A month from today, the Heritage Foundation is planning to celebrate its 50th year as the conservative movement’s idea engine by focusing on emerging leaders.
Officials revealed Tuesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will headline Heritage’s Leadership Summit, joining Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) in its center stage. Youngkin is set to help open the two-day summit by welcoming and addressing the organization at Mount Vernon, President George Washington’s Potomac River home in Virginia.
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The April 20-21 celebration of the organization that helped draw up former President Ronald Reagan’s agenda and worked with every Republican president since will straddle the river by having its gala and leadership summit across the river at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland.
The gala keynote speaker is Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, who “started” his career at Heritage, according to the organization. He is now among the top conservative communicators in the country.
The leadership summit, scheduled for both days, will give DeSantis a chance to spell out his winning formula in Florida, the topic of his new book.
“Conservatives are craving a bold and visionary leader who gets things done — and that’s exactly what Gov. Ron DeSantis has accomplished in Florida,” Heritage President Kevin Roberts said.
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“Heritage recognized Florida as the top state in America for parental rights and school choice, largely because of Gov. DeSantis’s leadership. He’s unafraid to take on woke and powerful corporate interests while putting the values of everyday Floridians first and foremost,” added Roberts, the new head of the foundation.
Heritage was founded on Feb. 16, 1973, as a conservative think tank.
