Lisa De Pasquale is a conservative activist

Activism

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, author

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, and event planner

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 who lives in Northern Virginia. She is best known as the former director of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference

Conservative Political Action Conference

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, a post she held from 2006 to 2011. In June, 2010 she was awarded a Rising Star award by Politics Magazine. She has written for Human Events

Human Events

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, Townhall, Big Hollywood, and numerous other media outlets. Her Human Events column, "De Pasquale's Dozen", asks twelve questions of newsmakers and is syndicated by NPR and elsewhere. The column has featured interviews with Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter

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, Marco Rubio

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, Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson

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, Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin

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, Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey

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, Nick Gillespie

Nick Gillespie

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, Andy Levy, and others. She serves on the Advisory Council of GOProud

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De Pasquale was previously employed at the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and is an alumna of Flagler College

Flagler College

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