September 14th Luncheon Speakers
Arizona Free Enterprise Club - LouAnn Sedgwick
LouAnn Sedgwick serves as the Development Director at the Arizona Free Enterprise Club & AZ Liberty Network.
With an extensive background spanning three decades, LouAnn has dedicated her career to grassroots organizing and development. Her diverse experience extends across various realms, including political initiatives, community-based organizations, leadership teams, boards, and school groups.
In addition to her role as a precinct and state committeeman (PC/SC) and previous leadership roles in Legislative District 13, LouAnn has also served as the Treasurer for the Chandler Republican Women, and Secretary for the Chandler Girls Softball league.
Residing in Arizona for the past 18 years with her husband, LouAnn is the proud mother of three daughters. Outside of her professional and community engagements, she finds joy in activities such as hiking, paddle boarding, and maintaining her proficiency in firearms. She takes pride in knowing that she has tirelessly worked to safeguard the well-being of her state and country while championing the principles of freedom for generations to come.
Sine Kerr: candidate for AZ GOP Lt. Governor
Sine Kerr (pronounced: SEEN-uh) has been married to her high school sweetheart, Bill, for 46 years. Together, they have four children and twelve grandchildren, all of whom reside in the West Valley.
From 2018-2025, Kerr served as the Arizona State Senator for Legislative Districts 13 and 25 (post-redistricting). Her districts included most of the West Valley and stretched all the way out to Yuma County, representing large agricultural areas and three major military installations.
Kerr was elected by her Republican colleagues to serve as Senate Majority Whip and also served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Energy, and Water.
In 2021, Senator Kerr was the author of SB1442, the legislative vehicle for Governor Doug Ducey’s Arizona Healthy Forest Initiative.
Kerr worked across the aisle in the Arizona Legislature to get a number of bills signed into law, including ‘Kayleigh’s Law’ in 2021 and the landmark ‘water protection’ bill in 2022.
In 2024, Kerr was the prime sponsor of the Arizona Women’s Bill of Rights, which protected women from biological men in locker rooms, bathrooms, and sports by changing state law to include only male or female as sexes. The bill was vetoed by Governor Katie Hobbs.
Kerr was inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame in October 2025 and has been recognized for her strong legislative work by a number of organizations, including the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce and the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
Sine is a graduate of Buckeye Union High School in Buckeye, AZ. She moved to Buckeye with her family when she was three years old and has stayed in the community ever since. After graduating from high school, Sine and Bill (a third-generation farmer) got married a year later. They started their own dairy herd with 15 dairy cows in Buckeye. They grew and built their family-owned farm over four decades and now operate a small cow-calf operation and grow forage crops.
Menu for The September 14th Luncheon
- Slow roast beef with gravy
- Smashed potatoes (mashed potatoes with the skin on)
- Roasted carrot and broccoli medley
- Garden salad with cucumber, red onion, tomato
- Cookie medley and mini cupcakes
October 12th Luncheon - 3 candidates for state Offices
Kimberly Yee - Candidate for the Superintendent of Public Instruction
With deep roots in Arizona, Kimberly Yee was born and raised in Arizona and comes from a family of small business owners. Her grandparents began their family and business in Arizona during the 1930s and opened New State Market grocery store in South Phoenix, building a successful business and community landmark that operated for over 60 years. Kimberly’s grandparents raised nine children and emphasized the importance of education. Five of the nine children dedicated their careers in the area of public school education.
Kimberly’s mother is a former Arizona public school teacher who taught elementary school for 38 years in Title I schools in South Phoenix, and her father is a U.S. Army Veteran and small business owner. Living out the American Dream, Kimberly learned the importance of working hard and giving back to the community, state and country that gave so much to her family.
Growing up in Phoenix, Kimberly attended public elementary and high school. She worked her way through college and graduate school, attending Pepperdine University with degrees in English and Political Science, and Arizona State University with a Master’s degree in Public Administration. She served in the Republican administrations of two former governors and a former state treasurer, carrying out conservative public policies in the areas of education, finance and workforce development.
Kimberly is blessed to be a wife and mother. She and her husband own a small local business, so they understand the importance of a high-quality education system that prepares graduates to be ready and skilled to build a strong economy for Arizona. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, and volunteers in her church and community. Kimberly has served as a Sunday School teacher and helps in her church’s music ministry and children’s programs.
Over the years, Kimberly has maintained a distinguished reputation as a trusted leader in pubic service, a school choice advocate, and a taxpayer watchdog. She is a conservative Republican with a long record of accomplishments, and is well-known around the State Capitol as an education policy expert and fiscal conservative who always puts the taxpayer first.
As Treasurer of Arizona, Kimberly is the highest ranking statewide elected Republican in Arizona and has increased total investment earnings to over $6 billion. Kimberly led the Treasury’s historic, record-high performance for earnings under the state land endowment, primarily distributed to Arizona schools. Under Kimberly’s leadership, the Arizona Treasury has earned and distributed over $2.43 billion to Arizona schools.
Kimberly was elected State Treasurer of Arizona in 2018, becoming the first Asian American elected to statewide office in Arizona’s history. She is also the first Chinese American Republican woman ever elected to any major statewide office in the history of the United States. In the 2018 general election, she received the second most votes of any winning Arizona statewide candidate on the ballot. In 2022, Kimberly was elected to her second term as State Treasurer of Arizona and received the most votes of any contested statewide candidate on the ballot, receiving a record-high of nearly 1.4 million votes.
Bringing years of experience to public budgeting and executive agency management, Kimberly is a longtime advocate of financial education. She sponsored legislation to add financial literacy in the K-12 academic standards in schools. As Treasurer, she advanced a law that requires high school students to complete a semester of personal money management before graduation. She continues this work as the Chairwoman of Arizona’s first-ever Financial Literacy Task Force, to expand the awareness of personal money management with students, senior citizens, veterans and vulnerable families.
As administrator of the statewide AZ529 Education Savings Plan, since October 2020, Kimberly has grown assets by historic numbers. In just 60 months, Arizona 529 accounts have increased by 61,208 new accounts with $2.8 billion in assets under management, helping families save for higher education and workforce development to build a stronger economy in Arizona.
Elijah Norton - Candidate for state Treasurer
Elijah Norton is a self-made businessman and committed conservative with a strong track record of creating jobs, balancing budgets, leading a successful company, and standing up for American values. Now, he’s running for State Treasurer to bring those skills to government, where he will serve as a watchdog over taxpayer dollars, eliminate waste, divest from woke and leftist causes, and return money to the people — where it belongs.
Unlike the career politicians, Elijah has real-world experience balancing budgets and practicing fiscal discipline. After college, he started a business with just $1,000 in savings and grew it into a group of companies that generate over $500 million in revenue and employs more than 400Today, that company is a recognized global leader in both the finance and insurance industries, headquartered right here in Arizona – providing multiple lines of insurance – from F&I insurance products to home and auto insurance, and even large commercial energy, power, and commercial reinsurance products. Elijah’s companies have serviced over six million customers since their foundation, and have paid nearly a million claims. Despite being a large organization with millions of customers all over the world, Elijah’s businesses have maintained remarkably low complaint ratios – of less than .001%.
In addition to running his business, Elijah has been active in protecting the America and Arizona we know and love, serving as Treasurer of the Arizona Republican Party during the 2024 election cycle. As Treasurer helped stabilize and secure the AZGOP’s finances and as a result the party had a successful 2024 election cycle.
Also during his tenure, Elijah conducted an audit of the AZGOP’s finances for the first time in a decade - uncovering large amounts of waste by the prior AZGOP administration.
Elijah believes in an Arizona First agenda. He supports shrinking the size and scope of government, cutting taxes for all Arizonans, eliminating and fighting bureaucracy, expanding school choice for Arizona families and pushing back bad financial policies. As Treasurer, Elijah will serve as a financial watchdog and shine a light on how tax dollars are spent — or misspent — holding our politicians and unelected bureaucrats accountable.
Elijah wants to work with the Arizona legislature and auditor general to conduct “Arizona’s Audit”. Arizona’s audit would perform a comprehensive audit of the entire state budget. The findings would be published and help provide a path to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in Arizona’s government – which some budget experts say could be billions of dollars, and return the savings back to the taxpayers of Arizona.
Born and raised in the Midwest, Elijah learned the importance of hard work and American values from his family. He comes from a long line of patriots, including his great-great-great grandfather, Elijah Hise Norton — his namesake — who served in Congress during the Civil War and helped prevent Missouri from seceding from the Union. That legacy instilled in him a deep love for America and its history.
Elijah is fed up with the broken promises of career politicians. As State Treasurer, he’ll fight for everyday Arizonans, reject calls for more spending and higher taxes, and put We The People first.
Warren Petersen - candidate for Attorney General
Arizona State Senate President Warren Petersen has served in the Arizona Legislature since 2012, where he was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives. He currently represents district 14, which covers Gilbert and parts of Queen Creek. Throughout his career at the Legislature, President Petersen has advocated for limited government, reduced regulations, fiscally conservative initiatives, low taxes and free market principles.
He has received several awards and recognitions for protecting religious freedom, free markets, small business, and individual rights. He is an eagle scout and was also awarded the silver beaver for exceptional community service.
Service in the legislature has included House Majority Leader, Rules Chair, Commerce Chair, Judiciary Chair and Ethics committee.
President Petersen is a third-generation Gilbert resident and a graduate of Gilbert High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University and a Juris doctor degree from ASU Law. When he's not busy at the Legislature or running his business, he's spending time with his family and serving those within his community.
Past recognitions include:
● Legislator of the Year - NFIB "The Voice of Small Business"
● Top Scoring Legislator - Arizona Conservative Coalition
● Free Market Champion - Arizona Free Enterprise Club
● Hero of the Taxpayer - Americans for Prosperity
● Ranked #1 for Tax, Budget and Regulatory Issues - Goldwater Institute
● Named one of the top Regulatory Reformers - Arizona Rock Products Association
● Recognized for "leadership to stand up for life, families and religious freedom" - Center for Arizona Policy
● Named "Friend of the Family" - The Arizona Family Project
● Guardian of Small Business – NFIB
Key legislation Include:
● Banned sex changes on minors
● Eliminated a state agency
● Passed universal occupational licensing
● Eliminated pensions for politicians
● Protected Independent Contractor status
● Passed tougher laws against terrorism
● AZ Ice Act
● Eliminated the tenant paid rental tax
● FL style elections
Menu for The October 12th Luncheon
- Still In Work - Coming Soon!