2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Saturday, January 24
Mary Katharine Ham
Mary Katharine Ham is a Fox News contributor, author and speaker, and host of two light-hearted news podcasts, Getting Hammered and Normally. As a political commentator, she has brought conservative perspective mixed with a humorous take on politics and pop culture to Fox News and CNN before that, from 2015-2023. She’s also a frequent speaker on college campuses on the issue of free speech. In 2016, she moderated an ABC News 2016 GOP presidential primary debate in New Hampshire, which featured nine candidates. Ham is the co-author with Guy Benson of “End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun),” and has written for The Atlantic, USA Today, and the New York Post. She also has spoken and written on her faith and overcoming hardships after the loss of her first husband in 2015. Remarried in 2020, Ham brings a message of resilience and redemption to audiences.
Ham is a die-hard UGA football fan, a Southern gal who is close to her family in North Carolina. She lives with her husband, four kids, and a very energetic Belgian Malinois named Scout in Virginia.
Friday, January 23
Jamie Reed
Jamie Reed stands as a courageous public whistleblower from a U.S. pediatric gender clinic. Her explosive first-person account, "I thought I was saving trans kids, Now I am blowing the whistle," published in The Free Press in February 2023, rapidly gained global recognition for shedding light on critical issues in youth gender medicine in the United States.
Driven by a commitment to ethical care, Jamie is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the LGB Courage Coalition. This American nonprofit is focused on reforming youth gender medicine to eliminate medicalized gender transition and instead advocates for cultural and medical approaches that accept and support gender non-conformity without medical intervention. As a lesbian and a passionate advocate for LGB issues, her work is deeply personal and impactful.
Jamie earned a Master of Science in Clinical Research Management from Washington University and a BA in Cultural Anthropology. In her free time, she finds joy in gardening, particularly growing vegetables, and is a proud mom to five boys.
2026 Conference Agenda
