Join us for a series of intimate lunchtime conversations where participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with leading political figures and gain a clearer understanding of the fissures shaping American politics today.
Conservatives control the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Supreme Court. Yet this apparent unity masks deep divisions within conservatism itself, with major philosophical and policy disagreements. This lunch series brings activists, a retired lawmaker, and a leading thinker to campus to explore the competing visions of conservatism, as well as the broader fractious moment in American politics. Drawing on their diverse roles in the political sphere, speakers will shed light on the complexities of the political process.
Lunch will be provided.
Guest Speakers
Brittany Martinez is the Executive Director of Principles First. Martinez is a political strategist and California native with extensive experience working for Republican Members of Congress and on political campaigns. Martinez spent half a decade working for Speaker McCarthy in both his Minority Leader and Speaker offices. Prior to that, she served as the Communications Director for a U.S. Senate campaign, Deputy Director of Hispanic Media at the Republican National Committee (RNC), and held other roles on Capitol Hill.
Heath Mayo, Founder of Principles First, started the organization in 2019 as a small, grassroots gathering of principled Americans concerned about the direction of the country. Since then, the organization has grown into a nationwide movement with volunteers across the country. Heath is a corporate associate at the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and previously was a manager at Bain & Company. He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, and M.A. and B.A. from Brown University.
Moderator
Brian Rosenwald is Senior Affiliate, Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization, University of Pennsylvania, and an instructor at Penn. He serves as the Editor-In-chief of Made By History, a Washington Post history section and is the author of Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States (2019). He works at the intersection of 4 disciplines – history, political science, media studies, and communications. His scholarly interests include Congress, the media, public policy, and the Supreme Court. He also has significant interest in the substance of public policy and in helping scholars to reach a wider audience with their work.
This event is co-sponsored by the Red and Blue Exchange and the SNF Paideia Program.
