The Sandra West Memorial Speaker

• Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush 

• Fox News contributor and Wall Street Journal columnist 

• New York Times best-selling author

With four decades in the political arena, Karl Rove is a skilled strategist known for his intensity and attention to detail. He is a presidential historian and author of The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1886 Still Matters. From a current and historical perspective, Rove looks at the nation's future political course and the bigger challenges America faces in the new decade.