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2009 Keynote Speaker

Kasey Pipes is president of The Pipes Company, a corporate consultant firm. 

Pipes spent ten years in politics as a communications and policy advisor. In 2006, he served as chief campaign speechwriter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Prior to that, he served President George W. Bush for five years. In 1999, he began writing speeches for the Bush for President Campaign. From 2001-2003 he wrote speeches in the Bush White House. And in 2004, he was chief author of the National Republican Party Platform.

Before joining President Bush’s staff, Pipes served as senior legislative assistant and director of communications for Congresswoman Kay Granger. He began his career as a college intern in the California office of former President Ronald Reagan.

Throughout his career, Pipes has written speeches and provided policy advice for other public figures including Senator Norm Coleman, Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman.

Pipes’ political writings have appeared in Politico, Realclearpolitics.com, Townhall Magazine and World Magazine. And he is now a special contributor to The Dallas Morning News.

Pipes’ first book, “Ike’s Final Battle: The Road to Little Rock and the Challenge of Equality,” was released in February 2007 by World Ahead Publishing and became an Amazon.com national bestseller. The Wall Street Journal praised the book as a “highly readable and credible account of Eisenhower’s struggle with race and civil rights” and George F. Will called it a “mind-opening book.”

On July 22, 2002, Navy Secretary Gordon England swore in Pipes as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy Reserve.

He also now serves on the AddRan College Board of Visitors at Texas Christian University and is a senior research fellow at the Center for Building Community.

A native of Fort Worth, Kasey Pipes now lives in his hometown with his wife, Lacie, and their son, Lincoln.