HOST
Penna Dexter
Co-Host — Point of View
Point of View Co-Host, Penna Dexter frequently sits in as guest host for Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christian...
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Carla Sands
Vice Chair at the Center for Energy & Environment at America First Policy Institute — Former US Ambassador to Denmark
Carla Sands is currently the Vice Chair, the Center for Energy & Environment, America First Policy Institute, and also leads AFPI’s Pennsylvania Chapter. She previously served as US Ambassador to the...
Carla Sands is currently the Vice Chair, the Center for Energy & Environment, America First Policy Institute, and also leads AFPI’s Pennsylvania Chapter. She previously served as US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark which includes Greenland, and the Faroe Islands from 2017-2021. During her tenure, she and her team increased US exports to Denmark by 45% from $2.17 billion to $3.94 billion according to MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity. Her number one goal as ambassador was to increase US national security by establishing a consulate in Greenland. By working with the inter-agency and Congress, her goal was realized in 2020. Additionally, she successfully executed trade and cooperation agreements with Greenland and the Faroe Islands to counter Russian and Chinese malign influence. In 2021 she was awarded the Department of Defense’s highest civilian honor, the Medal for Distinguished Public Service.In 2015-2017 Carla served as Chairman of Vintage Capital Group and its subsidiary company Vintage Real Estate which specialized in the acquisition and development of regional malls and shopping centers across the country. Before an orderly wind-down of the company starting in 2018, Vintage Real Estate had a gross value of $750 million. Its portfolio included 13 properties with 4.3 million square feet invested in underperforming assets. The team was vertically integrated with in-house leasing, development, and property management. Early brief careers included film acting and practice as a 3rd generation Doctor of Chiropractic. Carla pursued her undergraduate education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Elizabethtown College where she studied pre-med and earned her Doctor of Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College. Carla is currently a board member of the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum and serves on the advisory boards of Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, and the International Women’s Forum. She has served on many charitable and philanthropic boards
Tom McClusky
Director of Government Affairs — CatholicVote
McClusky has dedicated nearly 20 years to advancing religious freedom and advocating for the protection of the unborn in the nation’s capital, and has been repeatedly recognized by The Hill as an outs...
McClusky has dedicated nearly 20 years to advancing religious freedom and advocating for the protection of the unborn in the nation’s capital, and has been repeatedly recognized by The Hill as an outstanding grassroots lobbyist. Before joining CatholicVote, McClusky spent eight years with the leading pro-life group March for Life, serving both as vice president of government affairs for the March for Life Education and Defense Fund and as the president of March for Life Action. During the previous decade, he served as vice president of government affairs for the Family Research Council.
Jody Thomas
Executive Director — National Foundation for Woman Legislators
Jody has served as Executive Director of NFWL since December 2013. As such, she is responsible for the leadership and management of NFWL according to the strategic direction set by the Board of Direct...
Jody has served as Executive Director of NFWL since December 2013. As such, she is responsible for the leadership and management of NFWL according to the strategic direction set by the Board of Directors. Prior to that, she was National Finance Director of two presidential campaigns, managed numerous issue-oriented groups and a vast array of special events, campaigns and committees. Jody was a partner at a public affairs firm for six years. For eight years she managed all fundraising and political activity for Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts. She was then appointed by President George W. Bush as Director of Public Liaison for the Office of Personnel Management. Jody holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. She is the 2021 recipient of the Women in Government Relations Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Scripture Absorption
Kerby Anderson Christianity these days can been seen through a good news/bad news perspective. The good news is the Bible sales are soaring. But the bad news is that for so many Christian identity is...
Threat from Iran
Kerby Anderson Debate about U.S. military action against Iran is often influenced by someone’s age and understanding of recent history. Whenever I talk about events in the 1990s, I realize that many...
Reconsidering Gay Marriage
Penna Dexter It’s been more than ten years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling extending same sex marriage to every state. Gallup polling shows that, in the five years following the Oberge...
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