the NYPD, Commissioner Kelly served in 25 different commands before being named Police Commissioner. He served on active military duty in the US Marines for three years including a combat tour in Vietnam. He served as Police Commissioner under Mayor David N. Dinkins from 1992-1994 and was appointed Police Commissioner in January 2002 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, making Kelly the longest serving Police Commissioner in the city’s history, as well as the first to hold the post for a second, separate tenure. In addition to twice serving as the New York City Police Commissioner, Kelly’s career in public service includes directing the International Police Force in Haiti (appointed by then President Bill Clinton), serving as a Vice President of Interpol from 1996-2000, Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service and Undersecretary of Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department. Currently, Commissioner Kelly serves as President of Cushman & Wakefield’s Risk Management Services division, a position created specifically for him. Kelly is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an ABC News consultant.
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Ann Vandersteel
News Host, Constitutionalist, Journalist
Ann Vandersteel is an activist, public speaker, and advocate for freedom. Vandersteel is the host Steel News & Right Now.
Her dedicated work covering the invasion across the United States Southern border with Operation
Burning Edge, in addition to work across patriot and medical freedom movements has taken her travels across America. -
Mary Flynn O'Neill
Executive Director, America’s Future, Inc.
Mary Flynn O’Neill is the Executive Director of America’s Future, Inc., guiding the nonprofit organization’s administration, operations, finances, and educational programming to fulfill its mission to preserve American values and ideals, protect the nation’s Constitutional Republic, promote strong American families, revitalize the role of faith in our society, and advance the virtues of free market capitalism.
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Leigh Dundas
Human Rights Attorney
Leigh Dundas is a human rights attorney and abolitionist dedicated to preserving basic freedoms, while also combating global injustices like child slavery and the peddling of medical tyranny disguised as progress. Leigh's career spans three decades, commencing with her representation of Fortune 500 companies in high-dollar courtroom battles in the early 90's, which focus changed to humanitarian work nearly a decade ago when she joined an anti-slavery NGO as their General Counsel
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Kristi Wells
Co-Founder & CEO - Safe House Project
Kristi co-founded Safe House Project, a non-profit organization combatting trafficking in America, in 2017. She was inspired to take action after understanding high volume of this criminal activity in the Unites States, juxtaposed with the lack of safe and supportive housing options for those who have experienced trafficking.