Convention Presenters
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck is a fixture on talk radio and CNN. The former Top 40 DJ entered the talk format in 2001 and his show is broadcast on 160 stations nationwide. Millions of listeners are drawn to this modern-day storyteller who is armed with a quick wit, an informed opinion, and a unique ability to inspire others to experience their full potential with an open heart. His on-air presence is both commanding and inviting – a trait he has been refining for the last 26 years.
Glenn started in radio when he was only 13 years old by winning a local radio contest to be a DJ for an hour. Glenn had three jobs – one at a Christian station, a Rock station, and a Country station. Within a year, he was fired from all three jobs – on the same day! After high school graduation, Glenn pursued his career as a Top 40 DJ at stations all over the country. Eventually, he landed an opportunity in Corpus Christi, Texas as the youngest morning guy in the U.S. at 18 years old. His career was soaring and took him to Top 40 morning shows in Baltimore, Houston, Phoenix, Washington, and New Haven, Conn.
He rode the wave of professional success into the 1990s when things began to change. Today, Glenn points out, “When you have that kind of success that early in life, it’s easy for you to turn into a monster. And I did! I was not a good guy.”
He inherited the 18th placed position at WFLA-AM and took it to the #1 position in his first year, giving the station its highest ratings ever. Within 18 months, Premiere Radio Networks offered Glenn the opportunity to go national. The Glenn Beck Program airs weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon ET and can be heard on more than 160 stations nationwide.
Jordan Lieberman
Jordan Lieberman is the Publisher of Campaigns & Elections magazine, where he oversees the publication and its several web properties. He manages the overall business of the magazine’s parent company, Political World Communications, LLC. During his tenure, the magazine and its suite of products have grown faster than any time in its 27-year history. Prior to serving as Publisher, Lieberman consulted on numerous campaigns and advocacy programs in the United States and abroad and managed numerous races throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Fred Davis
Fred Davis was drawn into the world of politics in 1994 when, after having moved his business to Los Angeles in the mid ‘80s and rechristening it as Strategic Perception Inc., he received a call from his uncle, then Oklahoma Congressman James M. Inhofe, to help rescue his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Hired three months prior to the election, when polls showed Inhofe as a 15-point underdog to Congressman Dave McCurdy, Inhofe won the election by 15 points, a 30-point swing in 90 days. Davis lives in Hollywood and Santa Barbara, CA. He served two years as chairman of the southern California board of JA Worldwide (formerly Junior Achievement), and is a former member of their national board of directors.
John Davies
John Davies has quietly grown DAVIES to become one of the nation's top twenty-five public relations firms, by applying precise implementation of thoughtful and innovative strategies, compelling messages and flawless execution, thereby changing public perception.
John clearly understands the business of persuasion. He is constantly searching for trends and methods to utilize on behalf of the firms' clients. He applies his lifelong study of human behavior and effective communications strategies to influence how to earn attention and gain influence in thecomplex information-saturated decision-making process of today.
The growth of DAVIES into a national powerhouse firm was never the goal, but the by-product of attracting the best talent to provide creative excellence and honest value ensuring clients' obtain desired results in tough, defining issues. In 2007 DAVIES' was awarded Public Affairs Agency of the Year, and for the last four years, DAVIES has been named Best Agency to Work in several categories, including the overall Best U.S. Consultancy to Work For in 2008. DAVIES also ranks in the top 25 national firms by PRWeek.
As one of the nation's most respected communications strategists, John takes on a unique role as a CEO by investing his experience daily through hands-on analysis, strategy, and messaging. He leaves the day-to-day corporate operations to professional managers, allowing him instead to focus on the firm's clients.
John is a sought-after speaker on perception, persuasion, and communications. He is a founding board member of a National Bank, has served as Chair of the University of California's Economic Forecast Project, President of the nation's largest scholarship foundation, and with a group of friends has been purchasing upper-middle-class homes in South Africa and has been operating them in a family-like manner raising HIV positive orphans.
