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The California Republican Assembly is excited to offer an extensive list of dynamic speakers who will be joining us during our meal events at the 2022 Annual CRA Convention.

You will not want to miss this!

Friday Dinner Banquet Speaker: Eric Lendrum, “Why They Fear January 6”

Eric Lendrum is an associate producer for the radio show America First with Sebastian Gorka and co-hosts The Right Take podcast with Jacob Grandstaff. He also writes news articles and commentary at American Greatness. Lendrum has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Founding Chairman of the Young Americans for Freedom chapter.

Saturday Lunch Banquet Panelists: CEO Laura Sextro, Dr. Paul Alexander, and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, “Opposing COVID-19 Mandates”

Laura Sextro brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience to her role as Chief Executive Officer of The Unity Project, including senior roles with organizations that include Bennufit Health, Ambry Genetics, Quantgene, Konica Minolta, and CoreLogic. Sextro earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of La Verne. She is also an active member of many volunteer organizations.

Dr. Paul Alexander, an esteemed epidemiologist and widely recognized global expert on COVID-19, is the Chief Scientific Officer of The Unity Project. He has served as a senior advisor to the assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, specializing in COVID pandemic policy during the Trump administration. Alexander is widely published, serving as the primary or supporting author of more than 50 academic papers.

Aaron Kheriaty, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at UCI School of Medicine and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health. He serves as chairman of the medical ethics committees at UCI Hospital and at the California Dept. of State Hospitals. Dr. Kheriaty graduated from the University of Notre Dame in philosophy and pre-medical sciences, earned his MD degree from Georgetown University, and completed residency training in psychiatry at UCI.

Saturday Dinner Banquet Speaker: Dr. John Eastman, “2020 Election Fraud”

Dr. John Eastman is a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute; the Founding Director of the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence; and, until January 2021, served as the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law and Community Service at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law. He has a Ph.D. in Government from the Claremont Graduate School and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

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