Fred Thompson joined Thompson Hospitality in November 1992.

As CAO he is responsible for monitoring and maintaining corporate overhead costs and services, including vendor contracts, subcontracts, commissions and procurement contract negotiations. Fred is also responsible for client relations in the contract food service sector of Thompson Hospitality.

Fred Thompson has nearly 20 years experience in purchasing and procurement, having served as small and minority business opportunities coordinator for the city of Newport News, Virginia. He earned a BA in Classical Studies from Hampden-Sydney College and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Virginia.

Cindy Sue Clark is a proven businesswoman and grassroots political activist who is deeply involved in private and political leadership at the state and national level.

As a successful businesswoman, Cindy Sue had served as an executive with Triple Five Corporation, and continues to provide business strategy counsel for them. Some of the projects of Triple Five Corporation are Mall of America, West Edmonton Mall and other mega properties. She had owned numerous business including Avru International Trading Inc. and Clean Sweep which she started up and eventually sold before working for Triple Five. She currently owns A. Clark Roofing company with her husband.

Cindy Sue has done various fund raising events for political and non political causes. Some include private events for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, ChilpHelp, La a’ Kea Foundation, Autism Bridges to name a few. She was given the title of Pioneer fundraiser for the Bush/Cheney campaign with members nationally totaling 250 people only. She has actively campaigned for Governor Linda Lingle, Mayor Alan Arakawa and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich. Cindy Sue had served as Speaker Gingrich’s Campaign Chairwoman for his presidential campaign where she served as a Gingrich media surrogate during the campaign.

Locally she served a leader in the community and as the Maui County GOP Chairwoman, the Vice President of the Maui Tea Party and has been a Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the 2004, 2012 and the upcoming 2016 National GOP Conventions.

Giving back to the community is a large part of Cindy’s life. She served on the La a’ Kea Foundation for Mentally Disabled Children, a Founder of Autism Bridges Maui, board member of Childhelp, Maggie’s List and previously served on the commission for Disabled of Maui.

Her fondest memories include meeting Newt and Callista Gingrich at a Whitehouse party and becoming lifetime friends, shooting with former Vice President Cheney in Georgia and fund raising for charities with Steven Tyler of Areosmith, guitarist prodigy Johnny Lang, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac to name a few. A special shoutout to Lee Greenwood and his beautiful wife, Kim. She treasures the times they spent together and considers them true American patriots. God Bless the USA!

Chuck Clowdis is the Managing Director for Transportation for HIS Economics and Country Risk. Mr. Clowdis is a frequent speaker for industry and civic groups on the current happenings in transportation and logistics.

Mr. Clowdis leads IHS consulting projects tailored for both private and public sector clients, such as Federal and State Departments of Transportation, municipal planning organizations and transport service providers, including river barge operators, railroads, air cargo operators, motor carriers, steamship lines and dray operators, as well as providers of third-party logistics (3PL) services. He has assisted transport providers in refining their markets, streamlining their operations and focusing and pricing their service to offer optimum price versus service levels. He often works with transport planners and planning firms on freight flow plans, as well as airport master planning for enhanced cargo operations.

Mr. Clowdis has assisted both Fortune 500 and smaller companies in designing their supply chain operations to achieve maximum service via the most cost-efficient means. In addition to being experts in the various modes of transport, the team Mr. Clowdis leads provides consultation on commodity flows and commodity transport throughout North America.

Prior to joining IHS, Clowdis served as a senior vice president of marketing and national account sales at TNT North America and senior vice president of marketing at Transcon Lines, Inc. He also has held other executive positions with major transportation organizations. He was an executive consultant for the national transportation practice of Ernst & Young LLP from 1983 until 2000. Mr. Clowdis formerly served as chairman and president of the American Trucking Associations’ Sales & Marketing Council, for whom he authored the best-selling book, “The ART of Giving Quality Motor Carrier Service,” and also wrote, “The Driver Makes a Difference.” He has contributed to several other books and authored white papers and trade magazine articles on transportation, supply chain activities and logistics. Mr. Clowdis holds degrees from Young Harris College, Young Harris, Ga., U.S., and University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., U.S.

Linda Moak is a former dental hygienist and homeschooling grandmother. She has been involved with Constituting America since its inception. Linda is the founder of one of Constituting America’s first Patriot Clubs, and her grand daughter, Halley Moak, was the first winner of Constituting America’s We The Future poetry contest in 2010. Linda’s mother was Constituting America’s first Senior Essay winner in 2013. Linda lives in Colorado. She enjoys horses and reading…especially history. Linda loves to travel, snow ski, hike and occasionally golf.

Pam Pryor is the president and owner of Pryor Works – a public affairs firm that focusses on communication, strategy, marketing and training. With both political and corporate clients, she teaches organizational skills and team building such as StrengthsFinders, for which she is Gallup-certified.

She taught speech communication on the university level and was a television news anchor and reporter. After having her own radio talk show in Oklahoma City, she moved to Washington, DC where she served as Representative J.C. Watts’ chief of staff in his leadership office of the U.S. House. Named as one of the hundred most powerful women in Washington, Pam has held a number of appointments.

After Watts’ retirement, she spent time in the faith and community-based public affairs world and built capacity for several organizations through We Care America. She also helped launch an organization preserving religious freedom.

She served as the RNC liaison for the McCain campaign and later launched Sarah Palin’s political action committee.

She has worked coalitions and collaborations in the issue campaign space from health care to spending to energy. During the 2012 election cycle, she ran the largest non-candidate, non-party grassroots field team made up of more than 9 coalition groups in 16 states. At that time, she also helped to stand up the training organization that taught all of the field directors. She has worked for Freedom Partners and Philanthropy Roundtable.

Being a daughter of first generation Italian-Americans, she loves to cook and entertain and talk about people’s strengths every chance she gets.

Phil Rosenthal graduated from WVU in 1964 with a business management degree. He has been the President of Nationwide Credit Corporation, a third party debt collection agency, since 1970. Under Phil’s guidance, the company continues to grow and prosper.

The collection industry’s trade association, American Collectors Association International (ACA) elected Phil as an officer in 1996 and Phil because its president in 2000. Phil was awarded a number of ACA honors for his diligent work, knowledge and service to the collection industry.

Phil has also been a member of the Virginia Collection Agency (VCA) since 1972 and served in all positions within the association.

While Phil grew his company and became active within the collection industry, he did not limit all his attention to business. Phil has also serves on the Fairfax County Community Action Advisory Board, Fairfax County A. Heath Onthank Advisory Committee and Good Shepherd Housing. He is deeply committed to help our area’s low-income families in their struggles of finding adequate housing, food and caring for their children. The Fairfax County of Fire and Rescue Department has a volunteer division, Firefighters and Friends to the Rescue, which helps underprivileged children. For a number of years Phil has participated in their various drives: school backpack, coats, shoes, haircuts and holiday toys. Recently Phil was awarded the Governor’s 2013 Virginia’s Fire Service Award for Excellence in Virginia’s Fire Service Support – Private Sector.

Author of How to Raise An American Patriot, Making it Okay for Our Kids to Be Proud to Be American, blogger, podcaster and editor for several sites, and Chief Content Creator for Sunrise Business Consulting, her own company. Also currently working full-time as the Local Outreach Director for the largest church in Colorado.

She has done mission work in Africa and Asia and ran for the Colorado State House in 2014. She has been married to her husband for almost 10 years and is a mom to 5 kids. Her family lives in Boulder County, Colorado where they enjoy running, obstacle course racing, hiking, and camping and they have a flat-coated retriever named Eddy.