Lisa De Pasquale is a
conservative activist, author, and event planner who lives in Northern Virginia. She served as the director of the annual
Conservative Political Action Conference put on by the
American Conservative Union (ACU), a post she held from 2006 to 2011. Before her time at ACU, De Pasquale was employed at the
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and is an alumna of
Flagler College. In June 2010 she was awarded a Rising Star award by
Politics Magazine. She has written for
Human Events,
Townhall,
Big Hollywood, and numerous other media outlets. Her
Townhall.com column, formerly at
Human Events, "De Pasquale's Dozen", asks twelve questions of newsmakers and is syndicated by
NPR and elsewhere. The column has featured interviews with
Ann Coulter,
Marco Rubio,
Erick Erickson,
Michelle Malkin,
Ed Morrissey,
Nick Gillespie,
Andy Levy, and others. She is the former chairman of the
GOProud Board of Directors. De Pasquale contributes to
The Conversation on Brietbart.com, which is a collection of opinion articles written by political
thought leaders. She is a frequent guest on
Red Eye on the
Fox News Channel. She is also cohost of the Political Punks Podcast. Her cohost is Marvel and DC Comics artist Brett Smith. Popular guests include
Greg Gutfeld,
Nick Gillespie,
Thaddeus McCotter, and
Chuck Dixon.