Guest Speakers - Suburban Republican Women's Club

Great speakers at our luncheons! We love it when they come back with updates. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see everyone! They are more or less in alphabetical order.

Ben Collins, Candidate for Lt. Gov

"Let's start by building the state budget from scratch - every year. The days of taking last year's budget and adding on a wish list are over. Let's also look at what other states have done to streamline functions, pool purchasing power and eliminate redundancy. More than that, let's look to the business community for management ideas and best practices. As companies across Wisconsin have reformed and become more efficient in tough times, let's look to apply the lessons learned to state government so we can get costs under control and taxes cut."

WI Sen Alberta Darling

Click here for Senator Darling's official site.

Former Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow

Click here to see Wisconsin Eye A site that Ms. Farrow helped found to provide updated videos and links to current political events in Madison and around the state. Hear politicians argue their cases in the Capitol!

Jennie Frederick, WIGOP 2008 Delegate

One of her GOP Party Platform amendments accepted: “We do not support government bailouts of private institutions... We believe in the free market as the best tool to sustained prosperity and opportunity for all.” Read the 2008 Republican Party Platform.

Asst. District Attorney Daniel Gabler

Daniel is a resident of Milwaukee County. His experience as an Assistant District Attorney for 9 years, as well as his experience in private practice as a law clerk in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals gives him an excellent perspective and the skills needed to represent the people of Milwaukee on the Circuit Court. Click here for Gabler's official website

WI State Representative Curt Gielow

State Assembly Representative from the 23rd District from 2003 until 2007.

Linda Hanson, VP WI Prosperity Network

Vibrant and conservative, Linda is working to develop a Wisconsin Model of organizations devoted to researching, supporting, and growing the conservative movement: Those dedicated to lower taxes, government transparency, liberty, and equality for all. These groups work together to provide political, research, legal, grassroots, and financial support to Wisconsin conservatives and Republican groups by providing the research and conservatives they need. Click here to see the network and to donate.

Chief Nanette Hegerty, MKE Police Department

First as a police officer and finally as our former Chief of Police, Chief Hegerty served for 31 years (now retired). She faced difficult situations, including prosecuting corrupt officers. She presented a fascinating inside look.

Rev. David King

Founder of Milwaukee God Squad and candidate for Secretary of State. A background of helping people make real change and find faith in their lives -- all without government money -- is the perfect foundation on which to help WI and get out of the way of voter ID.

Former WI State Representative Jean Hundertmark

Party: Republican
Political experience: Former Asst Majority Leader in the WI Assembly ran as Mark Green's Attorney General

Regina and Jolene

Community organizers are using churches to further a collectivist agenda of redistribution of wealth, strengthening abortion rights, and dependency upon government, rather than a higher power, to regulate and direct who and what we are. You will be surprised at the organizations involved and the churches that are funding these endeavors to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars from collection plate donations.

Sue Lynch, former 1st VP NFRW, now President

The future of the NFRW rests in this Wisconsin woman's hands! Sue is currently President of the NFRW.

MKE County Supervisor Joseph Rice

.Joseph A. Rice represents Milwaukee County's Sixth Supervisory District which includes the Villages of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, River Hills and Whitefish Bay and portions of the Cities of Glendale and Milwaukee. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Judiciary, Safety and General Services Committee and a member of the Economic and Community Development and Parks, Energy and Environment Committees.
Click here for more information on Joseph Rice

Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo. She has been a leader of the pro-family movement since 1972, when she started her national volunteer organization now called Eagle Forum. She was named one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century by the Ladies' Home Journal. Click here for access to several organizations she's involved in!

Cheryl Sensenbrenner

Chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Cheryl is also the dynamic wife of our US Senator James Sensenbrenner. Her energy and inside stories inform and entertain!

Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Annette Ziegler

Before joining the Supreme Court, Justice Ziegler served as a Washington County Circuit Court judge. She was the first female jurist in Washington County. As a circuit court judge, she was the deputy chief judge for the Third Judicial District and served six years as the presiding judge of Washington County. In 1999, Justice Ziegler sat as a Court of Appeals judge in the District II Court of Appeals Judicial Exchange Program.

Brad Courtney, WIGOP Chair

Former GOP chair Brad Courtney provided insight into state politics.

FBI Special Agent James Finch

Sheriff David Clarke

Click here to go to the Sheriff's site. Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., is a lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A graduate of Marquette University High School. In November 2006, Sheriff Clarke was elected to his second consecutive four-year term, increasing his margin of victory to 73%.

Rick Graber U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Richard W. Graber was nominated by President Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic and was sworn in by Secretary of State Rice in Washington, D.C. on September 14, 2006. Mr. Graber was elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in June 1999 and was one of the longest serving State Chairmen in the country.

Senator Glenn Grothman (20th District)

Click here to see Grothman's official site

Vicki McKenna

Vicki is a terrific speaker -- it often seems that those who are "converted conservatives" know best how to articulate the concepts of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness better and more vociferously than those who just grew up with it. Vicki is bold and fun! Click here for Vicki's site.

Jim Ott, WI 23rd Assembly

Representative Jim Ott. He is currently a member of the following committees: Education Reform, Fish and Wildlife, and Natural Resources. He is also a subject matter expert on the science and politics of "global warming." Request to stay informed by receiving his weekly email: the "Hot Air" report!

Reince Priebus, WI GOP Chair and RNC Chairman Steele's Transition Team Leader

Click here to see the WIGOP site

County Executive Scott Walker

Click here to get to Scott Walker's site, where you can sign up for his regular emails on what's happening in Milwaukee County and what he is fighting on our behalf.

Tonette Walker

What fun to hear from and cheer on a wonderful candidate for Wisconsin's First Lady. Tonette told tales of family, friendship, and faith. She has a unique perspective of what it is like to personally support and encourage a spouse to devote long hours and much effort protecting the Wisconsin taxpayer.

WIGOP Director Rick Wiley (former)

Speaking to us as executive director of the Wisconsin GOP, Rick Wiley, then became national deputy political director for Rudy’s exploratory committee.

John Wirth

Mequon Alderman District Four and member of the Mequon Common Council

WI Attorney General JB Van Hollen

John Byron ("J.B.") Van Hollen, Wisconsin's 43rd Attorney General, was elected on November 7, 2006. During his campaign for Attorney General, Van Hollen identified the backlog of forensic DNA evidence in the State Crime Lab as the single most important public safety issue and vowed to eliminate the backlog by 2010.

As Wisconsin's "Top Cop," General Van Hollen identified Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) as another priority vital to protecting Wisconsin's children from on-line predators.

Wisconsin State Representative Leah Vukmir

I want to thank the people of Wisconsin’s 14th Assembly District for allowing me to serve as their State Representative and for giving me the privilege of serving all of the people of Wisconsin in the legislature.

I would also like to thank the people who have offered their personal advice, effort, energy, and their financial support to my campaign. Without all of you, I would not be able to advance our common beliefs and governing principles.
Click here for Vukmir's informative offcial site and scroll down to find her "Must Read" news!

Dave Westlake, Candidate for WI Senator

"...guide this nation by the principles of hard work, responsibility, leadership, and selfless service for our children...the bedrock tenets of liberty, freedom, and a government of the people, by the people, and for the people are as fresh and invigorating today as they were at the birth of this great Republic. Why do I believe these things? Because I believe in the limitless ingenuity of the American spirit...the unlimited power of individual initiative and creativity.that every single one of us makes better decisions for ourselves and for our families than a government of "an elite few in a distant city."

Defending Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness