Ramon Tangiora joined Turning Point USA as a graphic administrator for the Development Department in 2021. Ramon has 8+ years of experience in graphic design, which has helped him create high-level designs for TPUSA’s Development Department—extending across all donor collateral. Before coming to TPUSA, Ramon worked for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Welfare Services on the Communications and Digital Solutions Team. During his time there, he created digital content for various welfare and charity initiatives. At the end of 2016, Ramon and his wife decided to make a leap into entrepreneurship and started a thriving clothing business, where he led the creative process on all of their social media and graphic design. Due to COVID-19 shutdowns, the Tangiora family’s small business was hit hard, resulting in a new found drive to fight for freedom! This led Ramon to Turning Point USA, where his love for both graphic design and grassroots conservative values have merged into one succinct purpose—to help TPUSA fight the America Culture War.

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  Keatha Avery Brown is a Christian, a wife, and mother of two amazing young men. She is a 1991 graduate of Texas A&M, CPA, a Mortgage Loan Officer at Affinity Home Lending, and holds a Masters in Criminal Justice Forensic Psychology from Liberty University. She is also a member of the Montgomery County Citizens Police Academy Alumni, and a member of the Inaugural class of Leadership North Houston.  

Keatha is also a native Texan, currently living in Montgomery County, Texas where she has long been an avid seeker of truth and justice, which prompted her getting degree in Criminal Justice. Keatha also homeschooled her two boys for 10 years, has been involved in her church, various charitable and political organizations, including homeless, military, and sex trafficking assistance organizations.  Within these organizations she has contributed her time to administrative, event planning, and fundraising.  In addition, she established a TPUSA Chapter and was parent sponsor at her children’s high school, where both boys also served as officers of the local chapter. Keatha gives her time and attention to raising awareness to truth in all areas of her life, both professional and personal.

Will Peddie comes to us after serving as COO for Hillsong Channel since 2016, where he ran all U.S. based business and day-to-day operations for that department under Hillsong Church. He oversaw and managed relations with third party entities as well as local production staff. Will was also the main point of contact for all U.S. based logistics liaising with staff in Sydney, Australia. He orchestrated major expansion and developments in both digital and traditional broadcasting networks.   Prior to that, Will served as Director of Operations for UCLA Football from 2010-2016. A graduate and former player at the school, Will worked closely with all departments that engaged with the Football team and managed all day-to-day operations throughout each calendar year. Will served as the main point of contact between the Head Coach and various entities for off the field logistics as well as a undertaking the chief of staff role.   Will has been married 12 years come March 2023. He and his wife Jenny, have 3 kids: daughter Carter (9), son Wyatt (7) and son Grey (4).

Samuel is a passionate follower of Jesus that boldly engages culture with the truth and power of God's Word! He is married to his beautiful wife Katie, and loves being a father to his two incredible girls, Mercedes and Kenzie. He's a best selling author, artist, coach, preacher, and he and his wife are campus pastors at Awaken Church in San Diego, CA with Pastor Jurgen & Leanne Matthesius!

I was going to a Baptist school at the time in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I was in 3rd grade, and it was a chapel day. There was a moment in the middle of the service where all the teachers were asked by the principal to come to the front of the church and they were whispering.… Continue reading 20 Years Ago, The Tragedy of 9/11

Raised in rural Missouri, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley previously served as Missouri’s Attorney General. There he earned a reputation for taking on the big and the powerful to protect Missouri workers and families. He has battled big government and big business, special interests, organized crime, and anyone who would threaten the well-being of Missourians. A native of small town Lexington, Missouri in rural Lafayette County, Senator Hawley graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City. After graduating from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006, he moved back home to mid-Missouri with his wife, Erin, where they started a family. They are the proud parents of three young children: Elijah, Blaise, and Abigail. Senator Hawley is recognized as one of the nation’s leading constitutional lawyers. He has litigated at the Supreme Court of the United States, the federal courts of appeals, and in state court, fighting for the people’s liberties. He previously fought Obamacare at the Supreme Court — and won — as one of the lead attorneys in the landmark Hobby Lobby case. He was also a lead attorney in the Hosanna-Tabor case at the Supreme Court, protecting the rights of churches. Since taking office, Senator Hawley has been a leading champion in Congress for working families. He’s worked across the aisle to deliver protections for kids online, led the fight for direct payments to working people during the COVID-19 pandemic, and taken steps to crack down on predatory landlords. Senator Hawley has also rolled out proposals to protect American workers from foreign trade cheating, especially from China, and has been an advocate for ending the offshoring of jobs and boosting manufacturing the United States. Senator Hawley has taken on corporate special interests to level playing field for the American worker as well. He boldly stood up to the abuses of Big Tech and Wall Street and has worked to reign in the power of these mega companies while championing innovation, entrepreneurship, and small businesses. Senator Hawley has also worked to keep our communities safe by confronting illegal immigration, and challenging big opioid manufacturers and human traffickers – during his time as the former Attorney General of Missouri and in the U.S. Senate. As a fierce defender of the Constitution, Senator Hawley is committed to protecting Missourians’ First and Second Amendment rights. Senator Hawley serves on the Senate Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

First DJ ever signed to a major Nashville Record Label, RCA Nashville. Dee Jay Silver has been a top touring DJ/remixer/producer for the past 15 years, having played in premier venues in virtually every major market in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The groundbreaking open-format DJ/performer has thrilled millions with his unique ability to blend all types of music from hip hop and rock to house and country for crowds of all sizes as well as on mash-ups and remixes. Silver has been traveling the world playing every kind of event and venue from the largest nightclubs, high-profile celebrity parties and exclusive private events to massive sporting events, award shows, major music festivals and arena tours and all that’s in between. ​Silver began DJing while attending college in Arkansas and later moved to Springfield, MO where, while working as a doorman for a club, his interest peaked and he began opening up the dance floor until the headlining DJ would come on. “One gig turned into the next,” he shares of his early beginnings. “Back in the day, you didn’t have computers, YouTube, or schools to learn how to DJ. If you were going to DJ, you had to learn from another DJ. They’d say, ‘I’ll take you under my wing, but this is what you’re going to do.’ Basically, you’re going to be my whipping boy for a couple of years [laughs].” ​His sound has organically evolved throughout his career. “Being up in the Midwest, we looked up to guys like Bad Boy Bill, Alex Peace, Richard Humpty Vission, DJ Irene, and all of those cats in the Chicago area. I’d buy anything they put out. That was where it started for me. It was the hard house from Chicago. Back then, I was playing more hip-hop, house music and rock. Then, it progressed. ​“Growing up in Texas, country music was all I ever heard. I was very versed in country music, so I’ve always mixed it in. I’m so happy to see that ‘Country Remix’ is actually a genre now. Music and DJing to me are about being creative and relating to your crowd. No matter what song it is, people will dance if it’s presented right. If they’re familiar with a song, that’s what makes them more comfortable to have a better time.” In 2013, Silver signed a recording contract with RCA Nashville, becoming the first DJ to be signed to a major Nashville label. His 2013 EP, Country Club, features creative and rhythmic country mash-ups of some of the format’s most popular and beloved artists, including Alabama, Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen, and Love and Theft. ​In April of 2014, Silver launched a nationally syndicated weekly radio show called “The Country Club with Dee Jay Silver”. Each week, the show features up-tempo mixes and mash-ups of hits from country’s biggest stars and newcomers, with an infusion of unique rhythms as well as tracks from other genres. Over 70 markets, including some of the leading country radio stations across America, air the show every Friday and Saturday nights. ​Silver has shared the stage with some of biggest artists in the world. Beyond touring extensively with Jason Aldean (10 years) as well as , Chris Young, Kane Brown, Randy Houser, Florida Georgia Line, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Eric Church, Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr, Thomas Rhett, Luke Combs, and many more. He’s appeared at many major music festivals, including the CMA Music Festival, Rock The South, Faster Horses, FarmBorough, Watershed, Route 91 Harvest, Lake Shake Festival, Carolina Country Music Festival, Tortuga Music Festival and more. In addition to spinning at football games for the Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys and University of Kentucky’s Wildcats, events for the Super Bowl, NASCAR races, National Finals Rodeo, and was the first DJ to ever play the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) and the American Country Awards (ACAs). In 2016, Silver played at the MLB All-Star Game in San Diego CA, Wrigley Field in Chicago, and Fenway Park in Boston (alongside Jason Aldean and Kid Rock) to add to the impressive list of venues he’s performed at. When not on tour, or at one of his many appearances, the current Nashville resident is also hosting  residencies in Las Vegas, NV, Atlantic City NJ, San Diego, CA, and Nashville TN. Odds are the in-demand producer will be at an arena, amphitheater, stadium, club, pool or festival near you. Look for new original music from DEE JAY SILVER anywhere you stream or buy your music, as well as new music to released soon!

Adam Doleac has always been a go-getter, setting lofty goals as quickly as he achieves them. This high-gear drive has made his life a journey with many destinations, from stadiums as a baseballer to Music Row as a hit songwriter — the mainstage, however, may be his final stop. With his latest two tracks, "Another," and "Meet Me in the City," he updates his fans on where he's headed next, musically and personally.  "That's one of my favorite things about releasing music," Doleac says. "Every time you put something out, your fans get to learn a little more about you, a little something extra. You can show them what direction you're going in and what you're like just a bit more."   The rising artist’s new songs follow his major label debut EP, Famous, which arrived via Sony Music Nashville in April 2020. Praised by outlets including Sounds Like Nashville and Roots Music Magazine, who called it a "collection of Doleac's finest moments," the six-song set includes his current single at radio, "Whiskey's Fine," as well as the project’s critically-acclaimed lead single and title track, which topped Sirius XM's The Highway Hot Country Countdown and impacted country radio as one of the week's most-added songs in January 2020.  But before his accomplishments as a solo artist, Doleac was gearing up for another kind of success. A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, he grew up engrossed in athletics, competing heavily in golf, baseball, basketball, and even roller hockey. He also played drums in his spare time, starting a worship band at his church. Whatever fell into his lap, he pursued with equal passion, striving for greatness however and wherever he could. As the second-youngest of four siblings raised by his father, an electrician and entrepreneur, and his mother, a court reporter, Doleac learned the value of hard work at a young age. "My mom grew up in a one-bedroom house with four sisters and a brother," he says. "So she’s earned everything she has. She's extremely strong-willed, working three jobs through college and just smiling straight through all of it. When we were kids, she used to take my brother and me to her court job, and we would hang out in the benches. I think we picked up on her work ethic pretty early on." At 12 years old, a starting player in multiple sports, Doleac decided on golf as his primary pursuit. Over the next five years, he became a champion player, ultimately earning a full-ride golf scholarship to Delta State University in his junior year of high school. The following season, to unwind from all his hard work on the fairway, Doleac signed up to play baseball, returning to the sport after a six-year hiatus. "I thought, 'this will be fun,'" he remembers. "I was playing basketball at the time, too, and I remember walking off the court straight into a batting cage and hitting a bucket of balls. Long story short, I somehow ended up starting in a game that night."  Doleac went on to start in every game, and he quickly earned himself another full scholarship, this time to play baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi. Taking the offer, the future “hero country needs” (Popdust) enrolled in the college, where he competed at the 2009 College World Series (ten years later, he would pen ESPN’s promo for the same tournament) and launched his career as a singer-songwriter.  "Most of the guys on the baseball team actually played music," he says. "My roommates always left their guitars littered around the house, and when they left I'd pick one up and start teaching myself little songs." Doleac immediately fell in love with singing and playing in his off time. With the same perseverance that distinguished him on the sports field, Doleac began honing his music skills, co-writing with teammates and gigging locally. Meanwhile, an original song he’d posted to YouTube was racking up millions of views, eventually piquing the interest of Sony/ATV Nashville’s then-CEO, Troy Tomlinson, who invited him to Nashville for a week of scheduled co-writing sessions.  Doleac’s trip eventually inspired his move to Music City in 2012, two years after he graduated from USM. After a few years of non-stop co-writing and touring, he signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and landed cuts like Kane Brown’s “Pull It Off,” Darius Rucker’s “Don’t,” and Hootie and the Blowfish’s “Rollin’.” All the while, taking center stage as a recording artist was the newcomer’s dream, and soon it began to take shape.   Adam Doleac, his debut EP, arrived in June 2017 and was praised by outlets like Rolling Stone Country and Billboard. The short-player’s four songs, all co-written by Doleac, spun heavily on Sirius XM’s The Highway, which featured him on its Highway Finds Tour that same year alongside Ashley McBryde and Canadian duo High Valley. He’s also hit the road with headliners like Carrie Underwood, Chris Young, and Kane Brown — in October 2018, Doleac made his Grand Ole Opry debut.  One short year later, he inked a record deal with Arista Records, which unveiled “Famous” two weeks after his signing. Now, with "Whiskey's Fine" populating country stations across the nation while "Another" and "Meet Me in the City," which Billboard claimed as one of the musician’s most "sonically interesting" songs that "deserves to be heard out of car radios everywhere," earn widespread acclaim, Doleac is continuing his journey as one of country music's fastest-rising stars, stepping into new spaces with implacable determination and sure-footed confidence. As the vocalist himself puts it: "I'm a go big or go home-type guy. I don't know how to stop in the middle." If that’s the case, there’s nowhere to go but up. 

Sean Feucht is a missionary, artist, speaker, author, activist, and the founder of multiple worldwide movements. Burn 24-7​is a global worship and prayer movement launched out of Sean’s dorm room in college, now spanning 6 continents and more than 250 cities.​​Light A Candle​is a global missions and compassion movement bringing light, hope, healing, and tangible love to the hardest, darkest and some of the most isolated places on earth. ​Hold the Line​is a political activist movement seeking to rally the global church to engage in their civic duty - to vote and stand up for causes of righteousness and justice in the governmental arena. Sean has produced, recorded and released over 22 music albums, co-authored 5 books, created numerous teaching resources, developed an online school, and has ignited several global missional initiatives. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Kate, and his greatest accomplishment and joy in life is fathering his four children: Keturah, Malachi, Ezra, and Zion.

Byron Donalds grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and he is also the proud son of a hardworking and loving single mother. His mother dedicated her time instilling in him that greatness requires sacrifice, which drives him as a devoted family man and United States Congressman. Byron is a graduate of Florida State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance and marketing. Byron's career led him to Southwest Florida, where he worked in the banking, finance, and insurance industries. Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2016, Byron represented Hendry County and east Collier County in the State Capitol. During his tenure in the Florida House, Byron served as the PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee Chair during the 2018-2019 Legislative Session and served as the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee's Chairman 2019-2020 Legislative Session. While serving in the Florida House, primarily focused on elder affairs, criminal justice reform, and ensuring that each child has access to a world-class education. Byron is committed to serving and giving back to the community that gave him so much. He has served Southwest Florida in many ways, including previously serving on the Board of Trustees for Florida Southwestern State College after being appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott. Byron continues to volunteer in his church as a youth leader and a mentor. He also enjoys volunteering as a coach in youth football and basketball leagues. Congressman Byron Donalds lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, Erika, and their three sons: Damon, Darin, and Mason. Byron has spent his entire adult life serving others, whether it be through volunteering, business, or leadership. He is committed to representing Florida's 19th Congressional District's conservative values in Washington DC to ensure a stronger Florida and a stronger nation.

Mary Miller is the Republican Congresswoman for Illinois’ 15 th Congressional District. Mary ran for Congress to help local families in her community and ensure each Illinoisan can pursue their version of the American dream. Mary understands that until we have a vibrant and growing local economy, families and businesses will continue to flee our region. That is why she is focused first on economic development and growth and improving our business climate. She knows we need to encourage business growth and creation so that local families can find good- paying jobs and investments flow to our region. As part of this, Mary is focused on putting America first and helping develop the 15th District by promoting farming, supporting regulatory reform, and championing policies that help bring manufacturing jobs back home. As a Christian and a mother, Mary recognizes that without the dignity that comes from earning an honest paycheck and supporting your family, our traditional values will continue to erode. Drawing from her unique background as a farmer, and business manager, mother to seven, and grandmother to 17, Mary serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Education & Labor. Mary graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a B.S. in Business Management. Mary and her husband Chris have run their Oakland-based family farm for the last 40 years, and in addition, Mary has been involved in education. In her spare time, Mary teaches classes at the Oakland Christian Church. Mary and Chris have seven children and 17 grandchildren. Illinois' 15 th Congressional Districts is a safe Republican seat and is 21% more Republican than the country as a whole. In 2020, Mary won her race with 73% of the vote.