PALC Programs 2024-2025
May 19, 2025
Don Huffines
Working to make Texas a Lighthouse for Liberty
Past Speakers
April 21, 2025
Major General James Williams
National Security and the Possibilities of Global Conflict
March 17, 2025
Rena Pederson
Author, Journalist, Speaker
February 17, 2025
Senior National Security Fellow
Jessica M. Vaughn
Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies
January 20, 2025
Evan Sayet
Author, Screenwriter, Comedian and President Script Writer
November 18, 2024
Frank Gaffney
Center for Security Policy
October 21, 2024
Jennifer Stoddard Hajdu
Dallas County Election Integrity for the 2024 Election Cycle
May 20, 2024
Bob Hall
Texas Senator
April 15, 2024
Sid Miller
Tx Commissioner, Department of Agriculture
March 18, 2024
Dory Wiley
President & CEO of Commerce Street Holdings
February 19, 2024
Victor Avila
ICE Agent and Author “Agent Under Fire”
January 15, 2024
Col. Allen West
Former United States Congressman
2023
November 20, 2023
Kevin Freeman
Economist
October 16, 2023
Jason Isaac
Expert on the Texas Electric Grid
May 15, 2023
Louis Gohmert
Congressman
April 17, 2023
Ashley Yablon
Attorney & Author – “Standing Up to China”
March 20, 2023
Jacki Deason
Energy expert discussing Energy in Today’s World and Political Climate
February 20, 2023
Dave Lieber
“Watchdog” columnist for The Dallas Morning News, author, and playwright
January 16, 2023
Chris Kelly
President & CEO of the Ebby Halliday Companies
2022
November 21, 2022
Dory Wiley
Expert on the JFK assassination
October 17, 2022
Debbie Georgatos
Talk Show Host- “America Can We Talk?”
May 16, 2022
Eric Johnson
Mayor of City of Dallas
April 18, 2022
Calvert Collins-Bratton
President of Dallas Park and Recreation Board
March 21, 2022
Jeffrey A. Engel
Director of Center of Presidential History at Southern Methodist University
February 21, 2022
Rena Pederson
Journalist, Author, and Former Editor at Dallas Morning News
January 17, 2022
Dr. Robert Lawson
Fullinwider Chair and Director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, SMU Cox School of Business
2021
November 15, 2021
Marjon Zabihi Henderson
Director of Brand Experience and Special Events for Neiman Marcus
October 18, 2021
Skip Hollandsworth
Author, Journalist, Screenwriter, and Executive Editor for Texas Monthly
May 17, 2021
Chad Houser
Founder, CEO and Executive Chef – Cafe Momentum
April 19, 2021
Dave Lieber
The Watchdog columnist at The Dallas Morning News
March 15, 2021
Hank Sibley
Regional Director of Texas Department of Public Safety
February 15, 2021 – CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
Robert Lawson
Fullinwider Chair and Director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, SMU Cox School of Business
January 18, 2021
Tracy Walder
Author, Operative, Special Agent, Teacher
2020
May 18, 2020 – CANCELED
Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D.
Superintendant, Dallas Independent School District
April 20, 2020 – CANCELED
Eric Johnson
Mayor, City of Dallas
March 23, 2020 – CANCELED
Jeoff Williams
Regional Director, Texas Department of Public Safety
February 17, 2020
Phil Romano
Investor, Entrepreneur, Artist & Nationally-Renowned Restaurateur
January 20, 2020
Tiffany Divis
Consultant, TTD Resources
2019
November 18, 2019
Sidney Powell
Attorney and Author
October 21, 2019
Justice Jane Bland
Texas Supreme Court Justice
May 20, 2019
Michael Mata
President, Dallas Police Association
April 15, 2019
Toni Brinker
Founder and CEO, Operation Blue Shield
March 18, 2019
Skip Hollandsworth
American author, journalist, screenwriter, and executive editor for Texas Monthly magazine
February 18, 2019
Majors Barbara and Jonathan Rich
DFW Metroplex Commanders, The Salvation Army
January 21, 2019
Dr. Fred Cerise
President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System
2018
November 19, 2018
Brittany Underwood
Founder and CEO of the Akola Project
October 15, 2018
Congressman Pete Sessions
Republican Representative of the 32nd Congressional District of Texas
May 21, 2018
Victoria Farrar-Myers
Director – Tower Scholars Program – SMU
AND
Senator Van Taylor
Texas State Senator
April 16, 2018
Chad Hennings
NFL Star, US Air Force Fighter Pilot, Author, Entrepreneur
March 19, 2018
Paige Flink
Family Place
February 19, 2018
Allyn Lynd
F.B.I.
Director of Forensic Laboratory
January 15, 2018
Dr. Alex Eastman
Parkland Hospital Trauma Surgeon
Lt. Dallas Police Department S.W.A.T. Team
2017
November 20, 2017
Panel Discussion with North Texas Top County Law Enforcement Officials
Kenda L. Culpepper – District Attorney – Rockwall County
Faith Johnson – District Attorney – Dallas County
Erleigh N. Wiley – District Attorney – Kaufman County
Sharen Wilson – District Attorney – Tarrant County
October 16, 2017
Shamoil Shipchandler
Regional Director, Securities and Exchange Commission
May 15, 2017
Dr. Bobby B. Lyle
President & CEO
Founder and Chairman
Lyco Holdings, Incorporated
April 17, 2017
The Honorable Nathan L. Hecht
Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court
March 20, 2017
Hon. Joseph M. Cox
Former State District Judge
Partner, Bracewell LLP
February 20, 2017
Scott Murray
Multi Emmy Award Winning Sports Anchor & Broadcast Journalist
January 16, 2017
Dale A. Petroskey
President and CEO
Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce
“Building Tomorrow Together”
2016
November 21, 2016
Jim Gatewood
Texas Historian, Author, Professor
October 17, 2016
Dr. Jeffrey A. Engel
Founding Director
SMU Center For Presidential History
May 16, 2016
Bobby Lyle
CEO & President of SMU’s Edwin L Cox School of Business
April 18, 2016
Jim Falk
President & CEO of World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth
March 21, 2016
James M. Moroney III
Chairman, President & CEO
A. H. Belo,
Publisher & CEO, Dallas Morning News
February 15, 2016
Dr. R. Gerald Turner
President, Southern Methodist University
January 18, 2016
Dr. Kern Wildenthal
President, Children’s Medical Center Foundation
President Emeritus,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2015
November 16, 2015
Steven Bullitt
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
North Texas Electronic Crimes Task Force
United States Secret Service
October 19, 2015
John Crawford
President & CEO
Downtown Dallas,Inc.