Kimberly Yee is the State Treasurer of Arizona. She is Arizona's chief banking and investment officer and oversees the cash management of Arizona's $63.28 billion state budget and payments to agencies, local governments, and schools. Treasurer Yee is also the Administrator of the AZ529 Education Savings Plan and serves as an advocate for financial literacy in Arizona. Treasurer Kimberly Yee is the first Asian American elected to a statewide office in Arizona’s history. She is also the first Chinese American Republican woman to win a major statewide office in United States history. Kimberly Yee was elected to the Arizona Legislature in 2010 and served as the Senate Majority Leader. She was the second woman elected as Senate Majority Leader in Arizona’s history, following U.S. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor who served in the position in 1973. With eight years of experience in the Arizona Legislature, as well as four years working for the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office as a staff member, Treasurer Yee brings a unique perspective to this important financial leadership role for Arizona.

Kate Anderson serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is the director of the Center for Parental Rights. Since joining ADF in 2015, Anderson has focused on protecting the conscience rights of individuals being unjustly compelled to forfeit their beliefs under threat of government retaliation, heavy fines, or other punishment. In Country Mill Farms v. City of East Lansing, she has defended the constitutionally protected right of a farmer to express his beliefs without fear of losing his license to serve customers at the city’s farmer’s market.

In 303 Creative v. Elenis and Amy Lynn Photography Studio v. City of Madison, Anderson has counseled creative professionals in pre-enforcement challenges to laws that would force them to promote messages contradicting their core beliefs. In R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC and Downtown Hope Center v. Municipality of Anchorage, Anderson argued that all Americans should be free to rely on what the law says and that redefining “sex” to mean “gender identity” creates chaos and is unfair to women and girls. Her litigation practice also includes Privacy Matters v. United States Department of Education, one of several ADF challenges to the Obama-era federal mandate that denied students, parents, and community members the fundamental right to bodily privacy.

Prior to joining ADF, Anderson was an associate attorney with Ellis, Li & McKinstry, PLLC, in Seattle, where she litigated both civil and criminal cases. She served on the trial team in Stormans v. Wiesman, a pivotal case in defense of freedom of conscience for pharmacists in Washington state. Anderson obtained her law degree magna cum laude in 2009 from Gonzaga University School of Law, where she served on the Gonzaga Law Review. Anderson is admitted to the state bars of Arizona and Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court, and several federal district and appellate courts. 

Aaron Kushner is a Lecturer in the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. He is also a homeschool graduate. 

Cathi Herrod has been with Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) since January of 1997 and has served as president since 2005. She is a champion of the pro-family movement, and an award-winning public policy leader. Arizona newspapers have recognized her as one of the ten most influential leaders at the Capitol. Cathi is the recipient of the Family Champion Award from Focus on the Family and the William Wilberforce award from Students for Life of America. Since CAP made its first appearance at the state Capitol in 1996, 200 CAP-supported measures have been passed. 

Jeff Davis is a Program Director of Civic Education in Arizona State University’s Center for Political Thought and Leadership. In this role, Jeff has been hosting professional development workshops for K-12 educators to learn about how the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap can be used in their classrooms to strengthen civic education. Prior to his current role, Jeff taught in the Social Studies department at Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona for 18 years, with his classes including government, history, economics, and comparative politics, while coaching the school’s Model United Nations team.

Liz Evans is a Program Director of Civic Education at Arizona State University with over two decades of experience in civic education and 17 years of classroom experience. Liz works with K-12 teachers to strengthen their knowledge of civics to achieve student success, and does outreach for civic organizations in Arizona and the US.  Her previous work included managing programs in all states west of the Mississippi River for the Bill of Rights Institute. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Development and a Master’s in Secondary Education, History from Northern Arizona University. She is a National Board Certified Teacher.

The Arizona Wildflowers are a bluegrass band of homeschooled siblings who love Jesus, each other, music and rodeo. Come and enjoy these talented young musicians as they play their way into your hearts with their musical skills and entertaining personalities.  You don't want to miss this.