2026 Keynote Speaker - Dr. Jo Jorgensen
Dr. Jo Jorgensen is the most successful first-time Libertarian Presidential candidate, with close to 2 million votes. She was the Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential Nominee with Harry Browne in the election of 1996, and was the 1992 Libertarian Party’s candidate for South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District. After a statewide televised debate with her Democratic and Republican opponents, Dr. Jorgensen’s debate performance was widely praised in the media, and the Greenville News referred to her as “a rose between two thorns.”
Dr. Jorgensen has also been active in the party, serving as Greenville County, South Carolina chair (after helping to reorganize the county party); South Carolina state vice-chair; and national marketing director for the Libertarian Party.
Her business career began at IBM as a Marketing Representative, after earning a B.S. in Psychology at Baylor and an MBA at SMU. Dr. Jorgensen left IBM to start her own company, which provided computer hardware and software to the accounting industry South and North Carolina. This eventually led her to the software duplication business in the mid-1990s, where she served as President of DigiTech, Inc., a software duplication firm that grew to 25 employees and did $2 million of business for companies such as NCR, AT&T, and Rockwell Automation.
Dr. Jorgensen is currently a Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Clemson University, where she has taught since 2006, after receiving her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Clemson, 2002).
Friday Night
Make sure you arrive Friday night in time to register, grab a drink, say hello to old friends, and join Are You Smarter Than A Politician, the Liberty game show that is taking the country by storm, taking place live Friday, March 27, at the LPNC's 50th Anniversary Convention. With points based on being based, audience responses determine who wins and who leaves, head hung in shame. Come join and choose the winners and losers, or throw your name in the hat as a potential participant, and get ready for lots of laughs.
Saturday Speakers
First Saturday Speaker - Christine Villaverde
Christine was raised in a proud military family, seeing firsthand the bravery of those who selflessly serve this great nation. As an Army wife at Fort Bragg, she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Fayetteville State University. Christine also earned her Master of Arts Degree in Public Policy from Liberty University, and she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy with a concentration in Economics. Her doctoral research examines civil asset forfeiture and property rights protections—fundamental liberties that underpin our free society.
Christine previously served as Emergency Manager for North Carolina's Judicial Branch and as a member of North Carolina's statewide Emergency Response Team. As a former law enforcement officer, she understands that our Constitution protects our liberties and that law and order are essential. Her work has deepened her commitment to defending property rights and upholding federalist principles that preserve state sovereignty and local control.
As a mother of three and small business owner, Christine believes in limited government, free markets, personal responsibility, and fiscal restraint. She is committed to the principle that government closest to the people governs best and that individual liberty flourishes when government power is constrained.
Dr. Dan Eichenbaum
Dr. Dan Eichenbaum is an ophthalmologist (MD), eye surgeon, and successful small business owner. He has practiced in Murphy, NC, for the past 40 years. In addition, he was elected in 2014 to and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Cherokee County, North Carolina. Dr. Dan will speak to open the second business session on Saturday, after lunch.
In 2010, Dr. Dan founded DrDansFreedomForum.com, a conservative website and Freedom Forum Radio, a talk radio program on WJRB 95.1 FM, focused on advancing the constitutional principles of limited government, individual freedom, personal responsibility, fiscal restraint, private property rights, and the free market system as the basis for economic opportunity. He now also hosts a podcast (Freedom Forum LIVE) every Tuesday evening at 8 PM Eastern time steamed over Facebook, YouTube, X, and Rumble.
Dr. Dan is a long-time grassroots activist, dedicated to advancing the constitutionally protected principles and Natural Law Rights that serve as the basis for individual freedom, including the right of the individual to keep and bear arms. Dr. Dan lectures extensively about the absolute necessity to maintain private property rights and the Second Amendment to prevent the government from usurping powers not delegated to it in the Constitution.
Dr. Dan is passionate about exposing and defeating the long-term goals of the arrogant elitist oligarchy to implement their dream of one world governance through the many tentacles of the United Nations Agenda 21, International Collectivism/Marxism, and the "Climate Change" hoax. He understands that the most efficient way to fix and improve our healthcare system is through the application of free market principles. Dr. Dan lectures on the dangers of government-run healthcare in any form, which he believes will decrease availability and quality of care and further bankrupt the nation.
Dr. Dan graduated from the Yale School of Medicine, cum laude, and went on to serve as a Commissioned Officer in the US Navy and USPHS during the Vietnam era. Dr. Dan has authored 14 peer-reviewed articles and a book, lectured internationally, and holds six US patents.
Third Saturday Speaker - David Ulmer
David Ulmer grew up in Clearwater, Florida and went to Wake Forest University on an ROTC scholarship. After serving over four years in the Army he settled in Raleigh and then began a career in the area's thriving IT sector working for a number of companies. While working at MCIWorldcom he met his wife of 20 plus years, Yvonne.
David will deliver remarks to close the second business session on Saturday, and mark the end of the business portion of convention. He will discuss a favorite topic of his, and of all Libertarians, covering how local governments operate in North Carolina and how Libertarians can help grow thriving and financially stable communities. Communities that create opportunity, more freedom, stronger property rights that need less outside help and aren't saddling future generations with debt.
David is a long-time Liberty warrior and activist in the LPNC and WakeLP. He served as WakeLP Chair for four years, from 2017 to 2021. He has always had a passion for local politics, zoning and development issues. We are lucky to have him and look forward to his talk.
Sunday Speaker
Legendary Liberty warrior Cara Schulz will steal the Sunday spotlight. She will open the morning sharing her experiences running successful campaigns, as a candidate and in support. Cara is a veteran political strategist and three-term Burnsville, Minnesota City Council Member, offering a unique blend of national campaign infrastructure expertise and proven local policy victories. She trains Libertarian candidates not just to run, but to win and enact real change.
Cara will then host and moderate a special roundtable to close out the weekend's festivities - more details to come.
National Campaign & Training Strategy
As a former Political Strategist for the National Libertarian Party, Cara built and executed essential campaign infrastructure:
- National Organizer: Conceptualized and organized 8 Regional Training Events, preparing hundreds of candidates for competitive races.
- Convention Leadership: Created and executed the successful Day of Education at the 2022 LNC National Convention.
- Presidential Chair: Led the Minnesota State Campaigns for Gary Johnson (2012, 2016) and Jo Jorgensen (2020), bringing three cycles of practical, national campaign experience.
Local Results: Liberating Citizens and Cutting Government
As an elected official, Cara's record focuses on decentralized power and freedom through action:
- Code Sunset Victory: Spearheaded a Citizens Code Review Task Force that empowered residents to rewrite city code, resulting in the elimination of over two-thirds (2/3rds) of onerous city regulations.
- Private Solutions: Championed privately funded food forests, demonstrating that community resources can thrive without taxpayer expense.
- Direct Control: Instituted participatory budgeting, placing direct spending decisions back into the hands of citizens.
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