Scott Maxwell Featured at September Lunch

The job of Political Director involves finding Republican candidates for local elections and helping them succeed. As a current Lake Worth Commissioner serving his sixth term, Scott knows how it’s done.

Join us in September to hear Scott’s views on the upcoming election. With highly contested races for Governor, Senator and US Congress, there is a lot riding on what we do in the next 10 weeks. It’s time to saddle up.

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Scott Maxwell is the Executive & Political Director of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County.

Scott’s earliest political involvement and activism dates to the Gerald Ford campaign of 1976 and continued through the Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush campaigns.

Over the past 20+ years, Scott has worked successfully with various candidates, consultants and fundraisers throughout Palm Beach County and is currently serving his 6th term on the Lake Worth City Commission.

He devotes much of his free time to volunteering for a number of local faith based and non-profit organizations such as Sacred Heart Church & School, Meals on Wheels and Little Free Libraries, to name a few.

Scott serves as a Director on several Civic, Non-Profit, Government and Political boards throughout Palm Beach County, Tallahassee and Washington D.C.

Born at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia; Scott was raised in a military family. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati and transferred to Palm Beach County from Pittsburgh in June 1983. Scott met his beautiful wife Paula in 1984, and they married in 1988.

In addition to their adult son, Scott Jr., they also have two wonderful English Cocker Spaniels and an Australian Terrier; all rescues, Cody, Domino and Archie “Doodle”.

Scott utilizes his experiences to build relationships and coalitions that encourage others to join, support and actively participate in the Republican Party of Palm Beach County.

Primary Candidate Round-up August 22

More are signing up every day, but so far we have:

Dave Cummings CD18	Javier Manjarres CD22	Belinda Keiser Senate 25	Rick Roth House 85 (November)
Michael Caruso House 89	Matt Spritz House 89	John Mercadante Governor	Bob White Governor
Matt Caldwell Agriculture Commissioner

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No July Meeting in Support of the Jamboree

Help our Club continue as one of the most staunch supporters of the Bi-annual Old Fashioned Political Jamboree held every other summer in an election year.

We are a co-sponsor with a special tent to sell a little jewelry and some cute desk elephants to raise money for our scholarship fund. Look for our tent at the park.

Bring your reservation check (to Rep Party of PB County) or $30 cash to our scholarship lunch on June 27. We will provide your reservation in a LIST OF ATTENDEES to the Jamboree Organizers.

WHAT:	OLD FASHIONED POLITICAL JAMBOREE, (camaraderie, friends, candidates)
WHEN:	SATURDAY, JULY 14, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
WHERE:	South County Civic Center/Park—16700 Jog Rd, Delray (across from Morikami)
COST:	$30 for the BEST BBQ and all the fixin’s (check or cash)
BRING:	Your appetite and a fan (it’s summer in FL)

Dr. Emma Banks to present the 2018 Ann Roberts Scholarships

Presenting the awards for the club will be our featured speaker, Inlet Grove Community High School CEO Dr. Emma Banks.

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Dr. Banks, CEO of the Inlet Grove Community High School (Charter School), developed and implemented the first successful Mentor’s Program for teen parent students in the PBC school system. At Inlet Grove under her tutelage, 99% of students get into college or the service industry upon graduation.

As a TV producer, she is working on the documentary “Street Talk”, which provides insight to the needs of the youth who have dropped out and have committed crimes. She is also responsible for “Reality High” a real life drama show, and the children’s teen talk show “Our Future Generation” which was the number one children’s show n the Nielson ratings.

The only child of Jennie Miller and born in the small town in Monticello, Florida, she began her education at Delaware State where she received her Bachelors Degree in Distributive Education, her master’s degree in Administration and her doctorate in Organizational Leadership. She began working for the State Department of Education in Florida in 1978 then she moved to West Palm Beach and began working at an adult vocational school in 1987 as an Assistant Principal. In 2004, the adult vocational school became a charter high school and Dr. Banks became Principal of the 700-student facility. She is now the President / CEO of Inlet Grove.

Authors of “Breaking Cover” at May Lunch

ARE YOU CAPTIVATED by ESPIONAGE? Do you read Spy Novels? Real Life INTRIGUE ? (Ted Bell, Daniel Silva, Nelson DeMille, Ken Follett, John le Carre’)

Bring your Friends May 23 to hear from TWO former CIA secret agents who have walked the walk and lived the life for 10 years—- Joseph and Michele Rigby Assad—who met in school in central Florida, graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic College, finished graduate studies at Georgetown, Washington DC, and were sent by the CIA after 9-11 to countries whose names had to be redacted from Michele’s book, “BREAKING COVER”, for protection.

Michele believes that God/Providence brought her together with Egyptian immigrant, Joseph Assad to direct both their lives in ways she will explain…..how SHE in particular, was forced to blend in to the middle east culture to obtain highly sensitive information helpful to the US Government’s work there.

Michele and Joseph will keep us in suspense as to their project to vet and re-locate a number of Iraqi migrants and their quest to find a country that would take them; in this case, it was Slovakia. There were many ups and downs when the airport closed frequently on the days they were scheduled to leave due to impending air strikes and many checkpoints to deal with. (This was a featured story on ABC’s 20/20). Both Michele and Joseph continue their work as international security consultants splitting time between the Middle East, Florida, and Washington, DC. We are lucky she has this date free for us.

Michele reports on the 3 handicaps of a CIA agent’s experience: “We are Americans; we are non-believers; we are CIA officers: — and for her, “She was a Woman”.

There will be copies of Michele’s book for purchase.

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Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele served her country for ten years, working in Iraq and other secret Middle Eastern locations.

Upon retirement from active service, Michele and her husband Joseph (also a former agent) joined a group of Americans who wished to aid persecuted Christians. Their efforts resulted in the evacuation of a group from northern Iraq that was featured on ABC’s 20/20 in December 2015.

Michele holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Arab Studies from Georgetown University. Today she serves as an international security consultant, splitting her time between the Middle East, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

Tallahassee Update with Rick Roth

Rick will give us an update on the accomplishments of the 2018 Legislative Session.

We will also hear from Baxter Troutman, candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture. Baxter is a 4th generation Florida farmer with a lifetime of experience working in citrus and cattle. For two decades Troutman has been chief executive officer of Labor Solutions, a personnel services company that has placed over 50,000 people in jobs throughout Florida.

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BIOGRAPHY OF REPRESENTATIVE RICK ROTH

Representative Rick Roth was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach and he was raised in Belle Glade Florida. Rick graduated from Belle Glade High School in 1970. He went on to study at Emory University where he graduated with a degree in Mathematics. Family life is busy for Rick and his wife of nearly 40 years, Jeanie. Most importantly to him are his children, Lindsay, Ryan and Ashley and his grandchildren, Hannah, Ezra and Ella. He is a founding member of the Truth Point Church in West Palm Beach.

As the President and principal owner of Roth Farms, Inc. and Ray’s Heritage, LLC Packinghouse, Rick has been a driving force of the agricultural community in western Palm Beach County.

Representative Roth has served in numerous leadership roles in his community. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. Rick supports many community organizations, including Florida Association of Food Banks, Farmers Feeding Florida and the South Florida Sweet Corn Fiesta.

Representative Roth’s community service includes work with the Central Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce and Belle Glade Rotary Club to name a few. He is the Co-Founder of Farm City Week for the local Chambers and hosts many educational Farm Tours for Elementary Schools.

Representative Roth was elected to serve in the Florida Legislature as a State Representative for District 85. Rick’s election is a culmination of his 35 years of leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. District 85 covers the northern and central parts of Palm Beach County including the Town of Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Village of North Palm Beach and parts of Jupiter and Loxahatchee Groves.

Committees:

• Commerce
• SubCommittees: Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations
• Agriculture & Property Rights
• Oversight, Transparency & Administration
• PreK-12 Quality

Peter Feaman on March 28 – Congressional Midterms?

If the Democrats win just 24 seats – a 6% turnover and not an unusual midterm result, then EVERYTHING CHANGES!

Speaker Pelosi? Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff? Financial Services Chairman Maxine Waters? Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings? Could it be any worse? What is the likely outcome?

Join us on March 28 to hear Florida’s RNC Committeeman Peter Feaman handicap the House races and tell us how we can affect the outcome.

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Peter Feaman was elected in 2016 to a four-year term as the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Florida, and serves on the RPOF Executive Committee.

As a practicing trial attorney, Mr. Feaman was recognized by the Florida Trend magazine as one of Florida’s “Elite Lawyers” in the field of business and commercial litigation in 2011. He has a JD degree from the Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, and a BA in Political Science from Union College in Schenectady, NY.

In 2007, Mr. Feaman published his first book entitled “WAKE UP, AMERICA!” subtitled, “Understanding Jihad for Dummies!” His second book “The Next Nightmare: How Political Correctness Will Destroy America” with a forward by former Congressman Allen West, was published in 2012. Mr. Feaman has appeared on Fox News and numerous radio talk shows throughout the United States to discuss the threat of radical Islam, current political issues and how political correctness will destroy America.

Ryan Hnatiuk at February Lunch

Ryan Hnatiuk, Executive Director of the PBC GOP was our February speaker.

Describing part of his job as “finding Republicans wanting to run for local office and providing them assistance”, he spoke of the importance of city councils as a farm team for future party leaders.

It is a fact that the best places to live in this country are run by Republicans and it is important for all of us to get out and vote in the local elections to support these people. “We don’t get good leaders at the top,” he said, “unless we have them at the bottom,” and “it is better to stamp out the bad ones early,” before they gain momentum.

Ryan described the range of services that the local GOP office can provide to local candidates, and gave the membership some tips on researching the candidates – such as looking up their financial records online.

His list of candidates in the upcoming March 13 election that need your support include:

• Mark Mullinix – North Palm Beach Council
• Bob Gebbia – North Palm Beach Council
• Judy Dugo – Greenacres Council
• Armand Grossman – Boca Raton Council
• Jeremy Rodgers – Boca Raton Council
• Martha Webster – Royal Palm Beach Mayor
• Scott Maxwell – Lake Worth Commissioner
• Pam Triolo – Lake Worth Mayor
• Selena Smith – Royal Palm Beach Council
• Alysen Africano-Nila – Highland Beach Vice Mayor/Commissioner
• Dawn Pardo – Riviera Beach Council

We also heard briefly from RPOF Field Director Sheen Mayberry, who has been organizing support for CD18 Congressman Brian Mast.

Candidates present at the meeting to introduce themselves included Nick Kimaz, running in the August Republican primary for District 22 (Ted Deutch seat), and Martha Webster, Royal Palm Beach Mayor candidate in the 3/13 election. Fred Scheibl reminded Palm Beach Gardens residents to VOTE NO on March 13 to all 4 ballot questions, and join us for sign waving at PGA and Military on Friday 3/2 and 3/9 from 3:30-5:30pm.

Please join us on April 25th for Florida’s RNC representative Peter Feaman.

Thanks to Carol Porter for these photographs.

PBCGOP Executive Director Ryan Hnatiuk at February Meeting

Join us in February as Ryan will give us the local party’s view of this election year, with particular focus on the March municipal elections.

We will also be inviting candidates to introduce themselves at this meeting.

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Ryan C. Hnatiuk is the Political and Executive Director of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County. He was born and raised outside of Flint, Michigan. He, and his wife of 14 years, have one son who is a very active toddler and is a full time job in his own right. Since coming to South Florida, Ryan has had the opportunity to work with various candidates, consultants and fundraisers primarily within Palm Beach County but has also consulted in the counties of Martin, Broward, and St. Lucie. He has worked in various sized campaigns from town council to congressional and county commission seats.

Ryan recently attained his master’s degree from Nova Southeastern University in Conflict Resolution and is also a certified mediator. Prior to getting his master’s degree he received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a minor in International Relations with primary focus being on Latin American governments and their emerging markets. He is looking to use the skills he has attained to strengthen friendships, build lasting coalitions and open dialogue to attract new people to the Republican Party.

Starla Brown Featured at January Lunch

Please join us at the Airport Holiday Inn on Wednesday January 24th. Starla and Maryann will bring us up to date on some of the AFP-Florida projects with which they are involved.

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Starla Brown, Grassroots Director for Americans for Prosperity Florida, has volunteered and worked to promote grassroots outreach in Florida to impact change at all levels of government. As a campaign consultant in the South Florida area, she led grassroots activities throughout the Sunshine State for local, state and federal campaigns. As an activist, Starla has participated in thousands of door-to-door and phone bank activities and the recruitment of volunteers. Originally from Mississippi, Starla has called Palm Beach County home since moving to Florida in the late 80’s. The preservation of a free society and the American dream are two or her most passionate goals.

Maryann Connors was born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island. She has spent her adult life living in Fort Lauderdale, raising her son and three stepsons and enjoying her 5 grandchildren. She was in the printing and advertising industry for 35 years as both a salesperson, advertising coordinator and a production manager.
Maryann joined Americans for Prosperity in May of 2016 as a Field Director after volunteering for over two years. She passionate about economic freedom and a free society where everyone can live their version of the American Dream and is dedicated to that vision.

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