Sally Pipes is President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, a California-based think tank founded in 1979. She shapes the legislative process by regularly meeting with policymakers and legislators from Sacramento to Washington, DC, and has been invited to testify before Congress and state legislatures. Under her leadership, PRI’s Center for Health Care has established itself as...

An immigrant to the United States, Young Kim’s unique perspective on the American Dream has led her to devote her life to public service and giving back to her community. A working mother of four, Young started her career as a small business owner and financial analyst. Young began public service in former U.S. Representative Ed Royce’s office over 25 years ago, eventually becoming his Director of Community Operations....

Capturing the High Ground: How Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Addiction Policy Reform Can Sustain a Republican Majority Paul Webster is the founder and director of Hope Street Coalition, a public policy advocacy organization focusing on homelessness, mental illness and addiction, and poverty. Paul is a native Southern Californian, the son of a career naval officer, with a degree from Long Beach State and a Master’s Degree in Public...

Lanhee Chen is a leader, problem-solver and educator who built his career on tackling some of California and America’s biggest fiscal policy challenges. He was raised in Rowland Heights in Los Angeles County, and is the son of immigrants from Taiwan. After earning four degrees from Harvard University, including a law degree and doctorate in political science, he served in senior roles in both Republican and Democratic...

Venerable GOP statesman Shawn Steel has served in countless positions within the Republican Party since 1964 – from grassroots volunteer to California Republican Party Treasurer, to Secretary of the Los Angeles County Lincoln Clubs for 18 years, to California Republican Party Chairman, and since 2008, Republican National Committeeman from California. Shawn is published in numerous professional journals, newspapers, and books,...

Suzette’s is an unlikely Republican story. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley, the granddaughter of a farmworker who worked alongside Cesar Chavez in the vineyards near Bakersfield. She was blessed with loving parents who valued education, family and community responsibility. In high school, she was told, “you’re Latina, therefore you are a Democrat.” But then she heard then-Vice President Al Gore speak at a local high school....